Boomburst (move)

Boomburst ばくおんぱ Sound Wave Explosion

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  140 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all Pokémon adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  4 ♥♥♥♥ Startles all other Pokémon. User cannot act in the next turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Boomburst (Japanese: ばくおんぱ Sound Wave Explosion) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Boomburst does damage to all adjacent Pokémon, including allies. Pokémon with the Ability Soundproof are not affected by this move.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal	1, 85 1, 58
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	47
715		Noivern	Flying	Dragon	1, 75
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying
441		Chatot	Normal	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Noivern
The user attacks with powerful sound waves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The insides of Noivern's ears glow light blue. It then fires a blast of powerful sound waves from them at the opponent.
Alexa's Noivern	Celebrating the Hero's Comet!		Debut

Trivia

• Boomburst has the highest base power of all moves with no negative effects on the user.

In other languages

Language Title Cantonese Chinese 爆音波 Baauyāmbō Dutch Knalbarst French Bang Sonique German Überschallknall Italian Ondaboato Korean 폭음파 Pok'eumpa Polish Boom Wybuch European Portuguese Rajada Estrondo Spanish Estruendo

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