Confuse Ray (move)

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Confuse Ray (Japanese: あやしいひかり Eerie Light) is a non-damaging Ghost-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Confuse Ray causes the target to become confused. Confuse Ray will fail if the target has a substitute. Confuse Ray cannot affect a Pokémon that is already confused, has the Ability Own Tempo or is protected by Safeguard.

If powered up by a Ghostium Z into Z-Confuse Ray, the user's Special Attack stat raises one stage.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0037		Vulpix		Field		Field	28	19	21	17	17BW 15B2W2	15XY 12ORAS	12
037A		Vulpix Alola Form		Field		Field							12
0038		Ninetales		Field		Field		1	1	1	1	1	1
038A		Ninetales Alola Form		Field		Field							1
0041		Zubat		Flying		Flying	21	19	26	21	21BW 19B2W2	19XY 17ORAS	17
0042		Golbat		Flying		Flying	21	19	28	21	21BW 19B2W2	19XY 17ORAS	17
0092		Gastly		Amorphous		Amorphous	1	28	28RSE 21FRLG	19	19	19	19
0093		Haunter		Amorphous		Amorphous	1	31	31RSE 21FRLG	19	19	19	19
0094		Gengar		Amorphous		Amorphous	1	31	31RSE 21FRLG	19	19	19	19
0120		Staryu		Water 3		Water 3						40ORAS	40
0121		Starmie		Water 3		Water 3		37	33	28	28BW 22B2W2	22XY 40ORAS	40
0126		Magmar		Human-Like		Human-Like	39	49	49	25	26	26	26
0131		Lapras		Monster	Water 1	31	22	19	7	7	7	7
0169		Crobat		Flying		Flying		19	28	21	21BW 19B2W2	19XY 17ORAS	17
0170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2		29	29	17	12	17	17
0171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2		33	32	17	17	17	17
0177		Natu		Flying		Flying		40	40	23	23	23	23
0178		Xatu		Flying		Flying		50	50	23	23	23	23
0179		Mareep		Monster	Field					25B2W2	25	25
0180		Flaaffy		Monster	Field					29B2W2	29	29
0181		Ampharos		Monster	Field					29B2W2	29	29
0197		Umbreon		Field		Field		30	30	29	29BW 17B2W2	17	17
0200		Misdreavus		Amorphous		Amorphous		12	17	14	14	14	14
0226		Mantine		Water 1		Water 1		49	50	37	37BW 11B2W2	11	11
0234		Stantler		Field		Field		49	43RSE 41FRLG	23	23	23	23
0240		Magby		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		43	43	25	25BW 26B2W2	26	26
0292		Shedinja		Mineral		Mineral			31	31	31	31XY 29ORAS	29
0302		Sableye		Human-Like		Human-Like			37	46	46	46XY 31ORAS	31
0313		Volbeat		Bug	Human-Like			5	9	9	9XY 8ORAS	8
0325		Spoink		Field		Field			25	18	18	18	18
0326		Grumpig		Field		Field			25	18	18	18	18
0345		Lileep		Water 3		Water 3			29	22	22	22XY 13ORAS	13
0346		Cradily		Water 3		Water 3			29	22	22	22XY 13ORAS	13
0355		Duskull		Amorphous		Amorphous			23	17	17	17XY 30ORAS	30
0356		Dusclops		Amorphous		Amorphous			23	17	17	17XY 30ORAS	30
0416		Vespiquen		Bug		Bug				7	7BW 1B2W2	1	1
0436		Bronzor		Mineral		Mineral				14	14BW 11B2W2	11	11
0437		Bronzong		Mineral		Mineral				14	14BW 11B2W2	11	11
0442		Spiritomb		Amorphous		Amorphous				1	1	1	1
0458		Mantyke		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered				37	37BW 11B2W2	11	11
0467		Magmortar		Human-Like		Human-Like				25	26	26	26
0477		Dusknoir		Amorphous		Amorphous				17	17	17XY 30ORAS	30
0478		Froslass		Fairy	Mineral				19	19	19XY 32ORAS	32
0479		Rotom		Amorphous		Amorphous				1	1	1	1
0486		Regigigas		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered				1	1	1	1
0505		Watchog		Field		Field					20	20	Evo.
0607		Litwick		Amorphous		Amorphous					10	10	10
0608		Lampent		Amorphous		Amorphous					10	10	10
0609		Chandelure		Amorphous		Amorphous					1	1	1
0615		Cryogonal		Mineral		Mineral					45	45	41
0708		Phantump		Grass	Amorphous						1	1
0709		Trevenant		Grass	Amorphous						1	1
0710		Pumpkaboo		Amorphous		Amorphous						1	1
0711		Gourgeist		Amorphous		Amorphous						1	1
0755		Morelull		Grass		Grass							25
0756		Shiinotic		Grass		Grass							26
0774		Minior		Mineral		Mineral							10
0792		Lunala		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered							13
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0054		Psyduck		Water 1	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
0072		Tentacool		Water 3		Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0122		Mr. Mime		Human-Like		Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔
0140		Kabuto		Water 1	Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0198		Murkrow		Flying		Flying		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0280		Ralts		Amorphous		Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔
0314		Illumise		Bug	Human-Like				✔	✔	✔
0349		Feebas		Water 1	Dragon		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0353		Shuppet		Amorphous		Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔
0366		Clamperl		Water 1		Water 1		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0439		Mime Jr.		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered			✔	✔	✔	✔
0451		Skorupi		Bug	Water 3			✔	✔	✔	✔
0577		Solosis		Amorphous		Amorphous				✔	✔	✔
0592		Frillish		Flying		Flying				✔	✔	✔
0722		Rowlet		Flying		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.

Special move

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0198		Murkrow		Flying		Flying	Dream World - Windswept Sky
0222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3	Dream World - Sparkling Sea
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 event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0072		Tentacool		Water 3		Water 3	New York Pokémon Center
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 other games

Description

In the anime

Gengar Mismagius Bronzor Solosis
The foe is exposed to a sinister ray that triggers confusion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Haunter charges an orange ball in its hands, then shoots it at the opponent. The opponent's eyes turn red and it gets confused, or Haunter fires a purple circle from its eyes towards the opponent.
Captain's Haunter	A Shipful of Shivers		Debut
Morty's Haunter	From Ghost to Ghost		None
	Gengar's eyes glow blue, purple, or red, causing the opponent to become confused.
Drake's Gengar	Hello, Pummelo!		None
Morty's Gengar	From Ghost to Ghost		None
	Natu's eyes glow a rainbow hue and the opponent becomes confused.
McKenzie's Naughty	Doin' What Comes Natu-rally		None
	The orbs at the end of Chinchou's antennae glow purple and release a light purple ray that confuses the opponent.
Trinity's Chinchou	The Perfect Match!		None
	Spoink's pearl glows purple, then it fires a purple beam from the pearl at the opponent, confusing it.
A wild Spoink	Pearls Are a Spoink's Best Friend		None
	Mantine charges a purple ball in between its antennae. Then, Mantine releases a huge purple flash, which makes any Pokémon who see it become confused.
A Mantine captured by Jack Walker's Capture Styler	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea		None
	Dusclops's eye glows red and emits a bright purple light from it, making the opponent confused.
Brandon's Dusclops	Gathering the Gang of Four!		None
	The large orb on Misdreavus's neck glows purple and it shoots four silhouettes of itself at the opponent from the necklace.
Zoey's Misdreavus	Mounting a Coordinator Assault!		None
	Mismagius's eyes glow purple. If the opponent sees the attack, it begins to see illusions.
A wild Mismagius	Malice in Wonderland!		None
	Bronzor's eyes glow purple and it releases dark purple beams from its body at the opponent. When the opponent is affected, its eyes glow red.
Saturn's Bronzor	Journey to the Unown!		None
	Regigigas's body becomes surrounded in a maroon aura and the braille pattern on its face glows the same color. The opponent's eyes then glow red and Regigigas can control them.
A wild Regigigas	Pillars of Friendship!		None
	Murkrow looks deeply into the opponent's eyes and causes it to see illusions.
Mitchell's Murkrow	Try for the Family Stone!		None
	Watchog holds its arms out and five golden orbs of light appear and circle around its body. When it raises its arms in the air, the five orbs fire at the opponent and stop above it. The orbs then circle around the opponent and float downward to the middle of its body. They then float back up above the opponent's head and grow larger until they explode in a flash of white light, confusing the opponent.
Lenora's Watchog	Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!		None
	Solosis's body glows gold faintly and six golden orbs of energy appear around its body and spin around it clockwise. Solosis's body then flashes white and it fires the six orbs of energy at the opponent. When the orbs reach the opponent, they surround it and latch onto its body, completely enveloping it. The orbs then glow gold brightly and explode, confusing the opponent.
Doyle's Solosis	Where Did You Go, Audino?		None
	Chandelure fires six golden orbs of energy at the opponent. When the orbs reach the opponent, they surround it and latch onto its body, completely enveloping it. The orbs then glow gold brightly and explode, confusing the opponent.
A wild Chandelure	Climbing the Tower of Success!		None
	Jellicent fires six golden orbs of energy at the opponent. When the orbs reach the opponent, they surround it and latch onto its body, completely enveloping it. The orbs then glow gold brightly and explode, confusing the opponent.
Rizzo's two Jellicent	Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!		None
	Vespiquen forms multiple brown-gold balls around itself and fires them at the opponent.
A wild Vespiquen	A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!		None
	Trevenant forms multiple brown-gold balls around itself and fires them at the opponent. When the orbs reach the opponent, they surround it and explode, putting the opponent to sleep in the process.
A wild Trevenant	Forging Forest Friendships!		None
	Drapion forms multiple golden balls of aura around itself and they grow into larger golden balls with purple and white colored aura inside of them and then they fly towards the opponent, circle around the opponent and converge into a singular ball, that is a brighter version of the balls and it disappears, confusing the opponent or putting them to sleep.
Celosia's Drapion	A Towering Takeover!		None

• In A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!, Lola told her Mantine to use Confuse Ray, but it was unable to use the move due to being Binded by Brock's Onix.

In the manga

In the Aim to Be a Card Master!! manga

Alakazam
The user releases a ray of light, confusing the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Alakazam releases a ray of light, confusing the opponent.
Shou's Alakazam	District Convention "Kenta, to the Open Sea"		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Umbreon Agatha's Gengar Golbat X's Gengar
The user hits the foe with a blast, causing them to become confused.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gengar points both of its hands at the opponent and they become surrounded in an aura that hurts them or Gengar releases a blinding light from its body that makes it hard to see.
Agatha's Gengar	Growing out of Gengar		Debut
X's Garma	Changing Gengar		None
	Golbat's body starts to shine brightly, and anyone who looks at the light becomes confused.
Koga's Golbat	Gimme Shellder		None
	Stantler releases a ball of blinding light at the opponent, causing the opponent to become confused.
Prof. Oak's Antch	Stantler By Me		None
	Umbreon squints its eyes and waves its paws at the opponent, causing the opponent to become confused.
Greta's Umbreon	Sneaky Like Shedinja		None

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team manga

Dusknoir
The foe gets hit by waves that can cause confusion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Dusknoir holds out its hand and waves comes out of it.
A wild Dusknoir	Aim for the Hidden Land!		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Natu
The user squints their eyes to cause confusion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Natu squints its eyes and the opponent gets confused.
Falkner's Natu	The Gym Challenges Begin!!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 奇異光線 Kèihyih Gwōngsin 古怪光線 Gúgwaai Gwōngsin * Mandarin 奇異之光 / 奇异之光 Qíyì-zhī Guāng * 奇異光線 Qíyì Guāngxiàn * Danish Forvirringsstråle Dutch Verwarstraal Finnish Sekosäde (original series) Hämmennyssäde (AG series) French Onde Folie German Konfustrahl Greek Ακτίνα Σύγχυσης Hindi Behkane Wali Roshni Indonesian Cahaya Menyilaukan Cahaya Membingungkan Italian Stordiraggio Korean 이상한빛 Isanghan Bit Polish Promień Pomieszania Portuguese Brazil Raio Confusão Raio de Confusão (Secret Wonders-Unleashed) Raio da Confusão (XY series and Black & White-present) Portugal Raio Confusão Romanian Raza Amăgitoare Serbian Zbunjujući zrak Spanish Latin America Rayo de Confusión Spain Rayo Confuso Vietnamese Ánh Sáng Kì Lạ

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