Moonblast (move): Difference between revisions

Moonblast (Japanese: ムーンフォース Moon Force) is a damage-dealing Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Moonblast does damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Special Attack by one stage.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
035		Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	46
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	43
282		Gardevoir	Psychic	Fairy	1, 85 1, 62
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	50 46
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	60 52
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic	50 1
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	99
547		Whimsicott	Grass	Fairy	50
669		Flabébé	Fairy		Fairy	41
670		Floette	Fairy		Fairy	46
671		Florges	Fairy		Fairy	1
682		Spritzee	Fairy		Fairy	31
683		Aromatisse	Fairy		Fairy	31
700		Sylveon	Fairy		Fairy	37
703		Carbink	Rock	Fairy	50
716		Xerneas	Fairy		Fairy	35
719		Diancie	Rock	Fairy	50
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 VI

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 2014 Tanabata Jirachi Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon GO

Template:GoSpecialAttack Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, Moonblast had a power of 60.

Mew may only know this move if it was obtained before August 20, 2016.

In the anime

Sylveon Mega Gardevoir Florges Spritzee
The user gathers energy from the moon, and then fires the energy at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sylveon spreads its feelers wide open, and an image of the moon appears behind it. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its mouth, and fires it at the opponent.
Penelope's Sylveon	Kindergarten Chaos!		Debut
	Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its hands, and fires it at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
	Mega Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its hands, and fires it at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
	Florges gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy from its mouth and fires it at the opponent.
A wild Florges	Defending the Homeland!		None
	Spritzee gathers energy that forms into an orb of pink energy in front of its nose, and fires it at the opponent.
Valerie's Spritzee	Fairy-Type Trickery!		None
	Flabébé gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy from its mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Shauna's Flabébé	Performing a Pathway to the Future!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Diancie
The user releases a powerful burst of moonlight at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Diancie gathers light from the moon and forms it into a bright orb of energy over its head. It then releases a bright burst of sparkling energy from the orb at the opponent.
A wild Diancie	X & Y chapter		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 月亮攻擊 Yuèliàng Gōngjí Dutch Maanknal French Pouvoir Lunaire German Mondgewalt Italian Forza Lunare Korean 문포스 Mun'poseu Polish Księżycowy błysk Portuguese Brazil Força Lunar Explosão Lunar (TCG) Portugal Força Lunar Spanish Fuerza Lunar

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