Astonish (move)

Astonish おどろかす Astonish

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Battles Type  Ghost Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  30 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Astonish on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Astonish on Eevee's Movedex

Astonish (Japanese: おどろかす Astonish) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Astonish inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch if the user attacks before the target.

Description

Games Description RSE An attack that may shock the foe into flinching. FRLG An attack using a startling shout. It also may make the foe flinch. Colo.XD An attack that may shock the target into flinching. DPPtHGSS The user attacks the foe while shouting in a startling fashion. It may also make the target flinch. BWB2W2Conq The user attacks the target while shouting in a startling fashion. It may also make the target flinch.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	11	6	9				9	8
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--, 11	--, 6	--, 9				--, 9	--, 8
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground	no			7				7
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	no			7				7
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	--, 11	--, 6	--, 9				--, 9	--, 8
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal	13			8				8
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying	9			--				--
200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost	11			10				10
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	7			--				--
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal	13	11	7				7
270		Lotad	Water	Grass	--			--				--
271		Lombre	Water	Grass	--			--				--
272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass	--			--				--
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal	11			11				11
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal	--, 11			--, 11				--, 11
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal	--, 11			--, 11				--, 11
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	13			11				11
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	--			--				--
320		Wailmer	Water		Water	23			17				17
321		Wailord	Water		Water	23			17				17
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	8			5				5	4
334		Altaria	Normal	Flying	--, 8			--, 5				--, 5	--, 4
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	--			--				--
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass	--			--				--
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal	--			--				--
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	16			14				14
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost	16			14				14
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic	9			9				9
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal	no			--, 8				--, 8
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying	no			6				6	4
426		Drifblim	Ghost	Flying	no			--, 6				--, 6	--, 4
429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost	no			--				--
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying	no			--				--
433		Chingling	Psychic		Psychic	no			9				9
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	no			--				--
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	no			--				--
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost	no			14				14
478		Froslass	Ice	Ghost	no			--, 10				--, 10
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost	no			--				--
562		Yamask	Ghost		Ghost	no			no				--
563		Cofagrigus	Ghost		Ghost	no			no				--
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice	no			no				7
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice	no			no				--, 7
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice	no			no				--, 7
590		Foongus	Grass	Poison	no			no				8
591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison	no			no				--, 8
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire	no			no				--
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire	no			no				--
622		Golett	Ground	Ghost	no			no				--
623		Golurk	Ground	Ghost	no			no				--
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying	no			no				--
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying	no			no				--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground	no
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost
396		Starly	Normal	Flying	no
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	no
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass	no				no
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire	no				no
515		Panpour	Water		Water	no				no
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic	no				no
587		Emolga	Electric	Flying	no				no
605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic	no				no
618		Stunfisk	Ground	Electric	no				no
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon	no				no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Astonish is the only move of Misdreavus, Duskull, and Drifloon.

In the anime

Chimecho	Gastly, Gengar and Haunter	Shuppet and Duskull	Vanillish
The user attacks the foe while shouting in a startling fashion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Chimecho	Chimecho makes a horrible noise from its mouth and releases multiple red waves of energy from its mouth that hurts the opponent's ears, or Chimecho makes a frightening face and sticks out its tongue. A shadow also appears on Chimecho's face, frightening the opponent.
James's Chimecho	Lessons in Lilycove		Debut
Gastly	Gastly appears out of nowhere, makes a horrifying face, and shadows appear around its face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Gastly	Ghoul Daze!		None
Haunter	Haunter appears out of nowhere, raises its hands, makes a scary face and shadows appear on its body and around its face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Haunter	Ghoul Daze!		None
Gengar	Gengar appears out of nowhere, raises its arms, makes a scary face and shadows appear on its body and around its face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Gengar	Ghoul Daze!		None
Banette	Banette raises its arms, makes a frightening face and shadows appear around its body and face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Banette	Ghoul Daze!		None
Shuppet	Shuppet makes a frightening face, sticks its tongue out and shadows appear around its body and face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Shuppet	Ghoul Daze!		None
Duskull	Duskull raises its arms in the air, makes a frightening face and shadows appear around its body, frightening the opponent.
A wild Duskull	Ghoul Daze!		None
Misdreavus	Misdreavus comes out of nowhere and makes a chilling face that frightens the opponent.
A wild Misdreavus	Ghoul Daze!		None
Vanillish	Vanillish spins into the air while making a black ghost face appear with pink glowing eyes, a smile, and a red aura surrounding it to scare the opponent.
Brycen's Vanillish	Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Kecleon
The user attacks the opponent, but stops seconds before hitting it, causing it to flinch.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Kecleon	Kecleon opens its mouth and stretches its tongue to the opponent at full speed. It then stops when it is about to hit it, causing the opponent to flinch.
Wally's Kecleon	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

	Misdreavus
The user scares the opponent, causing them to flinch.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Misdreavus	Misdreavus moves behind the opponent and scares it, causing it to flinch.
Hareta's Misdreavus	Serious Training On Iron Island!!		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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 驚嚇 Jīngxià Danish Forbløffe Finnish Hämmästys French Étonnement German Erstauner Greek Κατάπληξη Indonesian Terkejut Italian Sgomento Korean 놀래키기 Nollaekigi Polish Zdumienie Brazilian Portuguese Assustar Serbian Zastrašivanje Spanish Impresionar

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