Aura Sphere (move)

Aura Sphere はどうだん Wave Bomb

The user looses a blast of aura power from deep within its body. This move is certain to hit.

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  90 Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 +2 if first to appeal

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Aura Sphere on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Aura Sphere on Eevee's Movedex

Aura Sphere (Japanese: はどうだん Wave Bomb) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Aura Sphere inflicts damage and is unaffected by modifications to the Accuracy stat and Evasion stat. It will not hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig and Fly.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 150 Mewtwo Psychic 100 151 Mew Psychic 100 448 Lucario Fighting Steel 37 468 Togekiss Normal Flying -- 483 Dialga Steel Dragon 90DPPt 483 Dialga Steel Dragon 37HGSS 484 Palkia Water Dragon 90DPPt 484 Palkia Water Dragon 37HGSS 487 Giratina Altered Forme Ghost Dragon 90DPPt 487 Giratina Altered Forme Ghost Dragon 37HGSS 487 Giratina Origin Forme Ghost Dragon 90Pt 487 Giratina Origin Forme Ghost Dragon 37HGSS Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 151 MewLv 50 Psychic Palcity Mew 447 Riolu Fighting Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia 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

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

A less damaged Lucario's Aura Sphere.

A more damaged Lucario's Aura Sphere.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Aura Sphere is Lucario's standard Special move. Like most of its moves, Aura Sphere is more powerful if Lucario has taken more damage.

If the opponent runs into Lucario while it is charging the sphere, the opponent also takes damage.

In the anime

Riolu	Charging up	Lucario	Palkia
A ball of aura is released by the user after charging it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Lucario	A blue-green ball forms in front of Lucario's hand. Lucario then fires at its opponent. The size of the sphere can vary depending on how long Lucario charges the ball.
Lucario	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew		Debut
Maylene's Lucario	Lost Leader Strategy!		None
Riley's Lucario	Saving the World From Ruins!		None
Riolu	A blue-green ball forms in front of Riolu's hand. Riolu then fires at its opponent.
Riolu	Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu!		None
Palkia	A pink ball forms in between Palkia's hand. Palkia then fires at its opponent. The size of the sphere can vary depending on how long Palkia charges the ball.
Palkia	The Rise of Darkrai		None

Trivia

• Its appearance, description, and typing closely resemble the Hadouken technique from Street Fighter and losely resemble the Kamehameha from the Dragon Ball series as Kamehameha is a wave type move while Hadouken and Aura Sphere are spherical move.
• Lucario and Togekiss are the only non-legendary Pokémon that can learn Aura Sphere by level up.
• The Mew from Mewtwo Strikes Back seemed to be able to use Aura Sphere, though this may have been merely a deflection of Mewtwo's attack; it's also likely that it was Shadow Ball, the same move Mewtwo was using.
• The booster pack of Legends Awakened has a Lucario using Aura Sphere. However, this Aura Sphere was a more greenish shade of color, while the anime always shows Lucario making a blue Aura Sphere.
• Aura Sphere is the most recognized move that Lucario uses and the most recognized move that uses aura.
• Lucario and Riolu are the only Fighting-type Pokémon that can use Aura Sphere, and therefore, they are the only Pokémon that get a STAB boost with it, but, since only an event Riolu can learn it, Lucario is the only readily available in-game Pokémon that gets a STAB boost from Aura Sphere.
• Of all the moves which cannot miss, Aura Sphere has the greatest base power.
• In the anime, the color of Aura Sphere appears to match the color of the Pokémon using it. Lucario and Riolu have a blue one, while Palkia has a pink one. Whether this applies to other Pokémon that can use it is currently unknown.

In other languages

• Dutch: Aura bal
• French: Aurasphère
• German: Aurasphäre
• Italian: Forzasfera
• Latin American dub: Esfera de aura or Auraesfera
• Spanish: Esfera Aural

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.