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Aura Sphere (move)

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

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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
150 150 Mewtwo Psychic 100
151 151 Mew Psychic 100
448 448 Lucario Fighting Steel 37
468 468 Togekiss Normal Flying --
483 483 Dialga Steel Dragon 90DPPt
483 483 Dialga Steel Dragon 37HGSS
484 484 Palkia Water Dragon 90DPPt
484 484 Palkia Water Dragon 37HGSS
487 487 Giratina
Altered Forme
Ghost Dragon 90DPPt
487 487 Giratina
Altered Forme
Ghost Dragon 37HGSS
487 487O Giratina
Origin Forme
Ghost Dragon 90Pt
487 487O 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
151 151 MewLv 50 Psychic Palcity Mew
447 447 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

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
448 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
447 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
484 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


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