Aurora Beam (move)

Aurora Beam オーロラビーム Aurora Beam

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Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  65 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make 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 I Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

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

Aurora Beam on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Aurora Beam on Eevee's Movedex

Aurora Beam (Japanese: オーロラビーム Aurora Beam) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Aurora Beam does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Attack stat by one stage.

Description

Games Description Stad An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of reducing the target's Attack power. Stad2 An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of reducing the target's Attack power. GSC An attack that may lower Attack. RSEColo.XD Fires a rainbow-colored beam that may lower Attack. FRLG A rainbow-colored attack beam. It may lower the foe’s Attack stat. DPPtHGSS The foe is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. It may also lower the target’s Attack stat. BWB2W2 The target is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. This may also lower the target's Attack stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
086		Seel	Water		Water	35			16			21			27				27
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	35			--, 16			--, 21			27				27
090		Shellder	Water		Water	30			17			17	22	32				32
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice	--			--			--			--				--
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water		36	36			36			36				36	21
223		Remoraid	Water		Water	no			22			22			14				14
224		Octillery	Water		Water	no			22			22			14				--, 14
245		Suicune	Water		Water	no				41	41			29				29
363		Spheal	Ice	Water	no			no			25			25				25
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water	no			no			25			25				25
365		Walrein	Ice	Water	no			no			25			25				25
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			29				29
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				25
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
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
116		Horsea	Water		Water
120		Staryu*	Water		Water			no			no				no
131		Lapras	Water	Ice				no			no				no
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water
223		Remoraid	Water		Water
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying
456		Finneon	Water		Water	no			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 the anime

Remoraid	Cryogonal	Cloyster	Suicune
The user fires a multicolored beam at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Seel	Seel releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Cerulean Gym's Seel	The Misty Mermaid		Debut
Dewgong	Dewgong releases a white or multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Prima's Dewgong	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		None
Pryce's Dewgong	Nice Pryce, Baby!		None
Cloyster	Cloyster releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Prima's Cloyster	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		None
Vaporeon	Vaporeon releases a multicolored beam from its mouth at the opponent, or Vaporeon creates a glowing bluish green orb and launches a glowing green and black beam towards the opponent.
Sumomo's Vaporeon	Trouble's Brewing		None
Virgil's Vaporeon	Curtain Up, Unova League!		None
Suicune	Suicune releases a shining metallic silver beam from its mouth at the opponent, or Suicune opens its mouth and a multicolored orb appears in front of its mouth. Suicune then fires a powerful multicolored beam from the ball at the opponent.
A wild Suicune	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!		None
A wild Suicune	Drifloon in the Wind!		None
Sealeo	A white orb appears in front of Sealeo's mouth. It then fires the white orb as a beam at the opponent, or Sealeo fires a multicolored blast from its mouth at the opponent.
Captain Stern's Sealeo	The Spheal of Approval		None
Juan's Sealeo	The Great Eight Fate!		None
Remoraid	Remoraid releases a multicolored ray from its mouth at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Remoraid	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!		None
Cryogonal	Cryogonal creates a glowing bluish green orb from its mouth, and launches a glowing green and black beam towards the opponent.
Brycen's Cryogonal	Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Dewgong
The user releases a freezing beam from their mouth at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Dewgong	Dewgong releases a freezing beam of wind and sparkles from its mouth. The beam swirls around the opponent.
Lorelei's Dewgong	Do Wrong, Dewgong!		Debut
Suicune	Suicune's body shines brightly, and it fires a powerful beam from its body at the opponent, or Suicune's horn starts to glow and it fires a beam from the hole at the opponent.
Crys's Suicune	Hurray for Heracross		None
Lapras	Lapras fires a beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Pryce's La Glace	Savvy Swinub		None

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

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 極光線 Jíguāngxiàn Dutch Aurorastraal Finnish Illansäde (original series) Aurorasäde (Advanced Generation) French Onde Boréale German Aurorastrahl Greek Ακτίνα Χαραυγής Indonesian Sinar Aurora Italian Raggiaurora Korean 오로라빔 Aurora Beam Polish Promień Aurory Portuguese Brazil Raio de Aurora Portugal Raio de Aurora (Indigo League; Orange Islands) Ataque de Alvorada (Johto Journeys) Feixe Aurora (Advanced Series) Serbian Aurora Zrak Spanish Rayo Aurora

Variations of the move Aurora Beam
Spark Aurora Beam • BubbleBeam • Psybeam • Sludge

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