Avalanche (move)

Avalanche ゆきなだれ Snow Avalanche

An attack move that inflicts double the damage if the user has been hurt by the foe in the same turn.

Battles Type  Ice Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  -4 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM72 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0 Jam  0

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Points doubles if last to appeal.

Avalanche on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Avalanche on Eevee's Movedex

Avalanche (Japanese: ゆきなだれ Snow Avalanche) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Avalanche deals damage and is a decreased priority move, causing the user to attack after other Pokémon that are using ordinary priority moves. If the user takes damage in the same turn, Avalanche's power is doubled to 120.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Similar to bide, the user will store energy for a few turns and then release the energy to inflict damage, the amount of damage equals to the amount the user received during the "charging". The move will fail if the opposing Pokémon doesn't attack, if the user is under certain statuses like sleep or paralyze, or if the user faints.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 124 Jynx Ice Psychic 33 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 31 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 TM72

#   Pokémon Type 009 Blastoise Water 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 034 Nidoking Poison Ground 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 087 Dewgong Water Ice 091 Cloyster Water Ice 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 115 Kangaskhan Normal 121 Starmie Water Psychic 124 Jynx Ice Psychic 130 Gyarados Water Flying 131 Lapras Water Ice 144 Articuno Ice Flying 150 Mewtwo Psychic 151 Mew Psychic 160 Feraligatr Water 199 Slowking Water Psychic 215 Sneasel Dark Ice 217 Ursaring Normal 221 Piloswine Ice Ground 225 Delibird Ice Flying 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 242 Blissey Normal 245 Suicune Water 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 260 Swampert Water Ground 295 Exploud Normal 306 Aggron Steel Rock 319 Sharpedo Water Dark 320 Wailmer Water 321 Wailord Water 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 350 Milotic Water 351 Castform Normal 351 Castform Fire 351 Castform Water 351 Castform Ice 361 Snorunt Ice 362 Glalie Ice 365 Walrein Ice Water 378 Regice Ice 382 Kyogre Water 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 386 Deoxys Normal Forme Psychic 386 Deoxys Attack Forme Psychic 386 Deoxys Defense Forme Psychic 386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 395 Empoleon Water Steel 409 Rampardos Rock 411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 459 Snover Grass Ice 460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 461 Weavile Dark Ice 464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 471 Glaceon Ice 473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 478 Froslass Ice Ghost 484 Palkia Water Dragon 486 Regigigas Normal 493 Arceus ??? Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• In the Spanish version of the Generation IV games, Avalanche was translated as "Alud". While this is not incorrect, "alud" refers more to a rock slide than an avalanche. This was done likely because of the move Rock Slide, which was translated as "Avalancha", much in the same way that Dawn's name was translated to reference May's English name.

In other languages

• Spanish: Alud
• French: Avalanche
• Italian: Slavina
• German: Lawine

Variations on the move Revenge
	Revenge | Avalanche

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