BubbleBeam (move)

BubbleBeam バブルこうせん
A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the foe. It may also lower the target's Speed stat.
Battles
Type	Water
Category	Special
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	65
Accuracy	100%
Introduced	[[Generation {{{gen}}}]]
Availability
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock
The foe is hit with a Special attack that may lower Speed.
Contests
Category	Beauty
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those who have made appeals.
Super Contests
Category	Beauty
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.
BubbleBeam on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex BubbleBeam on Eevee's Movedex

BubbleBeam (Japanese: バブルこうせん Bubble Beam) is a Water-type move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage. Misty will give the player the TM for this move after her defeat in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

BubbleBeam does damage and has a 9.8% chance of lowering the opponent's speed by 1 level.

BubbleBeam will not be able to lower the opponent's speed if it has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, or if the opponent has a Substitute.

Generation II and on

Same as Generation I, but with a 10% chance of lowering Speed instead.

In the anime

Ash's Corphish using BubbleBeam

Dawn's Piplup using BubbleBeam

Kenny's Prinplup using BubbleBeam

Pokémon

Corphish. Multicolored bubbles are released from Corphish's pincers after Corphish opens its claw.

• Used by Ash's Corphish from ??? to ???.

Piplup. Piplup's beak glows a blue-white color. Bubbles are then released from it.

• Used by Dawn's Piplup from Following a Maiden's Voyage! to ???'

Prinplup. Prinplup opens its mouth and bubbles are released.

• Used by Kenny's Prinplup from Getting the Pre-Contest Titters to ???

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

• Spanish: Rayo Burbuja
• French: Bulles d'O
• German: Blubbstrahl

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