Confuse Ray (move)

Confuse Ray あやしいひかり Doubtful Light

The foe is exposed to a sinister ray that triggers confusion.

Battles Type  Ghost Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect either foe, but not the ally

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

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.

Confuse Ray on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Confuse Ray on Eevee's Movedex

Confuse Ray (Japanese: あやしいひかり Doubtful Light) is a non-damaging Ghost-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Confuse Ray causes the target to become confused. Confuse Ray will fail if the target has a Substitute, is already confused or has the ability Own Tempo.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 037 Vulpix Fire 28 041 Zubat Poison Flying 21 042 Golbat Poison Flying 21 092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 094 Gengar Ghost Poison -- 126 Magmar Fire 39 131 Lapras Water Ice 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.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 037 Vulpix Fire 19 038 Ninetales Fire -- 041 Zubat Poison Flying 19 042 Golbat Poison Flying 19 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 28 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 31 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 31 121 Starmie Water Psychic 37 126 Magmar Fire 49 131 Lapras Water Ice 22 169 Crobat Poison Flying 19 170 Chinchou Water Electric 29 171 Lanturn Water Electric 33 177 Natu Psychic Flying 40 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 50 197 Umbreon Dark 30 200 Misdreavus Ghost 12 226 Mantine Water Flying 49 234 Stantler Normal 49 240 Magby Fire 43 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 037 Vulpix Fire 21 038 Ninetales Fire -- 041 Zubat Poison Flying 26 042 Golbat Poison Flying 28 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 28RSE 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 21FRLG 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 31RSE 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 21FRLG 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 31RSE 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 21FRLG 121 Starmie Water Psychic 33 126 Magmar Fire 49 131 Lapras Water Ice 19 169 Crobat Poison Flying 28 170 Chinchou Water Electric 29 171 Lanturn Water Electric 32 177 Natu Psychic Flying 40 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 50 197 Umbreon Dark 30 200 Misdreavus Ghost 17 226 Mantine Water Flying 50 234 Stantler Normal 43RSE 234 Stantler Normal 41FRLG 240 Magby Fire 43 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 31 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 37 313 Volbeat Bug 5 325 Spoink Psychic 25 326 Grumpig Psychic 25 345 Lileep Rock Grass 29 346 Cradily Rock Grass 29 355 Duskull Ghost 23 356 Dusclops Ghost 23 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 breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 072 Tentacool Water Poison Lileep, Cradily 140 Kabuto Rock Water Lapras Mantine Lileep, Cradily 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Zubat, Golbat, Crobat Natu, Xatu 222 Corsola Water Rock Lapras Mantine Lileep, Cradily 349 Feebas Water Lapras Mantine 366 Clamperl Water Lapras Mantine Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 037 Vulpix Fire 17 038 Ninetales Fire -- 041 Zubat Poison Flying 21 042 Golbat Poison Flying 21 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 19 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 19 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 19 121 Starmie Water Psychic 28 126 Magmar Fire 25 131 Lapras Water Ice 7 169 Crobat Poison Flying 21 170 Chinchou Water Electric 17 171 Lanturn Water Electric 17 177 Natu Psychic Flying 23 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 23 197 Umbreon Dark 29 200 Misdreavus Ghost 14 226 Mantine Water Flying 37 234 Stantler Normal 23 240 Magby Fire 25 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 31 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 46 313 Volbeat Bug 9 325 Spoink Psychic 18 326 Grumpig Psychic 18 345 Lileep Rock Grass 22 346 Cradily Rock Grass 22 355 Duskull Ghost 17 356 Dusclops Ghost 17 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 7 436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 14 437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 14 442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark -- 458 Mantyke Water Flying 37 467 Magmortar Fire 25 477 Dusknoir Ghost 17 478 Froslass Ice Ghost 19 479 Rotom Normal Rotom Electric Ghost -- 479 Rotom Heat Rotom Electric Ghost -- 479 Rotom Wash Rotom Electric Ghost -- 479 Rotom Frost Rotom Electric Ghost -- 479 Rotom Fan Rotom Electric Ghost -- 479 Rotom Mow Rotom Electric Ghost -- 486 Regigigas Normal -- 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 breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 054 Psyduck Water Vulpix, Ninetales Lapras Umbreon Mantine Stantler Spoink, Grumpig 072 Tentacool Water Poison Lileep, Cradily 122 Mr. Mime Psychic Magmar, Magmortar Sableye Volbeat 140 Kabuto Rock Water Lapras Mantine Lileep, Cradily 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Zubat, Golbat, Crobat Natu, Xatu 222 Corsola Water Rock Lapras Mantine Lileep, Cradily 280 Ralts Psychic Misdreavus, Mismagius Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir Spiritomb 349 Feebas Water Lapras Mantine 353 Shuppet Ghost Misdreavus, Mismagius Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir Spiritomb 366 Clamperl Water Lapras Mantine 439 Mime Jr. Psychic Magmar, Magmortar Sableye Volbeat 451 Skorupi Poison Bug Tentacool, Tentacruel Starmie Kabuto, Kabutops Corsola Vespiquen Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime

Unown being hit with Confuse Ray	Spoink	Bronzor
The foe is exposed to a sinister ray that triggers confusion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Haunter	Haunter charges an orange ball in its hands, then shoots it at the opponet. The opponent's eyes turn red and it gets confused, or it shoots a purple circle from its eyes towards the opponent.
Captain's Haunter	A Shipful of Shivers		Debut
Morty's Haunter	From Ghost to Ghost		None
Gengar	Gengar's eyes glow blue, purple, or red. Then the opponent becomes confused.
Drake's Gengar	Hello, Pummelo!		None
Morty's Gengar	From Ghost to Ghost		None
Natu	Natu's eyes glow rainbow color and the opponent becomes confused.
Mackenzie's Naughty	Doin' What Comes Natu-rally		None
Chinchou	The orbs at the end of Chinchou's antennae glow purple and release a light purple ray that confuses the opponent.
Trinity's Chinchou	The Perfect Match!		None
Spoink	Spoink's pearl glows purple, then it fires a purple ray from the pearl.
A wild Spoink	Pearls Are a Spoink's Best Friend		None
Misdreavus	Misdreavus's eyes glow bright purple. If the target sees the light, they are affected by the attack.
Zoey's Misdreavus	Mounting a Coordinator Assault!		None
Mismagius	Mismagius's eyes glow bright purple. If the target sees the light, they are affected by the attack.
A wild Mismagius	Malice in Wonderland!		None
Bronzor	Bronzor's eyes glow and a purple and white ray is blasted at the target.
Saturn's Bronzor	Journey to the Unown!		None
Regigigas	Regigigas can control other Pokémon.
A wild Regigigas	Pillars of Friendship!		None

In other languages

• French: Onde Folie
• German: Konfustrahl
• Italian: Stordiraggio
• Spanish: Rayo Confuso

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