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Explosion だいばくはつ
The user explodes to inflict damage on all Pokémon in battle. The user faints upon using this move.
Battles
Type	Normal
Category	Physical
PP	5 (max. 8)
Power	250
Accuracy	100%
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock
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Contests
Category	Beauty
Appeal	8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam	0
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Super Contests
Category	Beauty
Appeal	0
Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.
Explosion on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Explosion on Eevee's Movedex

Explosion is an extremely damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It is currently the most powerful move in terms of its base power, being a more powerful move than the similar Selfdestruct.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 1.2 Generation II and on 2 Learnset 2.1 Generation I 2.1.1 By leveling up 2.1.2 By TM47 2.2 Generation II 2.2.1 By leveling up 2.3 Generation III 2.3.1 By leveling up 2.3.2 By breeding 2.3.3 By move tutor 2.3.3.1 In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen 2.4 Generation IV 2.4.1 By leveling up 2.4.2 By TM64 2.4.3 By breeding 3 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Explosion does damage, and causes the user to faint. Though its power is 170, the opponent's Defense will be halved when damage from this attack is calculated, giving it an effective power of 340. The game will bump 0 up to 1 to avoid infinite damage, so Explosion will then effectively have a power of 170 if used against an opponent with a Defense value of 1.

If Explosion breaks an opponent's substitute, the user will not faint, though its image will be replaced by a blank image. Additionally, if the user of Explosion had a substitute at the time of such a situation, uses Substitute later, or switches out, its regular image will once again become visible.

If the user of Explosion attacks first and faints itself, the opponent will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round.

In Stadium, if Explosion breaks an opponent's substitute, the user will faint.

Explosion has a power of 170 in Generation I.

Generation II and on

Explosion's base power was changed to the current 250. The Defense-halving step still applies, giving it an effective power of 500.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

By move tutor

Generation IV

In other languages

• French: Explosion
• German: Explosion
• Italian: Esplosione
• Spanish: Explosion

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

Generation I TMs
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Generation I HMs
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