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Explosion (move)

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Explosion
だいばくはつ Giant Explosion
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%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
Affects all Pokémon on the field
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam  0
Makes a great appeal, but allows no more to the end.
Super Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  0
Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Explosion (Japanese だいばくはつ Giant Explosion) is a damage-dealing 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

Effect

Generation I

Explosion does damage, and causes the user to faint. Though its power is 170, the target'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 a target with a Defense value of 1.

If Explosion breaks a target'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 target will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round.

In Stadium, if Explosion breaks a target'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.

In the anime

Pokémon

Electrode. Electrode glows red or yellow, and then explodes.

Weezing. Weezing glows white, then explodes.

Togepi. Togepi makes everything around it explode.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
074 Geodude Rock Ground 36
075 Graveler Rock Ground 43
076 Golem Rock Ground 43
100 Voltorb Electric 43
101 Electrode Electric 50
109 Koffing Poison 48
110 Weezing Poison 53
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 TM47

#   Pokémon Type
074 Geodude Rock Ground
075 Graveler Rock Ground
076 Golem Rock Ground
088 Grimer Poison
089 Muk Poison
090 Shellder Water
091 Cloyster Water Ice
092 Gastly Ghost Poison
093 Haunter Ghost Poison
094 Gengar Ghost Poison
095 Onix Rock Ground
100 Voltorb Electric
101 Electrode Electric
102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic
103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic
109 Koffing Poison
110 Weezing Poison
151 Mew Psychic
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
074 Geodude Rock Ground 41
075 Graveler Rock Ground 48
076 Golem Rock Ground 48
100 Voltorb Electric 39
101 Electrode Electric 44
109 Koffing Poison 41
110 Weezing Poison 44
204 Pineco Bug 36
205 Forretress Bug Steel 39
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
074 Geodude Rock Ground 41
075 Graveler Rock Ground 53
076 Golem Rock Ground 53
100 Voltorb Electric 46
101 Electrode Electric 54
109 Koffing Poison 41
110 Weezing Poison 44
204 Pineco Bug 36
205 Forretress Bug Steel 39
273 Seedot Grass 43
337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 49
338 Solrock Rock Psychic 49
343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 45
344 Claydol Ground Psychic 55
377 Regirock Rock --
378 Regice Ice --
379 Registeel Steel --
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
088 Grimer Poison Koffing, Weezing
092 Gastly Ghost Poison Koffing, Weezing
095 Onix Rock Ground Geodude, Graveler, Golem
299 Nosepass Rock Geodude, Graveler, Golem
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.

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
#   Pokémon Type
074 Geodude Rock Ground
075 Graveler Rock Ground
076 Golem Rock Ground
088 Grimer Poison
089 Muk Poison
090 Shellder Water
091 Cloyster Water Ice
092 Gastly Ghost Poison
093 Haunter Ghost Poison
094 Gengar Ghost Poison
095 Onix Rock Ground
100 Voltorb Electric
101 Electrode Electric
102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic
103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic
109 Koffing Poison
110 Weezing Poison
151 Mew Psychic
185 Sudowoodo Rock
204 Pineco Bug
205 Forretress Bug Steel
208 Steelix Steel Ground
222 Corsola Water Rock
273 Seedot Grass
274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark
275 Shiftry Grass Dark
299 Nosepass Rock
316 Gulpin Poison
317 Swalot Poison
323 Camerupt Fire Ground
324 Torkoal Fire
337 Lunatone Rock Psychic
338 Solrock Rock Psychic
343 Baltoy Ground Psychic
344 Claydol Ground Psychic
362 Glalie Ice
375 Metang Steel Psychic
376 Metagross Steel Psychic
377 Regirock Rock
378 Regice Ice
379 Registeel Steel
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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
074 Geodude Rock Ground 32
075 Graveler Rock Ground 38
076 Golem Rock Ground 38
100 Voltorb Electric 43
101 Electrode Electric 51
109 Koffing Poison 37
110 Weezing Poison 40
204 Pineco Bug 31DP
204 Pineco Bug 34Pt
205 Forretress Bug Steel 33DP
205 Forretress Bug Steel 38Pt
273 Seedot Grass 43
337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 56
338 Solrock Rock Psychic 56
343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 71
344 Claydol Ground Psychic 86
377 Regirock Rock --
378 Regice Ice --
379 Registeel Steel --
425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 43
426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 51
434 Stunky Poison Dark 44
435 Skuntank Poison Dark 52
482 Azelf Psychic 76
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 TM64

#   Pokémon Type
074 Geodude Rock Ground
075 Graveler Rock Ground
076 Golem Rock Ground
088 Grimer Poison
089 Muk Poison
090 Shellder Water
091 Cloyster Water Ice
092 Gastly Ghost Poison
093 Haunter Ghost Poison
094 Gengar Ghost Poison
095 Onix Rock Ground
100 Voltorb Electric
101 Electrode Electric
102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic
103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic
109 Koffing Poison
110 Weezing Poison
151 Mew Psychic
185 Sudowoodo Rock
204 Pineco Bug
205 Forretress Bug Steel
208 Steelix Steel Ground
211 Qwilfish Water Poison
219 Magcargo Fire Rock
222 Corsola Water Rock
273 Seedot Grass
274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark
275 Shiftry Grass Dark
299 Nosepass Rock
316 Gulpin Poison
317 Swalot Poison
323 Camerupt Fire Ground
324 Torkoal Fire
337 Lunatone Rock Psychic
338 Solrock Rock Psychic
343 Baltoy Ground Psychic
344 Claydol Ground Psychic
362 Glalie Ice
375 Metang Steel Psychic
376 Metagross Steel Psychic
377 Regirock Rock
378 Regice Ice
379 Registeel Steel
425 Drifloon Ghost Flying
426 Drifblim Ghost Flying
434 Stunky Poison Dark
435 Skuntank Poison Dark
437 Bronzong Steel Psychic
438 Bonsly Rock
462 Magnezone Electric Steel
463 Lickilicky Normal
476 Probopass Rock Steel
482 Azelf Psychic
485 Heatran Fire Steel
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
088 Grimer Poison Koffing, Weezing
Drifloon, Drifblim
092 Gastly Ghost Poison Koffing, Weezing
Drifloon, Drifblim
095 Onix Rock Ground Geodude, Graveler, Golem
299 Nosepass Rock Geodude, Graveler, Golem
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.

Trivia

  • Lickilicky and Smeargle are the only Pokémon that can learn this attack and receive STAB on it. This is not considering the possibility of Metronome selecting Explosion randomly.
  • This attack can achieve up to 412.5 Base Power if powered up with Lickilicky's STAB and a Silk Scarf.

In other languages

  • French: Explosion
  • German: Explosion
  • Italian: Esplosione
  • Spanish: Explosión
Generation I TMs
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Generation I HMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
Generation IV TMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50
51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75
76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92
Generation IV HMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08


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