Explosion (move)

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}}} Does not make 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 Affects all Pokémon on the field

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM47 in Generation I Move tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move tutor in Pokémon Emerald TM64 in Generation IV

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Explosion on Eevee's Movedex

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.

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.

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, LeafGreen, and Emerald

#   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 34PtHGSS 205 Forretress Bug Steel 33DP 205 Forretress Bug Steel 38PtHGSS 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.

In the anime

The user glows brightly and then suddenly explodes, or causes everything around it to explode.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Electrode	Electrode glows red, yellow, or white, becomes surrounded in electricity, and explodes violently.
Unknown Trainer's Electrode	The Flame Pokémon-athon!		Debut
A Wild Electrode	Pikachu's Vacation		None
Danny's Electrode	Navel Maneuvers		None
Multiple wild Electrode	The Underground Round-Up		None
Multiple Electrode Guarding the Electric Company	Current Events		None
Weezing	Weezing glows white, then explodes violently.
Pokémon League entrance exam instructor's Weezing	The Ultimate Test		Used by Ash
Togepi	Togepi causes everything around it to explode (Used via Metronome).
Misty's Togepi	Pikachu Re-Volts		None
Forretress	Forretress glows white, then explodes violently.
Brock's Forretress	You Never Can Taillow!		None

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explosion does not cause the user to faint, but instead cuts its HP in half, and affects all Pokémon, items, and walls within 2 tiles of the user, reducing HP by half on teammates, by 80 on hostile Pokémon, and destroying all walls and items.

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

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