Flash Cannon (move)

Flash Cannon ラスターカノン Luster Cannon

The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. It may also lower the foe's Sp. Def stat.

Battles Type  Steel Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 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 May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM91 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 +2 if first to appeal

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Flash Cannon on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Flash Cannon on Eevee's Movedex

Flash Cannon (Japanese: ラスターカノン Luster Cannon) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Flash Cannon does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 009 Blastoise Water -- 379 Registeel Steel 73 483 Dialga Steel Dragon 80DPPt 483 Dialga Steel Dragon 42HGSS 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 TM91

#   Pokémon Type 009 Blastoise Water 081 Magnemite Electric Steel 082 Magneton Electric Steel 095 Onix Rock Ground 116 Horsea Water 117 Seadra Water 120 Staryu Water 121 Starmie Water Psychic 151 Mew Psychic 205 Forretress Bug Steel 208 Steelix Steel Ground 212 Scizor Bug Steel 224 Octillery Water 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 230 Kingdra Water Dragon 303 Mawile Steel 306 Aggron Steel Rock 323 Camerupt Fire Ground 348 Armaldo Rock Bug 375 Metang Steel Psychic 376 Metagross Steel Psychic 378 Regice Ice 379 Registeel Steel 385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 386 Deoxys Normal Forme Psychic 386 Deoxys Attack Forme Psychic 386 Deoxys Defense Forme Psychic 386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 395 Empoleon Water Steel 410 Shieldon Rock Steel 411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 413 Wormadam Trash Cloak Bug Steel 436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 448 Lucario Fighting Steel 462 Magnezone Electric Steel 464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 476 Probopass Rock Steel 483 Dialga Steel Dragon 485 Heatran Fire Steel 493 Arceus Ice Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Bronzong charging	Bronzong	Bastiodon	Skarmory
The user fires a beam of light.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Bronzong	Bronzong aims towards the target, charges and then fires a beam of light.
Lucian's Bronzong	An Elite Meet and Greet!		Debut
Marcus' Bronzong	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
Shieldon	Shieldon charges light in its mouth and releases it as an energy blast.
Newton Graceland's Shieldon	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
Bastiodon	Bastiodon charges light inside its mouth and then fires a beam of light.
Byron's Bastiodon	Dealing With Defensive Types!		None
Aggron	Same as above.
A wild Aggron	Stelling Piece of Mind!		None
Registeel	Registeel charges light between its arms and releases it as an energy blast.
Brandon's Registeel	A Pyramiding Rage!		None
Skarmory	Skarmory charges light inside its mouth and then fires a beam of light.
J's henchmen's Skarmory	Pillars of Friendship!		None

In other languages

• French: Luminocanon
• Spanish: Foco Respl.
• Italian: Cannonflash
• German: Lichtkanone
• Dutch: Flits Kanon

Variations on the move Shadow Ball
	Shadow Ball | Energy Ball | Flash Cannon
	Crunch

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