Roar (move)

Roar ほえる Roar

The foe is scared off, to be replaced by another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  -6 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM05 in Generation II TM05 in Generation III TM05 in Generation IV

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

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Roar on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Roar on Eevee's Movedex

Roar (Japanese: ほえる Roar) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Roar can be used to automatically end wild Pokémon battles. However, it has no effect in a Trainer battle.

Generation II

Now, when in battle against a Trainer, Roar will force a switch with a randomly chosen Pokémon from the Trainer's party. If there isn't another Pokémon, Roar will fail. Otherwise, it is exactly the same as Generation I.

Generation III and on

Roar will fail when used against Pokémon with the abilities Soundproof and Suction Cups or under the effects of Ingrain. Otherwise, it is exactly the same as Generation II.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 037 Vulpix Fire 21 038 Ninetales Fire -- 058 Growlithe Fire -- 059 Arcanine Fire -- 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 21 058 Growlithe Fire -- 059 Arcanine Fire -- 209 Snubbull Normal 26 210 Granbull Normal 28 228 Houndour Dark Fire 7 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 7 243 Raikou Electric 21 244 Entei Fire 21 245 Suicune Water 21GS 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 TM05

#   Pokémon Type 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 006 Charizard Fire Flying 009 Blastoise Water 020 Raticate Normal 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 034 Nidoking Poison Ground 037 Vulpix Fire 038 Ninetales Fire 058 Growlithe Fire 059 Arcanine Fire 074 Geodude Rock Ground 075 Graveler Rock Ground 076 Golem Rock Ground 095 Onix Rock Ground 111 Rhyhorn Rock Ground 112 Rhydon Rock Ground 115 Kangaskhan Normal 130 Gyarados Water Flying 134 Vaporeon Water 135 Jolteon Electric 136 Flareon Fire 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 151 Mew Psychic 156 Quilava Fire 157 Typhlosion Fire 159 Croconaw Water 160 Feraligatr Water 208 Steelix Steel Rock 209 Snubbull Normal 210 Granbull Normal 216 Teddiursa Normal 217 Ursaring Normal 220 Swinub Ice Ground 221 Piloswine Ice Ground 228 Houndour Dark Fire 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 231 Phanpy Ground 232 Donphan Ground 234 Stantler Normal 243 Raikou Electric 244 Entei Fire 245 Suicune Water 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 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 9 058 Growlithe Fire -- 059 Arcanine Fire -- 209 Snubbull Normal 26 210 Granbull Normal 28 228 Houndour Dark Fire 19 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 19 243 Raikou Electric 21 244 Entei Fire 21 261 Poochyena Dark 21 262 Mightyena Dark 22 293 Whismur Normal 35 294 Loudred Normal 43 295 Exploud Normal 45 304 Aron Steel Rock 21 305 Lairon Steel Rock 21 306 Aggron Steel Rock 21 309 Electrike Electric 28 310 Manectric Electric 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.

By TM05

#   Pokémon Type 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 006 Charizard Fire Flying 009 Blastoise Water 020 Raticate Normal 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 034 Nidoking Poison Ground 037 Vulpix Fire 038 Ninetales Fire 053 Persian Normal 058 Growlithe Fire 059 Arcanine Fire 076 Golem Rock Ground 095 Onix Rock Ground 111 Rhyhorn Rock Ground 112 Rhydon Rock Ground 115 Kangaskhan Normal 130 Gyarados Water Flying 131 Lapras Water Ice 134 Vaporeon Water 135 Jolteon Electric 136 Flareon Fire 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 151 Mew Psychic 154 Meganium Grass 156 Quilava Fire 157 Typhlosion Fire 159 Croconaw Water 160 Feraligatr Water 208 Steelix Steel Rock 209 Snubbull Normal 210 Granbull Normal 216 Teddiursa Normal 217 Ursaring Normal 220 Swinub Ice Ground 221 Piloswine Ground 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 228 Houndour Dark Fire 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 231 Phanpy Ground 232 Donphan Ground 234 Stantler Normal 243 Raikou Electric 244 Entei Fire 245 Suicune Water 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 254 Sceptile Grass 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 260 Swampert Water Ground 261 Poochyena Dark 262 Mightyena Dark 264 Linoone Normal 288 Vigoroth Normal 289 Slaking Normal 293 Whismur Normal 294 Loudred Normal 295 Exploud Normal 304 Aron Steel Rock 305 Lairon Steel Rock 306 Aggron Steel Rock 309 Electrike Electric 310 Manectric Electric 319 Sharpedo Water Dark 320 Wailmer Water 321 Wailord Water 323 Camerupt Fire Ground 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 335 Zangoose Normal 357 Tropius Grass Flying 364 Sealeo Ice Water 365 Walrein Ice Water 371 Bagon Dragon 372 Shelgon Dragon 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 380 Latias Dragon Psychic 381 Latios Dragon Psychic 382 Kyogre Water 383 Groudon Ground 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 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 335 Zangoose Normal Vulpix Growlithe, Arcanine Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric 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 7 058 Growlithe Fire -- 059 Arcanine Fire -- 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 9 209 Snubbull Normal 25 210 Granbull Normal 27 228 Houndour Dark Fire 14 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 14 243 Raikou Electric 15 244 Entei Fire 15 261 Poochyena Dark 21 262 Mightyena Dark 22 293 Whismur Normal 35 294 Loudred Normal 43 295 Exploud Normal 45 304 Aron Steel Rock 22 305 Lairon Steel Rock 22 306 Aggron Steel Rock 22 309 Electrike Electric 36 310 Manectric Electric 42 403 Shinx Electric 21 404 Luxio Electric 23 405 Luxray Electric 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 TM05

#   Pokémon Type 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 006 Charizard Fire Flying 009 Blastoise Water 020 Raticate Normal 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 034 Nidoking Poison Ground 037 Vulpix Fire 038 Ninetales Fire 053 Persian Normal 058 Growlithe Fire 059 Arcanine Fire 076 Golem Rock Ground 095 Onix Rock Ground 111 Rhyhorn Rock Ground 112 Rhydon Rock Ground 115 Kangaskhan Normal 130 Gyarados Water Flying 131 Lapras Water Ice 134 Vaporeon Water 135 Jolteon Electric 136 Flareon Fire 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 144 Articuno Ice Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 151 Mew Psychic 154 Meganium Grass 156 Quilava Fire 157 Typhlosion Fire 159 Croconaw Water 160 Feraligatr Water 208 Steelix Steel Rock 209 Snubbull Normal 210 Granbull Normal 216 Teddiursa Normal 217 Ursaring Normal 220 Swinub Ice Ground 221 Piloswine Ground 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 228 Houndour Dark Fire 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 231 Phanpy Ground 232 Donphan Ground 234 Stantler Normal 243 Raikou Electric 244 Entei Fire 245 Suicune Water 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 254 Sceptile Grass 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 260 Swampert Water Ground 261 Poochyena Dark 262 Mightyena Dark 264 Linoone Normal 288 Vigoroth Normal 289 Slaking Normal 293 Whismur Normal 294 Loudred Normal 295 Exploud Normal 304 Aron Steel Rock 305 Lairon Steel Rock 306 Aggron Steel Rock 309 Electrike Electric 310 Manectric Electric 319 Sharpedo Water Dark 320 Wailmer Water 321 Wailord Water 323 Camerupt Fire Ground 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 335 Zangoose Normal 357 Tropius Grass Flying 364 Sealeo Ice Water 365 Walrein Ice Water 371 Bagon Dragon 372 Shelgon Dragon 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 380 Latias Dragon Psychic 381 Latios Dragon Psychic 382 Kyogre Water 383 Groudon Ground 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 389 Torterra Grass Ground 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 395 Empoleon Water Steel 403 Shinx Electric 404 Luxio Electric 405 Luxray Electric 408 Cranidos Rock 409 Rampardos Rock 410 Shieldon Rock Steel 411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 419 Floatzel Water 432 Purugly Normal 434 Stunky Poison Dark 435 Skuntank Poison Dark 443 Gible Dragon Ground 444 Gabite Dragon Ground 445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 447 Riolu Fighting 448 Lucario Fighting Steel 449 Hippopotas Ground 450 Hippowdon Ground 452 Drapion Poison Dark 464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 470 Leafeon Grass 471 Glaceon Ice 473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 483 Dialga Steel Dragon 484 Palkia Water Dragon 485 Heatran Fire Steel 487 Giratina Altered Forme Ghost Dragon 487 Giratina Origin Forme Ghost Dragon 493 Arceus Flying 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 335 Zangoose Normal Vulpix Growlithe, Arcanine Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric Shinx, Luxio, Luxray 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

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The user growls at another Pokémon, sending it back to its Poké Ball.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Suicune	The horn on Suicune's head glows a shining blue and it lets out a fierce roar, scaring the opponent and making it go back into its Poké Ball.
Wild Suiune	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!		Debut
Entei	Entei growls and black waves come out of it, sending the opponent back to its Poké Ball.
A wild Entei	Entei at your Own Risk		None
Houndoom	Houndoom barks at the opponent and they go back into their Poké Balls.
Team Magma Grunts's Houndoom	A Ruin with a View		None
Aron	Aron roars loudly, letting out a cyclone of soundwaves from its mouth, causing rampaging Pokémon to calm down.
Steven Stone's Aron	A Hole Lotta Trouble		None
Arcanine	Arcanine roars loudly, causing the opponent to be scared and go back into its Poké Ball.
A wild Arcanine	On Cloud Arcanine		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Rugido.
• French: Hurlement.
• German: Brüller.
• Italian: Boato.
• Korean: 울부짖기 ulbujitki

Variations on the move Roar
	Roar | Whirlwind

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