Signal Beam (move)
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| Signal Beam シグナルビーム Signal Beam | ||||||||||||
| The user attacks with a sinister beam of light. It may also confuse the target. | ||||||||||||
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Signal Beam (Japanese: シグナルビーム Signal Beam) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation III.
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Effect
Signal Beam deals damage and has a 10% chance of confusing the target.
In the anime
 Volbeat using Signal Beam |
 Ampharos using Signal Beam |
Pokémon
Volbeat. A pink, light blue, and yellow beam forms between its antennae and spirals towards the foe.
- Used by Romeo's Volbeat in Love at First Flight Debut.
Ampharos. A white ball of light forms in front of the orb on its head. A rainbow-colored beam of light is then releases from it.
- Used by the train conductor's in DP130.
Learnset
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 087 | 
| Dewgong | Water | Ice | --FRLG |
| 313 | 
| Volbeat | Bug | 25 | |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 048 | 
| Venonat | Bug | Poison | Spinarak, Ariados Yanma Volbeat |
| 167 | 
| Spinarak | Bug | Poison | Venonat, Venomoth Yanma Volbeat |
| 193 | 
| Yanma | Bug | Flying | Venonat, Venomoth Spinarak, Ariados Volbeat |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 048 |
| Venonat | Bug | Poison | 35 |
| 049 | 
| Venomoth | Bug | Poison | 37 |
| 087 |
| Dewgong | Water | Ice | -- 7 |
| 137 | 
| Porygon | Normal | 29 | |
| 170 | 
| Chinchou | Water | Electric | 31 |
| 171 | 
| Lanturn | Water | Electric | 35 |
| 179 | 
| Mareep | Electric | 32 | |
| 180 | 
| Flaaffy | Electric | 36 | |
| 181 | 
| Ampharos | Electric | 42 | |
| 223 | 
| Remoraid | Water | 36 | |
| 224 | 
| Octillery | Water | 42 | |
| 226 | 
| Mantine | Water | Flying | -- |
| 233 | 
| Porygon2 | Normal | 29 | |
| 313 |
| Volbeat | Bug | 25 | |
| 474 | 
| Porygon-Z | Normal | 29 | |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 048 |
| Venonat | Bug | Poison | Venonat, Venomoth Spinarak, Ariados Yanma Volbeat |
| 086 | 
| Seel | Water | Dewgong Remoraid, Octillery Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos | |
| 167 |
| Spinarak | Bug | Poison | Venonat, Venomoth Yanma Volbeat |
| 193 |
| Yanma | Bug | Flying | Venonat, Venomoth Spinarak, Ariados Volbeat |
| 211 | 
| Qwilfish | Water | Poison | Chinchou, Lanturn Remoraid, Octillery |
| 283 | 
| Surskit | Bug | Water | Venonat, Venomoth Spinarak, Ariados Remoraid, Octillery Yanma Volbeat |
| 363 | 
| Spheal | Ice | Water | Remoraid, Octillery Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos |
| 458 | 
| Mantyke | Water | Flying | Remoraid, Octillery Mantine |
| 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 Platinum
Trivia
- Signal Beam is the only Platinum move tutor move that requires each kind of shard to learn. All others require two or three types of shard.
- Despite being a Bug-type move, almost every Electric-type Pokémon can learn it.
In other languages
- Spanish: doble rayo
- Italian: Segnoraggio
- German: Ampelleuchte
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |
