SonicBoom (move)

SonicBoom ソニックブーム Sonic Boom

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  – Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

SonicBoom on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex SonicBoom on Eevee's Movedex

SonicBoom (Japanese: ソニックブーム Sonic Boom) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

SonicBoom deals 20 damage, regardless of the user's type, the opponent's type, and any other effects. Ghost-types are able to be hit by this move despite their usual immunity to Normal-type moves.

Generation II and on

Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to SonicBoom.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

In Red and Blue Rescue Team, this move does 55 damage, while in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky does 20 damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
081		Magnemite	Electric		Electric	21			16			16			14				14
082		Magneton	Electric		Electric	--, 21			--, 16			16			14				14
100		Voltorb	Electric		Electric	17			17			15			8				8
101		Electrode	Electric		Electric	--, 17			--, 17			--, 15			--, 8				--, 8
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	no			19			19	17	14				14
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	no			no			no			--				--
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	no			no			no			--				--
418		Buizel	Water		Water	no			no			no			--				--
419		Floatzel	Water		Water	no			no			no			--				--
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel	no			no			no			14				14
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying	no			no			no			14				14
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 021 Spearow Normal Flying New York Pokémon Center 123 Scyther Bug Flying New York Pokémon Center 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

Magnezone	Buizel	Yanmega	Crobat
The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Yanma	Yanma flaps its wings at a fast speed and one or multiple shockwaves heads towards the opponent, or Yanma's wings glow white and it waves them, releasing a shockwave from its wings at the opponent.
Zachary Evans's Yanma	Wings 'N' Things		Debut
Forrester Franklin's Yanma	All in a Day's Wurmple		None
Jessie's Yanma	The Thief that Keeps on Thieving!		None
Tyler's Yanma	The Thief the Keeps on Thieving!		None
Crobat	Crobat flaps its wings so fast that they become a blur, and a cyclone of wind and white circles come out of them and hit the opponent.
Brock's Crobat	Lapras of Luxury		Crobat cannot legally learn SonicBoom
Buizel	Buizel's two tails glow white and it flips around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent.
Ash's Buizel	Buizel Your Way Out of This!		None
Yanmega	Yanmega's wings glow white and it waves its wings, releasing a large white shockwave at the opponent.
Jessie's Yanmega	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		None
Magnezone	All three of Magnezone's magnets glow white and it spins around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent.
A wild Magnezone	Regaining the Home Advantage!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Magnemite and Magneton	Voltorb and Electrode
The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Magneton	Magneton's body becomes surrounded by an orb of energy. When the opponent comes into contact with Magneton, they bounce off the orb.
A wild Magneton	Electro Magneton		Debut
Magnemite	Magnemite's body becomes surrounded by orbs of energy.
Two wild Magnemite	Electro Magneton		Debut
Electrode	Electrode's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple soundwaves from its body.
Ken's Electrode	Ekans the Ecstasy		None
Voltorb	Voltorb's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple soundwaves from its body.
Ken's Voltorb	Ekans the Ecstasy		None
Buizel	Buizel turns around and waves its tails horizontally. As it does, it releases a beam of energy from its tails at the opponent. When it waves its tails, they leave behind a trail of energy.
Uji's Buizel	VS. Staravia and Skuntank II		None

Trivia

• Despite being a Normal-type move, Smeargle (through Sketch) is the only Normal-type Pokémon that can learn this move.
• Although the sound-based moves are introduced in Generation III, SonicBoom is listed in move index number near with another Generation I sound-based moves; Growl, Sing, Roar, and Supersonic.
• For unknown reasons, the move's animation was changed between the Japanese and international versions of Generation II. Whereas the Japanese version depicted SonicBoom as a boomerang being thrown towards the target, the international versions instead depict the move as a tornado approaching and hitting the foe.

In other generations

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Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 音爆 Yīn​bào​ Dutch Supersonische Knal French Sonicboom German Ultraschall Greek Ηχοέκρηξη Italian Sonicboom Korean 소닉붐 Sonic Boom Polish Bomba Dźwięku Portuguese Brazil Bomba Sônica Portugal Detonação Sônica Serbian Sonična Bomba Spanish Latin America Bomba Sónica (Season 1-10) Explosion Sónica (Season 11-present) Spain Bomba Sónica

Set-damage moves
Seismic Toss SonicBoom • Dragon Rage • Night Shade

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