Bolt Beak (move)

Bolt Beak でんげきくちばし Electrical Shock Beak

Battles Type  Electric Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  85 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII

Bolt Beak (Japanese: でんげきくちばし Electrical Shock Beak) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of the Fossilized Bird Pokémon.

Effect

If the user attacks before the target, or if the target switches in during the turn that Bolt Beak is used, its base power doubles to 170.

Description

Games Description SwSh The user stabs the target with its electrified beak. If the user attacks before the target, the power of this move is doubled.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
880		Dracozolt		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	63
881		Arctozolt		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	63
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

	Arctozolt
The user stabs the opponent with its electrified beak.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Arctozolt	Arctozolt's beak becomes covered in yellow electricity and it hits the opponent with it.
Goh's Arctozolt	JN050		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 電喙 Dihn Fui Mandarin 電喙 / 电喙 Diàn Huì Czech Elektrický Zobák French Prise de Bec German Schockschnabel Italian Beccoshock Korean 전격부리 Spanish Electropico

Variations of the move Bolt Beak
Bolt Beak • Fishious Rend

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