Magnitude (move)

Magnitude マグニチュード Magnitude

Battles Type  Ground Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  Varies Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   The appealing works best the more the crowd is excited.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Magnitude (Japanese: マグニチュード Magnitude) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Magnitude does not have a set base power. Instead the base power of this move varies on a magnitude scale between four and ten.

In the games, this attack will randomly choose a magnitude between four and ten, with four having the least power and ten having the greatest. Magnitude will double in power if the opponent is in the underground stage of Dig.

Base power varies as follows:

Magnitude	Power	Probability
4	10	5%
5	30	10%
6	50	20%
7	70	30%
8	90	20%
9	110	10%
10	150	5%

Its effective power for statistical purposes could be considered as the average power, 71.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0050 Diglett Ground 9 0051 Dugtrio Ground - 9 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 16 0075 Graveler Rock Ground — 16 0076 Golem Rock Ground — 16 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0108 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Lickitung

|- | colspan="6" | 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0050 Diglett Ground 9 0051 Dugtrio Ground - 9 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 16 0075 Graveler Rock Ground — 16 0076 Golem Rock Ground — 16 0322 Numel Fire Ground 19 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground — 19 0339 Barboach Water Ground 16 0340 Whiscash Water Ground — 16 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0108 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Lickitung
Numel, Camerupt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0299 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nosepass
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0369 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Relicanth
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Barboach, Whiscash

|- | colspan="6" | 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 0050 Diglett Ground 12 0051 Dugtrio Ground — 12 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 15 0075 Graveler Rock Ground — 15 0076 Golem Rock Ground — 15 0232 Donphan Ground 19 0322 Numel Fire Ground 11 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground — 11 0339 Barboach Water Ground 26 0340 Whiscash Water Ground — 26 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0108 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Lickitung, Lickilicky
Donphan
Numel, Camerupt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0299 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nosepass
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0369 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Relicanth
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Barboach, Whiscash

|- | colspan="6" | 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

The user looses a ground-shaking quake affecting everyone in battle. Its power varies.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Golem's body becomes outlined in a brown aura. Then, it jumps into the air and stomps on the ground, creating an earthquake.
Gary's Golem	Can't Beat the Heat!		Debut

Trivia

• Despite being introduced in Generation II, No Generation II Pokémon could learn Magnitude until Generation IV, and there only Donphan can learn it.
• Every Pokémon that learns this move by level-up gets STAB on it.
• No Generation IV Pokémon can learn this move by level-up.
• At 150 base power, Magnitude 10 is the most damaging Ground-type move.

In other languages

• Spanish: Magnitud
• Italian: Magnitudo
• German: Intensität
• French: Ampleur