Megahorn (move)

Megahorn メガホーン Megahorn

File:Megahorn.png

Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  120 Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Makes 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 Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

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

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

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Megahorn (Japanese: メガホーン Megahorn) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II, in which it was Heracross's signature move.

Effect

Megahorn deals damage and has no secondary effect.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 54 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 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 43 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 57 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 66 0118 Goldeen Water 57 0119 Seaking Water 69 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 53 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 58 0078 Rapidash Fire -- 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 57 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 57 0118 Goldeen Water 51 0119 Seaking Water 63 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 55 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 57 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^HGSS

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0234 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Rapidash
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0359 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Absol
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Rapidash
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior

|- | 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 58 0078 Rapidash Fire -- 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 67 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 77 0118 Goldeen Water 57 0119 Seaking Water 72 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 55 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 77 0503 Samurott Water -- 0545 Scolipede Bug Poison -- 0586 Sawsbuck Normal Grass -- 0626 Bouffalant Normal 41 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" | 0234 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Rapidash
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior, Samurott, Sawsbuck, Bouffalant |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0359 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Absol
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Rapidash
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior, Samurott, Sawsbuck, Bouffalant |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0588 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Kaburumo | style="background: #FFF" | Kaburumo
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Heracross, Scolipede

|- | 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

Rhydon Rhyperior File:Heracross megahorn.png Heracross File:Sawsbuck Megahorn.png Sawsbuck
The user charges towards its opponent and then smashes it with its horn.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Heracross's horn glows bright white or faint red and it rams the opponent with its horn.
Ash's Heracross	The Ties That Bind		Debut
Forrest Franklin's Heracross	All in a Day's Wurmple		None
Conway's Heracross	Smells Like Team Spirit!		None
Barry's Heracross	Steeling Peace of Mind!		None
Kato's Heracross	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
	Rhydon charges and stabs the opponent with its horn.
Unknown Trainer's Rhydon	Tag! We're It...!		None
	Rhyperior's horn glows white and it stabs the opponent with it.
Palmer's Rhyperior	Challenging a Towering Figure!		None
Forrest's Rhyperior	SS025		None
	Sawsbuck's horns glow white and it stabs the opponent with them.
Cabernet's Sawsbuck	BW019		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Heracross Megahorn Adventures.png Heracross
The user scoops the opponent up with its horn and tosses it up in the air.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Heracross scoops the opponent up on its horn and tosses it into the air.
Bugsy's Heracross	Mighty Cuts, Scyther!		Debut
Greta's Heracross	VS. Shedinja		None
	Rhydon's horn spins like a drill and it fires a beam of energy from its horn at the opponent.
Silver's Rhydon	Red, the Battler		None

Trivia

• In Pokémon Stadium 2, Bugsy erroneously refers to this move as "Megaphone" when his Heracross (present only in Round 2) uses it.
• It has the highest base power of all Template:Type2 moves, though Fury Cutter could potentially have 160 power.
  • It is also the only Bug-type move with more than 100 base power (note above that Fury Cutter's power is 160 if used four times in a row).

In other languages

• Chinese: 兆幅音頻 Zhào​fú​ Yīn​pín​
• Dutch: Megahoorn
• French: Mégacorne
• German: Vielender
• Greek: Μεγακέρας
• Hindi: Bada Seeng
• Italian: Megacorno
• Korean: 메가폰 Megapon
• Spanish: Megacuerno
• Serbian: Mega Rog

Variations of the move Megahorn
Megahorn • Power Whip • Precipice Blades

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