Aura Sphere (move)

Aura Sphere はどうだん Wave Bomb

File:Aura Sphere ani.png

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  90 Accuracy  —% 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 Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   +2 if first to appeal

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Aura Sphere (Japanese: はどうだん Wave Bomb) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Aura Sphere inflicts damage and is unaffected by modifications to the Accuracy stat and Evasion stat. It will not hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig and Fly.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 100 0151 Mew Psychic 100 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 37 0468 Togekiss Normal Flying -- 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 90 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 37 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 90 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 37 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 90 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 37 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 90 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 37 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 event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0151 Mew Psychic Palcity Mew 0447 Riolu Fighting Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia 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 other games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• LucarioBrawl AuraSphere1.jpg

  A less damaged Lucario's Aura Sphere.

• LucarioBrawl AuraSphere2.jpg

  A more damaged Lucario's Aura Sphere.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Aura Sphere is Lucario's standard Special move. Like most of its moves, Aura Sphere is more powerful if Lucario has taken more damage.

If the opponent runs into Lucario while it is charging the sphere, the opponent also takes damage.

In the anime

File:RioluAuraSphere.jpg Riolu File:MayleneLucarioaurasphere.jpg Charging up File:Lucario AuraSphere2.jpg Lucario File:PalkiaAuraSphere.png Palkia
A ball of aura is released by the user after charging it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	A blue-green ball forms in front of Lucario's hand. Lucario then fires at its opponent. The size of the sphere can vary depending on how long Lucario charges the ball.
Lucario	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew		Debut
Maylene's Lucario	Lost Leader Strategy!		None
Riley's Lucario	Saving the World From Ruins!		None
	A blue-green ball forms in front of Riolu's hand. Riolu then fires at its opponent.
Riolu	Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu!		None
	A pink ball forms in between Palkia's hand. Palkia then fires at its opponent. The size of the sphere can vary depending on how long Palkia charges the ball.
Palkia	The Rise of Darkrai		None

Trivia

• Its appearance, description, and typing closely resemble the Hadouken technique from Street Fighter and loosely resemble the Kamehameha from the Dragon Ball series as Kamehameha is a wave-type move while Hadouken and Aura Sphere are spherical moved.
• Lucario and Togekiss are the only non-legendary Pokémon that can learn Aura Sphere by level up.
• The Mew from Mewtwo Strikes Back seemed to be able to use Aura Sphere, though this may have been merely a deflection of Mewtwo's attack; it's also likely that it was Shadow Ball, the same move Mewtwo was using.
• The booster pack of Legends Awakened has a Lucario using Aura Sphere. However, this Aura Sphere was a more greenish shade of color, while the anime always shows Lucario making a blue Aura Sphere.
• Aura Sphere is the most recognized move that Lucario uses and the most recognized move that uses aura.
• Lucario and Riolu are the only Template:Type2 Pokémon that can use Aura Sphere, and therefore, they are the only Pokémon that get a STAB boost with it, but, since only an event Riolu can learn it, Lucario is the only readily available in-game Pokémon that gets a STAB boost from Aura Sphere.
• Of all the moves which cannot miss, Aura Sphere has the greatest base power.
• In the anime, the color of Aura Sphere appears to match the color of the Pokémon using it. Lucario and Riolu have a blue one, while Palkia has a pink one. Whether this applies to other Pokémon that can use it is currently unknown.

In other languages

• Dutch: Aura bal
• French: Aurasphère
• German: Aurasphäre
• Italian: Forzasfera
• Latin American dub: Esfera de aura or Auraesfera
• Spanish: Esfera Aural