Astral Barrage (move)

Astral Barrage アストラルビット Astral Bit

Battles Type  Ghost Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Many Others: Affects all adjacent opponents, but not allies

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 Generation IX

Astral Barrage (Japanese: アストラルビット Astral Bit) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Shadow Rider Calyrex.

Effect

Astral Barrage deals damage to all adjacent opponents.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Astral Barrage cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SwShLA SV The user attacks by sending a frightful amount of small ghosts at opposing Pokémon. BDSP This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						VIII	IX
						SwSh	SV
0898		Calyrex Shadow Rider		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	1	1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Form change

Generation VIII onward

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0898		Calyrex Shadow Rider		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	Upon changing into this formSwShSV
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other generations

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Astral Barrage is tied with Shadow Force for the highest base power of all Ghost-type moves, excluding Z-Moves, Max Moves, and G-Max Moves.
• Astral Barrage can only be registered in the mobile version of Pokémon HOME's move Pokédex using a Smeargle that used Sketch to learn the move. This is possible in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet after the Indigo Disk DLC introduced Smeargle. It shares this trait with Glacial Lance, Behemoth Blade, Behemoth Bash, Ice Burn and Freeze Shock.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 星碎 Sīngseui Mandarin 星碎 Xīngsuì French Éclat Spectral German Astralfragmente Italian Schegge Astrali Korean 아스트랄비트 Aseuteuralbiteu Brazilian Portuguese Barricada Astral Spanish Orbes Espectro

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.