Avalanche (move)

Avalanche ゆきなだれ Snow Avalanche

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Battles Type  Ice Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  -4 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 IV TM72 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Points doubles if last to appeal.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Avalanche (Japanese: ゆきなだれ Snow Avalanche) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Avalanche deals damage and is a decreased priority move, causing the user to attack after other Pokémon that are using ordinary priority moves. If the user takes damage in the same turn, Avalanche's power is doubled to 120.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Similar to Bide, the user will store energy for a few turns and then release the energy to inflict damage, the amount of damage equaling the amount the user received during the "charging." The move will fail if the opposing Pokémon doesn't attack, if the user is under certain statuses like sleep or paralyze, or if the user faints.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 33 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 31 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 TM72

#   Pokémon Type 0009 Blastoise Water 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0121 Starmie Water Psychic 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0160 Feraligatr Water 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0217 Ursaring Normal 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground 0225 Delibird Ice Flying 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 0242 Blissey Normal 0245 Suicune Water 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0260 Swampert Water Ground 0295 Exploud Normal 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 0320 Wailmer Water 0321 Wailord Water 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 0350 Milotic Water 0351 Castform Normal 0351 Castform Fire 0351 Castform Water 0351 Castform Ice 0361 Snorunt Ice 0362 Glalie Ice 0365 Walrein Ice Water 0378 Regice Ice 0382 Kyogre Water 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 0409 Rampardos Rock 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 0459 Snover Grass Ice 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 0461 Weavile Dark Ice 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 0471 Glaceon Ice 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 0478 Froslass Ice Ghost 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 0486 Regigigas Normal 0493 Arceus Fighting Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic Pokéwalker - Dim Cave 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 39 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 35 0582 Vanillite Ice 19 0583 Vanillish Ice 19 0584 Vanilluxe Ice 19 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" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Cloyster
Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Blastoise
Nidoking
Slowbro, Slowking
Dewgong
Rhydon, Rhyperior
Feraligatr
Delibird
Tyranitar
Swampert
Exploud
Aggron
Crawdaunt
Milotic
Empoleon
Rampardos
Bastiodon
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0215 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sneasel
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Dewgong
Rhydon, Rhyperior
Glaceon
Ursaring
Piloswine, Mamoswine
Delibird
Swampert
Exploud
Wailmer, Wailord
Walrein
Empoleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Dewgong
Rhydon, Rhyperior
Glaceon
Ursaring
Sneasel, Weavile
Delibird
Swampert
Exploud
Wailmer, Wailord
Walrein
Empoleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Blastoise
Nidoking
Slowbro, Slowking
Dewgong
Rhydon, Rhyperior
Lapras
Feraligatr
Delibird
Tyranitar
Swampert
Exploud
Aggron
Crawdaunt
Milotic
Empoleon
Rampardos
Bastiodon
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Vanillite, Vanillish, Vanilluxe |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0459 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snover
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Blastoise
Nidoking
Slowbro, Slowking
Rhydon, Rhyperior
Feraligatr
Tyranitar
Swampert
Exploud
Aggron
Rampardos
Bastiodon
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0613 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cubchoo
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Dewgong
Rhydon, Rhyperior
Glaceon
Ursaring
Sneasel, Weavile
Delibird
Swampert
Exploud
Wailmer, Wailord
Walrein
Empoleon

|- | 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 manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Platinum Empoleon Avalanche.png Empoleon
The user blows a huge blast of snow at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Empoleon outspreads its wings and flaps them, sending a huge wave of snow at the opponent.
Platinum's Empoleon	VS. Graveler		Debut

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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• In the Spanish version of the Generation IV games, Avalanche was translated as "Alud". While this is not incorrect, "alud" refers more to a rock slide than an avalanche. This was done likely because of the move Rock Slide, which was translated as "Avalancha", much in the same way that Dawn's name was translated to reference May's English name.
• If Secret Power is used on snow or ice in Generation IV, it will have the animation of Avalanche.

In other languages

• French: Avalanche
• German: Lawine
• Greek: Χιονοστιβάδα
• Italian: Slavina
• Korean: 눈사태 Nun Satae
• Norwegian: Snøskred
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Avalanche
• Spanish: Alud

Variations of the move Revenge
Revenge • Avalanche

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