Megahorn (move): Difference between revisions

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. |} |}

In the anime

File:Rhyprior&Megahorn.jpg Rhyperior File:Ash's Heracross Megahorn.jpg Heracross
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 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
	Rhydon charges towards its opponent and then smashes it with its horn.
Unnamed Trainer's Rhydon	Tag! We're It...!		None
	Rhyperior's lower horn glows a bright white and extends in length. It then charges to ram its opponent.
Palmer's Rhyperior	Challenging a Towering Figure!		None

Trivia

• Despite being a Template:Type2 move, the only Bug-type Pokémon that can learn it is Heracross, making it the only Pokémon that receives STAB from it.
• In Pokémon Stadium 2, Bugsy erroneously refers to this move as "Megaphone" when his Heracross (present only in Round 2) uses it.

In other languages

• Italian: Megacorno
• Spanish: Megacuerno
• German: Vielender

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

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