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Moonblast ムーンフォース Moon Force

Battles Type  Fairy Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  95 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} 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

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

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

Moonblast (Japanese: ムーンフォース Moon Force) is a damage-dealing Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Moonblast does damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Special Attack by one stage.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	46	46SMUSUM 28PE
0043		Oddish		Grass		Grass	43ORAS	43SMUSUM 30PE
0044		Gloom		Grass		Grass		45PE
0089		Muk		Amorphous		Amorphous		1PE
089A		Muk Alola Form		Amorphous		Amorphous		1PE
0163		Hoothoot		Flying		Flying		40
0164		Noctowl		Flying		Flying		47
0282		Gardevoir		Amorphous		Amorphous	1, 85XY 1, 62ORAS	1, 62
0333		Swablu		Flying	Dragon	50XY 46ORAS	46
0334		Altaria		Flying	Dragon	60XY 52ORAS	52
0337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral	50XY 1ORAS	1
0488		Cresselia		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	99	99
0547		Whimsicott		Grass	Fairy	50	50
0669		Flabébé		Fairy		Fairy	41	41
0670		Floette		Fairy		Fairy	46	46
670E		Floette Eternal Flower		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	46	46
0671		Florges		Fairy		Fairy	1	1
0682		Spritzee		Fairy		Fairy	31	31
0683		Aromatisse		Fairy		Fairy	31	31
0700		Sylveon		Field		Field	37	37
0703		Carbink		Fairy	Mineral	50	50
0716		Xerneas		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	35	35
0719		Diancie		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	50	50
0728		Popplio		Water 1	Field		36
0729		Brionne		Water 1	Field		42
0730		Primarina		Water 1	Field		44
0755		Morelull		Grass		Grass		39
0756		Shiinotic		Grass		Grass		44
0786		Tapu Lele		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		58
0788		Tapu Fini		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		1
0792		Lunala		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		47
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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
037A		Vulpix Alola Form		Field		Field		✔
0742		Cutiefly		Bug	Fairy		✔
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.

By event

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0282		GardevoirLv. 50		Amorphous		Amorphous	Kimia's Gardevoir
0385		Jirachi		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	2014 Tanabata Jirachi
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 games

Pokémon GO

Moonblast
Charged Attack
Gyms & Raids Power 130 Energy cost ? Duration 3.9 seconds Damage window ? seconds
Trainer Battles Power ? Energy cost ? Secondary effect ? Effect chance ?%
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility By Elite Charged TM By GO Snapshot As Shadow Pokémon As Purified Pokémon Formerly eligible None

• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Moonblast had a power of 60.
• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Moonblast had a power of 85 and a duration of 4.1 seconds.

Description

In the anime

Clefable Mega Gardevoir Florges Spritzee
The user gathers energy from the moon, and then fires the energy at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sylveon spreads its feelers wide open, and an image of the moon appears behind it. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its mouth, and fires it at the opponent.
Penelope's Sylveon	Kindergarten Chaos!		Debut
	Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its hands, and fires it at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
	Mega Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its hands, and fires it at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
	Florges gathers energy from the moon. She then forms an orb of pink energy from her mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Florges (anime)	Defending the Homeland!		None
	Spritzee gathers energy that forms into an orb of pink energy in front of its nose, and fires it at the opponent.
Valerie's Spritzee	Fairy-Type Trickery!		None
	Flabébé gathers energy from the moon. She then forms an orb of pink energy from her mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Shauna's Flabébé	Performing a Pathway to the Future!		None
	Clefable gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy from its mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Lusamine's Clefable	Rescuing the Unwilling!‎		None
	Lunala gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its body and fires it at the opponent.
Lunala (anime)	Full Moon and Many Arms!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Diancie
The user releases a powerful burst of moonlight at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Diancie gathers light from the moon and forms it into a bright orb of energy over its head. It then releases a bright burst of sparkling energy from the orb at the opponent.
A wild Diancie	X & Y chapter		Debut

In other generations

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 月亮之力 Yuhtleuhng-jī Lihk * 月亮攻擊 Yuhtleuhng Gūnggīk * Mandarin 月亮之力 Yuèliàng-zhī Lì * 月亮攻擊 Yuèliàng Gōngjí * Dutch Maanknal French Pouvoir Lunaire German Mondgewalt Italian Forza Lunare Korean 문포스 Moon Force Polish Księżycowy błysk Portuguese Brazil Explosão Lunar (games, XY113-present, TCG) Força Lunar (XY013-XY074) Portugal Força Lunar Russian Лунный Взрыв Lunnyy Vzryv Spanish Fuerza Lunar Vietnamese Năng Lượng Mặt Trăng

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