Mega Launcher (Ability)

Mega Launcher	メガランチャー
	Mega Launcher
Flavor text Generation VI Powers up aura and pulse moves. Generation VII Powers up aura and pulse moves. Generation VIII Powers up aura and pulse moves. Generation IX Powers up pulse moves. Champions Boosts the power of the Pokémon's pulse moves by 50%.

Mega Launcher (Japanese: メガランチャー Mega Launcher) is an Ability introduced in Generation VI. In Generation VIII, it was the signature Ability of Clauncher and Clawitzer.

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• Effect
  • In battle
    • Affected moves
  • Outside of battle
• Pokémon with Mega Launcher
• In other games
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
  • Description
• In animation
  • Pokémon animated series
• Trivia
• In other languages

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Effect

In battle

Mega Launcher boosts the strength of pulse moves used by a Pokémon with this Ability. Damage-dealing moves are boosted in power by 50%, while Heal Pulse heals 75% of the target's maximum HP rather than the usual 50%, including Z-Heal Pulse.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Mega Launcher, as well as the Pokémon that can have Mega Launcher and learn those moves.

Move Type Cat. Power and Boost Learned by Aura Sphere  Fighting  Special 80 120 Dark Pulse  Dark  Special 80 120 Dragon Pulse  Dragon  Special 85 127.5 Heal Pulse  Psychic  Status — — Terrain Pulse  Normal  Special 50 75 Water Pulse  Water  Special 60 90

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they currently cannot be learned by any Pokémon with Mega Launcher. They may, however, be called via Metronome, Copycat, or Mimic, or be used by a Pokémon that gained Mega Launcher by an Ability like Trace or Receiver or a move such as Skill Swap or Role Play.

Move Type Cat. Power and Boost Origin Pulse  Water  Special 110 165

Outside of battle

Mega Launcher has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Mega Launcher

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0009		Blastoise Mega Blastoise	Water		Water	Mega Launcher	None	None
0692		Clauncher	Water		Water	Mega Launcher	None	None
0693		Clawitzer	Water		Water	Mega Launcher	None	None
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Mega Launcher boosts the strength of pulse moves used by a Pokémon with this Ability. Damage-dealing moves are boosted in power by 20%, while Heal Pulse heals 48% of the target's maximum HP rather than the usual 40%.

Description

Games Description SMD Water Pulse, Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse, and Aura Sphere become more powerful! MDRTDX Aura Sphere and moves with "Pulse" in their names become more powerful.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Mega Blastoise Clawitzer
The Pokémon's pulse moves are more powerful than normal.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Mega Blastoise's pulse moves become more powerful than normal.
Siebold's Blastoise	Mega Evolution Special I		Debut
	Clawitzer's pulse moves become more powerful than normal.
Sawyer's Clawitzer	A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!		None

Trivia

• This Ability affects moves containing はどう hadō in their Japanese names, which can be translated as either wave or aura.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	超級發射器 Chīukāp Faatsehhei * 超級噴射 Chīukāp Panseh *
	Mandarin	超級發射器 / 超级发射器 Chāojí Fāshèqì
Danish		Mega Bazooka
Dutch		Megawerper
Finnish		Megaheitin
French		Méga Blaster
German		Megawumme
Italian		Megalancio
Korean		메가런처 Mega Launcher
Norwegian		Mega Launcher
Polish		Megawyrzutnia
Portuguese	Brazil	Megalançador (Mega Evolution website) Megalançamento (animated series)
	Portugal	Megalançador
Spanish	Latin America	Megalanzador
	Spain	Megadisparador
Swedish		Megaavfyrare

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.