Sonic Boom

Essentials

Sonic Boom

special

Generation 1

Summary

Inflicts 20 points of damage.

Damage Dealt

Stats

Power: * (no fixed power)
Accuracy: 90%
PP: 20, up to 32.0 with PP Up
Target: Selected Pokémon
Effect chance: n/a
Priority: 0 (normal)

Flags

Makes contact
Has a charging turn
Must recharge
Blocked by Detect and Protect

This move will not work if the target has used Detect or Protect this turn.
Reflectable
Snatchable
Copied by Mirror Move

A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
Punch-based
Sound-based
Unusable during Gravity
Defrosts when used
Targets opposite side in triples
Heals
Ignores Substitute
Powder-based
Jaw-based
Pulse-based
Ballistics-based
Mental effects
Unusable during Sky Battles
Dance

Machines

: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM

Effect

Inflicts exactly 20 damage.

Flavor

Flavor Text

: Always inflicts 20HP damage.

: Launches shock waves that always inflict 20 HP damage.
: The foe is hit with a shock wave that always inflicts 20-HP damage.

: The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave that always inflicts 20 HP damage.

: The target is hit with a destructive shock wave that always inflicts 20 HP damage.

: The target is hit with a destructive shock wave that always inflicts 20 HP damage.

: The target is hit with a destructive shock wave that always inflicts 20 HP damage.

: This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.

Foreign Names

Japanese: ソニックブーム (sonikkubuumu)
: ソニックブーム
Korean: 소닉붐
Chinese: 音爆
: 音爆
French: Sonic Boom
German: Ultraschall
Spanish: Bomba Sónica
Italian: Sonicboom
Czech: Zvuková vlna

Contests

Contest

Type
Appeal: ♡♡
Jam
Flavor text: Works well if it's the same type as the one before.
Use after: None
Use before: None

Super Contest

Type
Appeal: ♡♡♡
Flavor text: A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Use after: None
Use before: None

Similar moves

No other moves have the same effect as Sonic Boom.

Pokémon

Normal Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.

Pokémon with higher Special Attack are more suited to Sonic Boom's special damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.

											Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
21	16	16	16	14	14	11	11	11	17	15	Magnemite		Magnet Pull Sturdy Analytic		Mineral	25	35	70	95	55	45	325
—	—	16	16	14	14	—	—	—	17	15	Magneton		Magnet Pull Sturdy Analytic		Mineral	50	60	95	120	70	70	465
				14	14	—	—	—	17		Magnezone		Magnet Pull Sturdy Analytic		Mineral	70	70	115	130	90	60	535
17	17	15	15	8	8	8	8	4	4	6	Voltorb		Soundproof Static Aftermath		Mineral	40	30	50	55	55	100	330
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Electrode		Soundproof Static Aftermath		Mineral	60	50	70	80	80	150	490
	19	19	17	14	14	14	14	14	14		Yanma		Speed Boost Compound Eyes Frisk		Bug	65	65	45	75	45	95	390
				14	14	14	14	14	14		Yanmega		Speed Boost Tinted Lens Frisk		Bug	86	76	86	116	56	95	515
				—	—	—	—	—	—		Vibrava		Levitate		Bug Dragon	50	70	50	50	50	70	340
				—	—	—	—	—	—		Flygon		Levitate		Bug Dragon	80	100	80	80	80	100	520
				—	—	—	—	—	—		Buizel		Swift Swim Water Veil		Water 1 Field	55	65	35	60	30	85	330
				—	—	—	—	—	—		Floatzel		Swift Swim Water Veil		Water 1 Field	85	105	55	85	50	115	495
									—		Magearna		Soul-Heart		Undiscovered	80	95	115	130	115	65	600
									—		Original Magearna		Soul-Heart		Undiscovered	80	95	115	130	115	65	600
											Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move.
											Spinarak		Swarm Insomnia Sniper		Bug	40	60	40	40	40	30	250
											Munna		Forewarn Synchronize Telepathy		Field	76	25	45	67	55	24	292

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