Bubble Beam

Bubble Beam

バブルこうせん Bubble Beam

Introduced:	Generation I

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	65
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	20, max: 32
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Condition:	Beauty
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those who have made appeals.

Super Contests (DPPt)

Condition:	Beauty
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Beautiful
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	3 ♥♥♥
Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Bubble Beam, formatted as "BubbleBeam" before Generation V, is a Water-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM11 in Generation I.

Description

Games	Description
GSC	An attack that may lower SPEED.
RSE	Forcefully shoots bubbles that may lower SPEED.
FRLG	A spray of bubbles strike the foe. It may lower the foe's SPEED stat.
DPPtHGSS	A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the foe. It may also lower its Speed stat.
BWB2W2	A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the opposing team. It may also lower their Speed stats.
XYORAS SMUSUMPE	A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. This may also lower its Speed stat.

Effect

In battle

Bubble Beam does damage and has a 10% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage. In a Double Battle, Bubble Beam can target any Pokémon around the user; in a Triple Battle, Bubble Beam can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				VI	VII	VIII
	Squirtle	water
	Wartortle	water
	Blastoise	water
	Poliwag	water			25	25
	Poliwhirl	water			27	27
	Poliwrath	water/fighting			25	25
	Tentacool	water/poison	25	25	19	19
	Tentacruel	water/poison	25	25	19	19
	Krabby	water			15	15
	Kingler	water			15	15
	Horsea	water			18	18
	Seadra	water			18	18
	Staryu	water	31	28	28	28 BW 22 B2W2
	Starmie	water/psychic	1
	Chinchou	water/electric			28	28
	Lanturn	water/electric			30	30
	Marill	water/fairy	21	21	21	21 BW 13 B2W2
	Azumarill	water/fairy	25	25	25	25 BW 13 B2W2
	Corsola	water/rock	25	23	23	23 BW 17 B2W2
	Remoraid	water	22	22	22	22 BW 18 B2W2
	Octillery	water	22	22	22	22 BW 18 B2W2
	Mantine	water/flying	18	18	1, 10	1, 10 BW 1, 7 B2W2
	Kingdra	water/dragon			18	18
	Suicune	water	41 GS 11 C	11	8	8
	Lotad	water/grass			25 PtHGSS	25
	Lombre	water/grass			25 PtHGSS	25
	Surskit	bug/water			25	25
	Azurill	normal/fairy				13 B2W2
	Corphish	water		20 RSE 19 FRLG	20	20
	Crawdaunt	water/dark		20 RSE 19 FRLG	20	20
	Piplup	water			22 DP 18 PtHGSS	18
	Prinplup	water			24 DP 19 PtHGSS	19
	Empoleon	water/steel			24 DP 19 PtHGSS	19
	Mantyke	water/flying			10	10 BW 7 B2W2
	Phione	water			24	24
	Manaphy	water			24	24
	Tympole	water				12
	Palpitoad	water/ground				12
	Palpitoad	water/ground				12
	Ducklett	water/flying				19
	Swanna	water/flying				19
	Frillish	water/ghost				13
	Jellicent	water/ghost				13
	Keldeo	water/fighting				13
	Clauncher	water
	Clawitzer	water
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

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Gallery

• Games
• Anime

Main games

• Bubble Beam depicted in Generation I.
• Bubble Beam depicted in Generation II.
• Bubble Beam depicted in Generation III.
• Bubble Beam depicted in Generation V.
• Bubble Beam depicted in Generation VII.
• Bubble Beam depicted in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

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Main series

• Bubble Beam being used by Ash's Squirtle.
• Bubble Beam being used by Misty's Corsola.
• Bubble Beam being used by Ash's Corphish.
• Bubble Beam being used by Misty's Staryu.
• Bubble Beam being used by Dawn's Piplup.
• Bubble Beam being used by Kenny's Prinplup.
• Bubble Beam being used by Cameron's Swanna.
• Bubble Beam being used by Jessie's Frillish.
• Bubble Beam being used by Viola's Surskit.
• Bubble Beam being used by Lana's Brionne.
• Bubble Beam being used by Chloe's Eevee via Copycat.
• Bubble Beam being used by Goh's Krabby.

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Spin-offs & shorts

• Bubble Beam being used by Barry's Piplup.

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Variations of Aurora Beam
Physical	Spark	Low Sweep
Special	Aurora Beam	Bubble Beam	Chatter
	Psybeam	Sludge