Confuse Ray

(あやしいひかり Bewitching Light)

Introduced:	Generation I

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	--
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	10 ^{(Max. 16)}
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

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

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Condition:	Smart
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0
Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn.

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Condition:	Smart
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Lowers the Voltage of all judges by one each.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Clever
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	1 ♥
Badly startles Pokémon that the judges have high expectations for.

Confuse Ray is a Ghost-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description

Games	Description
GS C	A move that causes confusion.
RS E	A sinister ray that confuses the foe.
FRLG DP PtHGSS	The foe is engulfed in a sinister that triggers confusion.
BWB2W2 XYORAS	The target is engulfed in a sinister that triggers confusion.
SMUSUM	The target is exposed to a sinister ray that triggers confusion.

Effect

In battle

Confuse Ray causes the target to become confused. In a Double Battle, Confuse Ray can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Confuse Ray can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user. Confuse Ray will have no effect on Pokémon that are already confused, Pokémon that are using Safeguard, or Pokémon with Own Tempo.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Level
Pokémon		Type	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
	Vulpix	fire	28	19	21	17	17 (BW) 15 (B2W2)	15 (XY) 12 (ORAS)	12
	Vulpix	ice							12
	Ninetales	fire		1	1	1	1	1	1
	Ninetales	ice/fairy							1
	Zubat	poison/flying	21	19	26	21	21 (BW) 19 (B2W2)	19 (XY) 17 (ORAS)	17
	Golbat	poison/flying	21	19	28	21	21 (BW) 19 (B2W2)	19 (XY) 17 (ORAS)	17
	Gastly	ghost/poison	1	28	28 (RS E) 21 (FRLG)	19	19	19	19
	Haunter	ghost/poison	1	28	31 (RS E) 21 (FRLG)	19	19	19	19
	Gengar	ghost/poison	1	28	31 (RS E) 21 (FRLG)	19	19	19	19
	Staryu	water						40	40
	Starmie	water/psychic		37	33	28	28 (BW) 22 (B2W2)	22 (XY) 40 (ORAS)	40
	Magmar	fire	39	49	49	25	26	26	26
	Lapras	water/ice	31	22	19	7	7	7	7
	Crobat	poison/flying		19	28	21	21 (BW) 19 (B2W2)	19 (XY) 17 (ORAS)	17
	Chinchou	water/electric		29	29	17	12	17	17
	Lanturn	water/electric		33	32	17	17	17	17
	Natu	psychic/flying		40	40	23	23	23	23
	Chinchou	water/electric		50	50	23	23	23	23
	Mareep	electric					25 (B2W2)	25	25
	Flaaffy	electric					29 (B2W2)	29	29
	Ampharos	electric					29 (B2W2)	29	29
	Umbreon	dark		30	30	29	29 (BW) 17 (B2W2)	17	17
	Misdreavus	ghost		12	17	14	14	14	14
	Mantine	water/flying		49	50	37	37 (BW) 11 (B2W2)	11	11
	Stantler	normal		49	43 (RS E) 41 (FRLG)	23	23	23	23
	Magby	fire		43	43	25	25 (BW) 26 (B2W2)	26	26
	Shedninja	bug/ghost			31	31	31	31 (XY) 29 (ORAS)	29
	Sableye	dark/ghost			37	46	46	46 (XY) 31 (ORAS)	31
	Volbeat	bug			5	9	9	9 (XY) 8 (ORAS)	8
	Spoink	psychic			25	18	18	18	18
	Grumpig	psychic			25	18	18	18	18
	Lileep	rock/grass			29	22	22	22 (XY) 13 (ORAS)	13
	Cradily	rock/grass			29	22	22	22 (XY) 13 (ORAS)	13
	Duskull	ghost			23	17	17	17 (XY) 30 (ORAS)	30
	Dusclops	ghost			23	17	17	17 (XY) 30 (ORAS)	30
	Vespiquen	bug/flying				7	7 (BW) 1 (B2W2)	1	1
	Bronzor	steel/psychic				14	14 (BW) 11 (B2W2)	11	11
	Bronzong	steel/psychic				14	14 (BW) 11 (B2W2)	11	11
	Spiritomb	ghost/dark				1	1	1	1
	Mantyke	water/flying				37	37 (BW) 11 (B2W2)	11	11
	Magmortar	fire				25	26	26	26
	Dusknoir	ghost				17	17	17 (XY) 30 (ORAS)	30
	Froslass	ghost/ghost				19	19	19 (XY) 32 (ORAS)	32
	Rotom	electric/ghost				1	1	1	1
	Regigigas	normal				1	1	1	1
	Watchog	normal					20	20	Evolve
	Litwick	ghost/fire					10	10	10
	Lampent	ghost/fire					10	10	10
	Chandelure	ghost/fire					1	1	1
	Cryogonal	ice					45	45	41
	Phantump	ghost/grass						1	1
	Trevenant	ghost/grass						1	1
	Pumpkaboo	ghost/grass						1	1
	Gourgeist	ghost/grass						1	1
	Morelull	grass/fairy							25
	Shiinotic	grass/fairy							26
	Minior	rock/flying							10
	Lunala	psychic/ghost							13
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.