Flash Cannon

Flash Cannon

ラスターカノン Rasutaakanon

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	80
Accuracy:	100
PP:	10
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

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

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
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Flash Cannon is a special Steel-type move in Generation IV. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it is available as TM54.

Description

Games	Description
DPPtHGSS	The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. It may also lower the foe's Sp. Def stat.
BWB2W2	The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. It may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
XYORAS	The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
SMUSUMPE SWSH	The user gathers all its light energy and releases it all at once. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.

Effect

It has a 10% chance to decrease the opponent's Special Defense by one level each time it is used.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Blastoise	water	Monster/Water 1	1	1	1	1	1, Evo.
	Magnemite	electric/steel	Mineral		35B2W2	35XY 31ORAS	31SMUSUM 38PE	32
	Magneton	electric/steel	Mineral		39B2W2	39XY 33ORAS	33SMUSUM 46PE	34
	Metang	steel/psychic	Mineral					18
	Metagross	steel/psychic	Mineral					16
	Registeel	steel	Undiscovered	73	73	73XY 43ORAS	43	24
	Magnezone	electric/steel	Mineral		39B2W2	39XY 33ORAS	33	34
	Dialga	steel/dragon	Undiscovered	80DPPt 42HGSS	50	50	50	32
	Ferroseed	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral		52	52	52	20
	Ferrothorn	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral		61	61	61	20
	Klefki	steel/fairy	Mineral					36
	Solgaleo	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				23	28
	Celesteela	steel/flying	Undiscovered				37	40
	Magearna	steel/fairy	Undiscovered				41	72
	Meltan	steel	Undiscovered				45PE	40
	Melmetal	steel	Undiscovered				45PE	40
	Duraludon	steel/dragon	Mineral/Dragon					54
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 TM/TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Blastoise	water	Monster/Water 1	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Diglett	ground/steel	Field				TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Dugtrio	ground/steel	Field				TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Magnemite	electric/steel	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Magneton	electric/steel	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Onix	rock/ground	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Horsea	water	Water 1/Dragon	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Seadra	water	Water 1/Dragon	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Staryu	water	Water 3	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Starmie	water/psychic	Water 3	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91SMUSUM TM54PE	TR70
	Forretress	bug/steel	Bug	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91
	Steelix	steel/ground	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Octillery	water	Water 1/Water 2	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Skarmory	steel/flying	Flying	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Kingdra	water/dragon	Water 1/Dragon	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Mawile	steel/fairy	Field/Fairy	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Aggron	steel/rock	Monster	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Camerupt	fire/ground	Field	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91
	Armaldo	rock/bug	Water 3	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Metang	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Metagross	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Regirock	rock	Undiscovered					TR70
	Regice	ice	Undiscovered	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Registeel	steel	Undiscovered	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Jirachi	steel/psychic	Undiscovered	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91
	Empoleon	water/steel	Water 1/Field	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91
	Shieldon	rock/steel	Monster	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91
	Bastiodon	rock/steel	Monster	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91
	Wormadam	bug/steel	Bug	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91
	Bronzor	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Bronzong	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Magnezone	electric/steel	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Rhyperior	ground/rock	Monster/Field	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Probopass	rock/steel	Mineral	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91
	Dialga	steel/dragon	Undiscovered	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Heatran	fire/steel	Undiscovered	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered	TM91	TM91	TM91	TM91
	Roggenrola	rock	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Boldore	rock	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Gigalith	rock	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Sigilyph	psychic/flying	Flying		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Solosis	psychic	Amorphous		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Duosion	psychic	Amorphous		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Reuniclus	psychic	Amorphous		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Vanillite	ice	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Vanillish	ice	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Vanilluxe	ice	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Ferroseed	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Ferrothorn	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Klink	steel	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Klang	steel	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Klinklang	steel	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Eelektrik	electric	Amorphous		TM91	TM91	TM91
	Eelektross	electric	Amorphous		TM91	TM91	TM91
	Beheeyem	psychic	Human-Like					TR70
	Cryogonal	ice	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Stunfisk	ground/steel	Water 1/Amorphous					TR70
	Druddigon	dragon	Dragon/Monster		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Golurk	ground/ghost	Mineral		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Durant	bug/steel	Bug		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Hydreigon	dark/dragon	Dragon		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Zekrom	dragon/electric	Undiscovered		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Kyurem	dragon/ice	Undiscovered		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Kyurem	dragon/ice	Undiscovered		TM91B2W2	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Kyurem	dragon/ice	Undiscovered		TM91B2W2	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Genesect	bug/steel	Undiscovered		TM91	TM91	TM91	TR70
	Honedge	steel/ghost	Mineral			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Doublade	steel/ghost	Mineral			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Aegislash	steel/ghost	Mineral			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Spritzee	fairy	Fairy			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Aromatisse	fairy	Fairy			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Clauncher	water	Water 1/Water 3			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Clawitzer	water	Water 1/Water 3			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Amaura	rock/ice	Monster			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Aurorus	rock/ice	Monster			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Klefki	steel/fairy	Mineral			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Bergmite	ice	Monster/Mineral			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Avalugg	ice	Monster/Mineral			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Xerneas	fairy	Undiscovered			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Volcanion	fire/water	Undiscovered			TM91	TM91	TR70
	Toucannon	normal/flying	Flying				TM91
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug				TM91	TR70
	Silvally	normal	Undiscovered				TM91	TR70
	Turtonator	fire/dragon	Monster/Dragon				TM91	TR70
	Dhelmise	ghost/grass	Mineral				TM91	TR70
	Kommo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon				TM91	TR70
	Solgaleo	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				TM91	TR70
	Celesteela	steel/flying	Undiscovered				TM91	TR70
	Necrozma	psychic	Undiscovered				TM91	TR70
	Necrozma	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				TM91USUM	TR70
	Necrozma	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TM91USUM	TR70
	Magearna	steel/fairy	Undiscovered				TM91	TR70
	Stakataka	rock/steel	Undiscovered				TM91USUM	TR70
	Meltan	steel	Undiscovered				TM91PE	TR70
	Melmetal	steel	Undiscovered				TM91PE	TR70
	Corviknight	flying/steel	Flying					TR70
	Copperajah	steel	Field/Mineral					TR70
	Duraludon	steel/dragon	Mineral/Dragon					TR70
	Zamazenta	fighting	Undiscovered					TR70
	Eternatus	poison/dragon	Undiscovered					TR70
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Flash Cannon's animation in the core series games changes throughout each game:
  • In Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, Let's Go Pikachu!, Let's Go Eevee!, Sword, and Shield, Flash Cannon is depicted as a ball of light while in X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Flash Cannon is depicted as a laser beam.

Gallery

Main games

• Flash Cannon depicted in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• Flash Cannon depicted in Black, White, Black 2 and White 2.
• Flash Cannon depicted in X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
• Flash Cannon depicted in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• Flash Cannon depicted in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

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Main series

• Flash Cannon being used by Paul's Aggron.
• Flash Cannon being used by Ash's Boldore.
• Flash Cannon being used by Steven's Mega Metagross.
• Flash Cannon being used by the Ultra Guardians' Metang.
• Flash Cannon being used by the Nebby.
• Flash Cannon being used by Ash's Melmetal.

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Spin-offs & shorts

• Flash Cannon being used by Steven's Metagross

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Pokémon Adventures

• Flash Cannon being used by Riley's Lucario.

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