Gyro Ball

Gyro Ball ({{{kanji}}} {{{romaji}}})

Introduced:	Generation IV
Battle Data
Type:
Category:
Power:	Varies
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	5
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes
Affected by
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes
Magic Bounce:	No
Magic Coat:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Contest Data
Super Contests
Type:	Beauty
Appeal:	2 ♥♥

Contest Spectaculars
Type:	Cool
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	0

Gyro Ball is a Steel-type move that was introduced in Generation IV.

Description[]

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSS	The user tackles the foe with a high-speed spin. The slower the user, the greater the damage.
BW B2W2	The user tackles the target with a high-speed spin. The slower the user, the greater the damage.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP LA	The user tackles the target with a high-speed spin. The slower the user compared to the target, the greater the move's power.
SV	The user tackles the target with a high-speed spin. The slower the user is than the target, the greater the move's power.

Effect[]

In battle[]

Foe	Foe	Foe
User	Ally	Ally

This attack's power varies. The slower the player's Pokémon is, the more powerful this attack is.

The damage calculation for Gyro Ball is as follows:

$\kappa_{GyroBall} = 25 \times \frac{TargetSpeed}{UserSpeed}$

The possible base powers for this move range between κ = 1 and κ = 150.

In a Double Battle, Gyro Ball can target any Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Sandshrew	ground	Field	33	33^BW 34^B2W2	34	34	36	36
	Sandshrew	ice/steel	Field				34	36	36
	Sandslash	ground	Field	45	45^BW 34^B2W2	34^XY 38^ORAS	38	46	46
	Sandslash	ice/steel	Field					1	Rem.
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	33	37	37^XY 40^ORAS	35	32	32
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy					1	1
	Magnemite	electric/steel	Mineral	49	54^BW 53^B2W2	53^XY 47^ORAS	47	16	16
	Magneton	electric/steel	Mineral	54	60^BW 67^B2W2	67^XY 47^ORAS	59	16	16
	Onix	rock/ground	Mineral			20	20
	Voltorb	electric	Mineral	40	43	43{^XY 46^ORAS	46	46^BDSP	46
	Voltorb	electric/grass	Mineral						46
	Electrode	electric	Mineral	46	51	51^XY 54^ORAS	54	54^BDSP	54
	Electrode	electric/grass	Mineral						54
	Koffing	poison	Amorphous	33	37^BW 29^B2W2	29	29
	Weezing	poison	Amorphous				29
	Staryu	water	Water 3	37	37BW 30^B2W2	30^XY 24^ORAS	24
	Typhlosion	fire	Field	1	1	1	1	1^BDSP	1
	Typhlosion	fire/ghost	Field						1
	Pineco	bug	Bug	39^DP 42^PtHGSS	42	42	42	42^BDSP	42
	Forretress	bug/steel	Bug	45^DP 50^PtHGSS	50	50	46	46^BDSP	46
	Steelix	steel/ground	Mineral			20	20
	Hitmontop	fighting	Human-Like	42	42	42	42	8	8
	Miltank	normal	Field	41	41	41	41
	Bronzor	steel/psychic	Mineral	35	35	35	35	16	16
	Bronzong	steel/psychic	Mineral	38	38^BW 36^B2W2	36	36	16	16
	Magnezone	electric/steel	Mineral	54	60^BW 67^B2W2	67^XY 59^ORAS	59	16	16
	Lickilicky	normal	Monster	57	61	61	61
	Ferroseed	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral		21	21	21	45
	Ferrothorn	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral		21	21	21	49
	Dhelmise	ghost/grass	Mineral				14	20
	Magearna	steel/fairy	Undiscovered					1	1
	Varoom	steel/poison	Mineral						17
	Revavroom	steel/poison	Mineral						17
	Scream Tail	fairy/psychic	Undiscovered						77
	Terapagos	normal	Undiscovered						90
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
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Squirtle	water	Monster/Water 1	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Wartortle	water	Monster/Water 1	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Blastoise	water	Monster/Water 1	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Sandshrew	ground	Field	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Sandshrew	ice/steel	Field				TM74	TR52^SwSh	TM180
	Sandslash	ground	Field	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Sandslash	ice/steel	Field				TM74	TR52^SwSh	TM180
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Meowth	steel	Field					TR52^SwSh	TM180
	Geodude	rock/ground	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Geodude	rock/electric	Mineral				TM74		TM180
	Graveler	rock/ground	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Graveler	rock/electric	Mineral				TM74		TM180
	Golem	rock/ground	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Golem	rock/electric	Mineral				TM74		TM180
	Magnemite	electric/steel	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Magneton	electric/steel	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Onix	rock/ground	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Voltorb	electric	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Voltorb	electric/grass	Mineral						TM180
	Electrode	electric	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Electrode	electric/grass	Mineral						TM180
	Koffing	poison	Amorphous	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Weezing	poison	Amorphous	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Weezing	poison/fairy	Amorphous					TR52^SwSh	TM180
	Staryu	water	Water 3	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Starmie	water/psychic	Water 3	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Omanyte	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Omastar	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Typhlosion	fire	Field	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Typhlosion	fire/ghost	Field						TM180
	Pineco	bug	Bug	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Forretress	bug/steel	Bug	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Dunsparce	normal	Field	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Steelix	steel/ground	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Qwilfish	water/poison	Water 2	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Qwilfish	dark/poison	Water 2						TM180
	Shuckle	bug/rock	Bug	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Magcargo	fire/rock	Amorphous	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Donphan	ground	Field	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Hitmontop	fighting	Human-Like	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Miltank	normal	Field	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like					TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Torkoal	fire	Field	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Lunatone	rock/psychic	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Solrock	rock/psychic	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Baltoy	ground/psychic	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Claydol	ground/psychic	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Glalie	ice	Fairy/Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Metang	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Metagross	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
File:0413C.png	Wormadam	bug/steel	Bug	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74^BDSP
	Drifloon	ghost/flying	Amorphous	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Drifblim	ghost/flying	Amorphous	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Bronzor	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Bronzong	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Magnezone	electric/steel	Mineral	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP	TM180
	Lickilicky	normal	Monster	TM74	TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52^SwSh TM74^BDSP
	Tepig	fire	Field		TM74	TM74	TM74		TM180
	Pignite	fire/fighting	Field		TM74	TM74	TM74		TM180
	Emboar	fire/fighting	Field		TM74	TM74	TM74		TM180
	Munna	psychic	Field		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Musharna	psychic	Field		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Woobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Swoobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Venipede	bug/poison	Bug		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Whirlipede	bug/poison	Bug		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Scolipede	bug/poison	Bug		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Darumaka	fire	Field		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Darumaka	ice	Field					TR52
	Darmanitan	fire	Field		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Darmanitan	ice	Field					TR52
	Solosis	psychic	Amorphous		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Duosion	psychic	Amorphous		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Reuniclus	psychic	Amorphous		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Ferroseed	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Ferrothorn	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52
	Golett	ground/ghost	Mineral		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Golurk	ground/ghost	Mineral		TM74	TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Chespin	grass	Field			TM74	TM74
	Quilladin	grass	Field			TM74	TM74		TM180
	Chesnaught	grass/fighting	Field			TM74	TM74		TM180
	Honedge	steel/ghost	Mineral			TM74	TM74	TR52
	Doublade	steel/ghost	Mineral			TM74	TM74	TR52
	Aegislash	steel/ghost	Mineral			TM74	TM74	TR52
	Spritzee	fairy	Fairy			TM74	TM74	TR52
	Aromatisse	fairy	Fairy			TM74	TM74	TR52
	Carbink	rock/fairy	Fairy/Mineral			TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Sliggoo	steel/dragon	Dragon						TM180
	Goodra	steel/dragon	Dragon						TM180
	Pumpkaboo	ghost/grass	Amorphous			TM74	TM74	TR52
	Gourgeist	ghost/grass	Amorphous			TM74	TM74	TR52
	Bergmite	ice	Monster/Mineral			TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Avalugg	ice	Monster/Mineral			TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Avalugg	ice/rock	Monster/Mineral						TM180
	Diancie	rock/fairy	Undiscovered			TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Volcanion	fire/water	Undiscovered			TM74	TM74	TR52	TM180
	Passimian	fighting	Field				TM74	TR52	TM180
	Minior	rock/flying	Mineral				TM74		TM180
	Togedemaru	electric/steel	Field/Fairy				TM74	TR52
	Dhelmise	ghost/grass	Mineral				TM74	TR52
	Solgaleo	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				TM74	TR52	TM180
	Buzzwole	bug/fighting	Undiscovered				TM74	TR52
	Celesteela	steel/flying	Undiscovered				TM74	TR52
	Guzzlord	dark/dragon	Undiscovered				TM74	TR52
	Necrozma	psychic	Undiscovered				TM74	TR52	TM180
	Necrozma	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				TM74^USUM	TR52	TM180
	Necrozma	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TM74^USUM	TR52	TM180
	Magearna	steel/fairy	Undiscovered				TM74	TR52	TM180
	Stakataka	rock/steel	Undiscovered				TM74^USUM	TR52
	Meltan	steel	Undiscovered					TR52
	Melmetal	steel	Undiscovered					TR52
	Skwovet	normal	Field					TR52	TM180
	Greedent	normal	Field					TR52	TM180
	Rolycoly	rock	Mineral					TR52	TM180
	Carkol	rock/fire	Mineral					TR52	TM180
	Coalossal	rock/fire	Mineral					TR52	TM180
	Appletun	grass/dragon	Grass/Dragon					TR52	TM180
	Perrserker	steel	Field					TR52	TM180
	Duraludon	steel/dragon	Mineral/Dragon					TR52	TM180
	Overqwil	dark/poison	Water 2						TM180
	Varoom	steel/poison	Mineral						TM180
	Revavroom	steel/poison	Mineral						TM180
	Dudunsparce	normal	Field						TM180
	Scream Tail	fairy/psychic	Undiscovered						TM180
	Iron Treads	ground/steel	Undiscovered						TM180
	Dipplin	grass/dragon	Grass/Dragon						TM180
	Archaludon	steel/dragon	Mineral/Dragon						TM180
	Hydrapple	grass/dragon	Grass/Dragon						TM180
	Terapagos	normal	Undiscovered						TM180
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

v · d · e List of Steel-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Anchor Shot Autotomize

B	Behemoth Bash Behemoth Blade Bullet Punch

D	Doom Desire Double Iron Bash

F	Flash Cannon

G	Gear Grind Gear Up Gigaton Hammer Gyro Ball

H	Hard Press Heavy Slam

I	Iron Defense Iron Head Iron Tail

K	King's Shield

M	Magnet Bomb Make It Rain Metal Burst Metal Claw Metal Sound Meteor Mash Mirror Shot

S	Shelter Shift Gear Smart Strike Spin Out Steel Beam Steel Roller Steel Wing Sunsteel Strike

T	Tachyon Cutter

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation IV

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Acupressure Air Slash Aqua Jet Aqua Ring Aqua Tail Assurance Attack Order Aura Sphere Avalanche

B	Brave Bird Brine Bug Bite Bug Buzz Bullet Punch

C	Captivate Charge Beam Chatter Close Combat Copycat Cross Poison Crush Grip

D	Dark Pulse Dark Void Defend Order Defog Discharge Double Hit Draco Meteor Dragon Pulse Dragon Rush Drain Punch

E	Earth Power Embargo Energy Ball

F	Feint Fire Fang Flare Blitz Flash Cannon Fling Focus Blast Force Palm

G	Gastro Acid Giga Impact Grass Knot Gravity Guard Swap Gunk Shot Gyro Ball

H	Hammer Arm Head Smash Heal Block Heal Order Healing Wish Heart Swap

I	Ice Fang Ice Shard Iron Head

J	Judgment

L	Last Resort Lava Plume Leaf Storm Lucky Chant Lunar Dance

M	Magma Storm Magnet Bomb Magnet Rise Me First Metal Burst Miracle Eye Mirror Shot Mud Bomb

N	Nasty Plot Natural Gift Night Slash

O	Ominous Wind

P	Payback Pluck Poison Jab Power Gem Power Swap Power Trick Power Whip Psycho Cut Psycho Shift Punishment

R	Roar of Time Rock Climb Rock Polish Rock Wrecker Roost

S	Seed Bomb Seed Flare Shadow Claw Shadow Force Shadow Sneak Spacial Rend Stealth Rock Stone Edge Sucker Punch Switcheroo

T	Tailwind Thunder Fang Toxic Spikes Trick Room Trump Card

U	U-turn

V	Vacuum Wave

W	Wake-Up Slap Wood Hammer Worry Seed Wring Out

X	X-Scissor

Z	Zen Headbutt

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation IV

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