Moonblast (move)

Moonblast (Japanese: ムーンフォース Moon Force) is a damage-dealing Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Moonblast
ムーンフォース Moon Force

Battles

Type	Fairy
Category	Special
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	95
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation VI
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Moonblast does damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Special Attack by one stage.

Description

Games	Description
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP	Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Atk stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	46	46^SMUSUM 28^PE	44^SwSh^BDSP 37^LA
036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy			1^SwSh^BDSP 37^LA
043		Oddish		Grass		Grass	43^ORAS	43^SMUSUM 30^PE	28^SwSh^BDSP
044		Gloom		Grass		Grass		45^PE	32^SwSh^BDSP
045		Vileplume		Grass		Grass			1^SwSh^BDSP
089		Muk		Amorphous		Amorphous		1^PE
089		Muk Alolan Form		Amorphous		Amorphous		1^PE
163		Hoothoot		Flying		Flying		40	33^SwSh^BDSP
164		Noctowl		Flying		Flying		47	43^SwSh^BDSP
173		Cleffa		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			37^LA
175		Togepi		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			43^LA
176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy			43^LA
182		Bellossom		Grass		Grass			1^SwSh^BDSP
282		Gardevoir		Human-Like	Amorphous	1, 85^XY 1, 62^ORAS	1, 62	1^SwSh^BDSP 43^LA
333		Swablu		Flying	Dragon	50^XY 46^ORAS	46	40^SwSh^BDSP
334		Altaria		Flying	Dragon	60^XY 52^ORAS	52	44^SwSh^BDSP
337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral	50^XY 1^ORAS	1	1^SwSh^BDSP
468		Togekiss		Flying	Fairy			43^LA
488		Cresselia		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	99	99	60^SwSh^BDSP 46^LA
489		Phione		Water 1	Fairy			36^LA
490		Manaphy		Water 1	Fairy			36^LA
517		Munna		Field		Field			40
518		Musharna		Field		Field			1
547		Whimsicott		Grass	Fairy	50	50	1
669		Flabébé		Fairy		Fairy	41	41
670		Floette		Fairy		Fairy	46	46
670		Floette Eternal Flower		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	46	46
671		Florges		Fairy		Fairy	1	1
682		Spritzee		Fairy		Fairy	31	31	36
683		Aromatisse		Fairy		Fairy	31	31	36
700		Sylveon		Field		Field	37	37	50^SwSh
703		Carbink		Fairy	Mineral	50	50	55
711		Gourgeist		Amorphous		Amorphous			1
716		Xerneas		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	35	35	60
719		Diancie		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	50	50	77
728		Popplio		Water 1	Field		36	33
729		Brionne		Water 1	Field		42	45
730		Primarina		Water 1	Field		44	51
755		Morelull		Grass		Grass		39	40
756		Shiinotic		Grass		Grass		44	50
786		Tapu Lele		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		58	60
788		Tapu Fini		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		1	60
792		Lunala		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		47	56
888		Zacian		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			66
889		Zamazenta		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			66
905		Enamorus		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			47^LA
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
037		Vulpix Alolan Form		Field		Field		✔	✔
742		Cutiefly		Bug	Fairy		✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VI

#		Egg Groups		Obtained with
282	Gardevoir^Lv. 50	Human-Like	Amorphous	Kimia's Gardevoir
385	Jirachi	Undiscovered		Undiscovered	2014 Tanabata Jirachi
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Masters EX

Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Special	3	—	98	117	100%	An opponent	—	Has a chance (30%) of lowering the target's Sp. Atk by one stat rank.

Past Description

Prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Has a moderate chance of lowering the target's Sp. Atk.

Pokémon GO

Moonblast

Charged Attack

Gyms & Raids
Power	130
Energy cost	100
Duration	3.9 seconds
Damage window	2.2 - 3.7 seconds

Trainer Battles
Power	110
Energy cost	60
Secondary effect	1 Opponent Attack
Effect chance	10%

Eligible Pokémon:

Standard eligibility

By Elite Charged TM

By GO Snapshot

Updates

Gyms & Raids

July 30, 2016
- Power: 60 → 85
February 16, 2017
- Power: 85 → 130
- Duration: 4.1 → 3.9 seconds
- Damage window: 3.5 - 4.1 → 2.2 - 3.7 seconds

Trainer Battles

May 1, 2020
- Power: 130 → 110
- Energy cost: 70 → 60
- Secondary effect added
July 27, 2020
- Effect chance: 30% → 10%

Description

Games	Description
SMD MDRTDX	It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Atk.

In the anime

Main series

Pokémon	Method

Clefable	Lunatone	Florges	Spritzee
The user gathers energy from the moon, and then fires the energy at the opponent.
User	First Used In		Notes
Sylveon	Sylveon spreads its feelers wide open, and an image of the moon appears behind it. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its mouth, and fires it at the opponent.
Penelope's Sylveon	Kindergarten Chaos!		Debut
Gardevoir	Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its hands, and fires it at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
Gardevoir	Mega Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its hands, and fires it at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
Florges	Florges gathers energy from the moon. She then forms an orb of pink energy from her mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Florges (anime)	Defending the Homeland!		None
Spritzee	Spritzee gathers energy that forms into an orb of pink energy in front of its nose, and fires it at the opponent.
Valerie's Spritzee	Fairy-Type Trickery!		None
Flabébé	Flabébé gathers energy from the moon. She then forms an orb of pink energy from her mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Shauna's Flabébé	Performing a Pathway to the Future!		None
Clefable	Clefable gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy from its mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Lusamine's Clefable	Rescuing the Unwilling!‎		None
Lunala	Lunala gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its body and fires it at the opponent.
Lunala (anime)	Full Moon and Many Arms!		None
Lunatone	Lunatone forms an orb of pink energy in front of its body and fires it at the opponent.
Team Rocket's Lunatone	A Midsummer Night's Light!		None

Pokémon Evolutions

Pokémon	Method

Lunala	Xerneas	Clefable
Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target.
User	First Used In		Notes
Lunala	Lunala forms an orb of pink energy in front of its body and fires it at the opponent.
Nebby	The Eclipse		Debut
Xerneas	Xerneas raises its head, and an image of the moon appears above it. It then fires a beam of energy from it at the opponent.
Calem's Xerneas	The Visionary		None
Clefable	Clefable raises one of its hands and forms an orb of bright energy on it. It then fires the orb at the opponent.
Green's Clefable	The Discovery		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Diancie

The user releases a powerful burst of moonlight at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Diancie	Diancie gathers light from the moon and forms it into a bright orb of energy over its head. It then releases a bright burst of sparkling energy from the orb at the opponent.
A wild Diancie	PS569	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	月亮之力 Yuhtleuhng-jī Lihk * 月亮攻擊 Yuhtleuhng Gūnggīk *
Chinese	Mandarin	月亮之力 Yuèliàng-zhī Lì * 月亮攻擊 Yuèliàng Gōngjí *
Czech		Měsíční výbuch
Dutch		Maanknal
French		Pouvoir Lunaire
German		Mondgewalt
Italian		Forza Lunare
Korean		문포스 Moon Force
Polish		Księżycowy Błysk
Portuguese	Brazil	Explosão Lunar (games, TCG) Força Lunar (anime)
Portuguese	Portugal	Força Lunar
Russian		Лунный Взрыв Lunnyy Vzryv
Spanish		Fuerza Lunar
Thai		มูนฟอร์ซ
Vietnamese		Năng Lượng Mặt Trăng

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