Sonic Boom (move)

Sonic Boom ソニックブーム Sonic Boom

Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  90% Priority  0 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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Sonic Boom (Japanese: ソニックブーム Sonic Boom), formatted as SonicBoom prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Sonic Boom always inflicts exactly 20 damage if it hits. It has no secondary effects and does not take weaknesses or resistances into account. Sonic Boom is not affected by type immunities, so it can hit Ghost-type Pokémon.

Generation II to VII

Sonic Boom is now affected by type immunities, so it cannot hit Ghost-type Pokémon normally. In Generation II only, its base power is displayed as 20 instead of —.

Generation VIII onwards

Sonic Boom cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description Stad A Normal-type attack. It inflicts a set amount of damage regardless of the target's type. Stad2 A Normal-type attack. It always inflicts a set amount of damage. GSC Always inflicts 20HP damage. RSEColoXD Launches shock waves that always inflict 20 HP damage. FRLG The foe is hit with a shock wave that always inflicts 20-HP damage. DPPtHGSSPBR The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave that always inflicts 20 HP damage. BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE The target is hit with a destructive shock wave that always inflicts 20 HP damage. SwShBDSPLA SV This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
												SMUSUM	PE
0081		Magnemite		Mineral		Mineral	21	16	16	14	14BW 11B2W2	11	17	15
0082		Magneton		Mineral		Mineral	1, 21	1, 16	16	14	14BW 1, 11B2W2	1XY 1, 11ORAS	17	15
0100		Voltorb		Mineral		Mineral	17	17	15	8	8	8XY 4ORAS	4	6
0101		Electrode		Mineral		Mineral	1, 17	1, 17	1, 15	1, 8	1, 8	1XY 1, 4ORAS	1, 4	1, 6
0193		Yanma		Bug		Bug		19	19RSE 17FRLG	14	14	14	14
0329		Vibrava		Bug	Dragon				1	1	1	1
0330		Flygon		Bug	Dragon				1	1	1	1
0418		Buizel		Water 1	Field				1	1	1	1
0419		Floatzel		Water 1	Field				1	1	1	1
0462		Magnezone		Mineral		Mineral				14	14BW 1, 11B2W2	1XY 1, 11ORAS	17
0469		Yanmega		Bug		Bug				14	14	14	14
0801		Magearna All forms		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
											SMUSUM
0167		Spinarak		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0517		Munna		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0021		Spearow		Flying		Flying	New York Pokémon Center
0123		Scyther		Bug		Bug	New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Sonic Boom deals a fixed amount of damage varying with each game. In the Rescue Team series, Sonic Boom does 55 HP damage. From the Explorers series onwards, the move does 20 HP damage instead.

Game Base Power Max Power Base PP Max PP Base Accuracy Max Accuracy Range Target Cuts corners MDRB - - 22 - 100% - 10 tiles away All Yes MDTDS - - 11 - 95% - 10 tiles away All Yes BSL - - 11 - 95% - 10 tiles away All Yes SMD - - 20 40 80% 98% Front Enemy Yes MDRTDX - - 20 ? 80% ?% Front Enemy Yes With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games: MD Rescue Team = Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. MD Time and Darkness = Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. MD Sky = Pokémon Platinum. MD Adventure Squad = ??. Super Mystery Dungeon = Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. MD Rescue Team DX = Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Sonic Boom

★
Attack power	4.113774
Charge time	0.62 seconds
Range type	Wide Shot
Number of hits	3
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	None

Description

Games Description MDRB Inflicts a set amount of damage on the target, even at a distance. MDTDS Inflicts 20 HP damage on the target, even at a distance. BSL はなれたポケモンに かならず ２０ダメージを あたえる MDGtI UNUSED SMD MDRTDX It inflicts a set amount of damage on an enemy.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Crobat Magnezone Magnemite Magneton
The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Yanma flaps its wings at a fast speed and one or multiple shock waves head towards the opponent; or, Yanma's wings glow white and it waves them, releasing a shock wave from its wings at the opponent.
Zachary Evans's Yanma	Wings 'N' Things		Debut
Forrester Franklin's Yanma	All in a Day's Wurmple		None
Jessie's Yanma	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		None
Tyler's Yanma	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		None
	Crobat flaps its wings so fast that they become a blur and a cyclone-like shock wave comes out of them and hits the opponent.
Brock's Crobat	Lapras of Luxury		Crobat cannot legally learn Sonic Boom
	Buizel's two tails glow white and it flips around, sending a large, white shock wave at the opponent.
Ash's Buizel	Buizel Your Way Out of This!		None
	Yanmega's wings glow white and it waves its wings, releasing one large, white shock wave or multiple, smaller shock waves from them at the opponent.
Jessie's Yanmega	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		None
Multiple wild Yanmega	Defending the Homeland!		None
	All three of Magnezone's magnets glow white and it spins around, sending a large, white shock wave at the opponent.
A wild Magnezone	Regaining the Home Advantage!		None
	Magnemite spins rapidly around, sending a large, white shock wave at the opponent.
A Team Plasma Grunt's Magnemite	Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!		None
	Magneton sends a large, white shock wave at the opponent.
Clemont's Magneton	Battling with a Clean Slate!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Vibrava Magnemite and Magneton Voltorb and Electrode Buizel
The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Magneton emits multiple shock waves from its body.
Lt. Surge's two Magneton	Go for the Golbat		Debut
A wild Magneton	Electro Magneton		None
	Magnemite emits multiple shock waves from its body.
Three wild Magnemite	Electro Magneton		None
	Electrode's body starts to glow and it emits multiple shock waves from its body.
Ken's Electrode	Ekans the Ecstasy		None
	Voltorb's body starts to glow and it emits multiple shock waves from its body.
Ken's Voltorb	Ekans the Ecstasy		None
	Buizel turns around and waves its tails horizontally. As it does, it releases a large shock wave from its tails at the opponent. When it waves its tails, they leave behind a trail of energy.
Uji's Buizel	Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank II		None
	Vibrava releases multiple loud shock waves at the opponent.
Hugh's Vibrava	Movie Panic		None

In other generations

Core series games

NOTE: The move's animation in Korean Generation II is the same as the Japanese one.

Generation I	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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

Generation I	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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

Generation I	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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

Trivia

• In the Japanese and Korean versions of Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, SonicBoom's animation is a shock wave hitting the opponent. In the Western localizations, Sonic Boom uses the Gust animation (a tornado hitting the opponent).
• In Little Cup and Little Battle, Sonic Boom is banned due to low level Pokémon having low HP.
• Despite its name, Sonic Boom is not considered a sound-based move.
• This move's animation in the core series games resembles the move performed by the Street Fighter character Guile with the same name, Sonic Boom.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 音爆 Yāmbaau * 音波爆擊 Yāmbō Baaugīk * Mandarin 音爆 Yīnbào Czech Zvukový třesk Danish Lydmursbrag Dutch Supersone knal Finnish Äänipommi (EP177) Ääniaalto (AG014) French Sonic BoomVIII SonicboomI–VII German Ultraschall Greek Ηχοέκρηξη Indonesian SonicBoom Italian Sonicboom Korean 소닉붐 Sonikbum Polish Bomba Dźwięku Portuguese Brazil Explosão Sônica (Pokémon the Series: XY–present, TCG, manga) Bomba Sônica (early anime) Ribombo (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Estouro Sônico (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Portugal Bomba Sónica Romanian Explozia Sonică Unda Sonică Serbian Sonična bomba Spanish Latin America Explosión Sónica (DP053–DP103, DP135–DP137, BW112–present) Explosónica (DP055–DP058, DP114–DP133, DP145–DP187) Ataque Explosónico (DP116, DP142, DP162, DP168) Bomba Sónica (AG014–DP039, DP106) Supersónico* (DP075) Bum Sónico (DP041–DP046) Rayo Sónico (EP177–EP257) Spain Bomba Sónica Turkish Ses Bombası Vietnamese Bom Sóng Âm

Set-damage moves
Sonic Boom • Dragon Rage

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