Sonic Boom (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

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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

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
0081				Mineral		21	16	16	14	14BW 11B2W2	11	17	15
0082				Mineral		1, 21	1, 16	16	14	14BW 1, 11B2W2	1XY 1, 11ORAS	17	15
0100				Mineral		17	17	15	8	8	8XY 4ORAS	4	6
0101				Mineral		1, 17	1, 17	1, 15	1, 8	1, 8	1XY 1, 4ORAS	1, 4	1, 6
0193				Bug			19	19RSE 17FRLG	14	14	14	14
0329				Bug	Dragon				1	1	1	1
0330				Bug	Dragon				1	1	1	1
0418				Water 1	Field				1	1	1	1
0419				Water 1	Field				1	1	1	1
0462				Mineral					14	14BW 1, 11B2W2	1XY 1, 11ORAS	17
0469				Bug					14	14	14	14
0801				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

By event

Generation II

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.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

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 the anime

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

In other generations

Core series games

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

Side series games

Spin-off series games

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

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