Bubble Beam (move)

Move data

Type Water
Category Special  Special
Power 65
Accuracy 100
PP 20  (max. 32)
Makes contact? No
Introduced Generation 1

Machine/Record

Red​/​Blue
Yellow
TM11

Effects

Bubble Beam deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.

Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages each.

Changes

  • In Generations 1-5, this move's name is formatted as BubbleBeam.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Waterium Z and uses its Z-Power, Bubble Beam turns into Hydro Vortex and has base power 120.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Bubble Beam
Japanese バブルこうせん (Bubble Kōsen)
German Blubbstrahl
French Bulles d'O
Italian Bollaraggio
Spanish Rayo Burbuja
Korean 거품광선
Chinese (Simplified) 泡沫光线
Chinese (Traditional) 泡沫光線

Game descriptions

Gold​/​Silver
Crystal
An attack that may lower SPEED.
Ruby​/​Sapphire
Emerald
Forcefully sprays bubbles that may lower SPEED.
FireRed​/​LeafGreen A spray of bubbles strikes the foe. It may lower the foe’s SPEED stat.
Diamond​/​Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold​/​SoulSilver
A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the foe. It may also lower the target’s Speed stat.
Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the opposing team. It may also lower their Speed stats.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. This may also lower its Speed stat.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
L.G. Pikachu​/​L.G. Eevee
A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. This may also lower its Speed stat.
Sword​/​Shield
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl
A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. This may also lower the target’s Speed stat.
Scarlet​/​Violet A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. This may also lower the target’s Speed stat.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Bubble Beam at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.

Poliwag Poliwag
#0060 / Water
Level 18
Poliwhirl Poliwhirl
#0061 / Water
Level 18
Poliwrath Poliwrath
#0062 / Water · Fighting
Level 1
Tentacool Tentacool
#0072 / Water · Poison
Level 24
Tentacruel Tentacruel
#0073 / Water · Poison
Level 24
Horsea Horsea
#0116 / Water
Level 25
Seadra Seadra
#0117 / Water
Level 25
Chinchou Chinchou
#0170 / Water · Electric
Level 12
Lanturn Lanturn
#0171 / Water · Electric
Level 12
Marill Marill
#0183 / Water · Fairy
Level 6
Azumarill Azumarill
#0184 / Water · Fairy
Level 6
Kingdra Kingdra
#0230 / Water · Dragon
Level 25
Lotad Lotad
#0270 / Water · Grass
Level 20
Lombre Lombre
#0271 / Water · Grass
Level 24
Ludicolo Ludicolo
#0272 / Water · Grass
Level 1
Surskit Surskit
#0283 / Bug · Water
Level 17
Azurill Azurill
#0298 / Normal · Fairy
Level 6
Corphish Corphish
#0341 / Water
Level 12
Crawdaunt Crawdaunt
#0342 / Water · Dark
Level 12
Piplup Piplup
#0393 / Water
Level 18
Prinplup Prinplup
#0394 / Water
Level 19
Empoleon Empoleon
#0395 / Water · Steel
Level 19
Phione Phione
#0489 / Water
Level 24
Manaphy Manaphy
#0490 / Water
Level 24
Ducklett Ducklett
#0580 / Water · Flying
Level 19
Swanna Swanna
#0581 / Water · Flying
Level 19
Keldeo (Ordinary Form) Keldeo
Ordinary Form
#0647 / Water · Fighting
Level 7
Popplio Popplio
#0728 / Water
Level 21
Brionne Brionne
#0729 / Water
Level 25
Primarina Primarina
#0730 / Water · Fairy
Level 25
Crabrawler Crabrawler
#0739 / Fighting
Level 13
Crabominable Crabominable
#0740 / Fighting · Ice
Level 17
Dewpider Dewpider
#0751 / Water · Bug
Level 12
Araquanid Araquanid
#0752 / Water · Bug
Level 12
Pincurchin Pincurchin
#0871 / Electric
Level 25

Learnt by breeding

These Pokémon can learn Bubble Beam as an egg move. Their breeding groups are also shown for reference.

Hisuian Qwilfish Qwilfish
Hisuian Qwilfish
#0211 / Dark · Poison
Water 2
Basculin (Red-Striped Form) Basculin
Red-Striped Form
#0550 / Water
Water 2
Basculin (Blue-Striped Form) Basculin
Blue-Striped Form
#0550 / Water
Water 2