Bubble Beam (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Water
Category	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

User

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.