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General

Hyper Beam

Red/Blue/Yellow RBY

Quick Description

Flavor text: The foe is attacked with a powerful beam. The user must rest on the next turn to regain its energy.
Eevine summary: User foregoes its next turn to recharge.

Damage Inflicts

0× against
½× against
2× against

Stats

Power: 150
Accuracy: 90%
PP: 5; maximum is 8
Target: enemy
Effect chance: n/a
Power × accuracy: 135.0
Power percentile: 97.2
Priority: 0

Names

Japanese: はかいこうせん
Romaji: Hakaikousen

Flags

Affected by accuracy
Makes contact
Stopped by Detect/Protect
Gains Flinch bonus from King's Rock
Reflected by Magic Coat
Can be stolen by Snatch

TMs

RBY TM: TM15 (¥), location: Coin Exchange (5500 coins)
GSC TM: TM15 (¥), location: Celadon Game Corner (7500 Coins)
RSE TM: TM15 (¥0), location:
DPPT TM: TM15 (¥), location: available in Veilstone Mart

Effect Details

User foregoes its next turn to recharge.

Notes, Changes, Bugs, Etc

Before G/S/C: Recharge was unnecessary if the attack fainted the enemy (including breaking a Substitute) or missed.

Flavor Text

Powerful, but leaves the user immobile the next turn.

Contest Stuff

Contest Stats

Type
Appeal: 4
Jam: 4
Flavor text: Attempts to jam the other Pokemon. The user cannot make an appeal on the next turn, but it cannot be jammed either.

Similar Moves

: Blast Burn, Hydro Cannon, Petal Dance
: Frenzy Plant, Outrage
: Teeter Dance
: Thrash

Combos

Use Hyper Beam before: none
Use Hyper Beam after

Contest Effect

Pokémon

See also: All 262 in the Pokémon search

By leveling up

28 Pokémon

								Pokémon	Height	Weight	Type	Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
54	54	50	50	50	50	57	57	Aerodactyl	5'10.9"	130.1 lb		Flying	Pressure Rock Head	80	105	65	60	75	130	85.8
						80	80	Arceus	10'6"	705.5 lb		No Eggs	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	120.0
				36	36	36	36	Claydol	4'11.1"	238.1 lb		Mineral	Levitate	60	70	105	70	120	75	83.3
				50	50	97	97	Deoxys [normal]	5'6.9"	134 lb		No Eggs	Pressure	50	150	50	150	50	150	100.0
				50	50	97	97	Deoxys [attack]	5'6.9"	134 lb		No Eggs	Pressure	50	180	20	180	20	150	100.0
55	55	65	65	65	65	67	67	Dragonair	13'1.5"	36.4 lb		Water 1 Dragon	Shed Skin	61	84	65	70	70	70	70.0
60	60	75	75	75	75	73	73	Dragonite	7'2.6"	463 lb		Water 1 Dragon	Inner Focus	91	134	95	100	100	80	100.0
50	50	57	57	57	57	55	55	Dratini	5'10.9"	7.3 lb		Water 1 Dragon	Shed Skin	41	64	45	50	50	50	50.0
				40	40	71	71	Exploud	4'11.1"	185.2 lb		Monster Ground	Soundproof	104	91	63	91	63	68	80.0
				65	65	57	57	Flygon	6'6.7"	180.8 lb		Bug	Levitate Levitate	80	100	80	80	80	100	86.7
52	52	50	50	55	55	47	47	Gyarados	21'3.9"	518.1 lb		Water 2 Dragon	Intimidate	95	125	79	60	100	81	90.0
		57	57	57	57	50	50	Larvitar	1'11.6"	158.7 lb		Monster	Guts	50	64	50	45	50	41	50.0
						67	67	Magmortar	5'3"	149.9 lb		Humanshape	Flame Body	75	95	67	125	95	83	90.0
				77	77	71	71	Metagross	5'3"	1212.5 lb		Mineral	Clear Body	80	135	130	95	90	70	100.0
				62	62	56	56	Metang	3'11.2"	446.4 lb		Mineral	Clear Body	60	75	100	55	80	50	70.0
		70	70	70	70	55	55	Octillery	2'11.4"	62.8 lb		Water 1 Water 2	Suction Cups Sniper	75	105	75	105	75	45	80.0
						67	67	Porygon-Z	2'11.4"	75 lb		Mineral	Download Adaptability	85	80	70	135	75	90	89.2
						67	67	Porygon2	1'11.6"	71.6 lb		Mineral	Trace Download	85	80	90	105	95	60	85.8
		65	65	65	65	60	60	Pupitar	3'11.2"	335.1 lb		Monster	Shed Skin	70	84	70	65	70	51	68.3
				75	75	65	65	Rayquaza	22'11.6"	455.2 lb		No Eggs	Air Lock	105	150	90	150	90	95	113.3
				65	65	89	89	Regice	5'10.9"	385.8 lb		No Eggs	Clear Body	80	50	100	100	200	50	96.7
				65	65	89	89	Regirock	5'6.9"	507.1 lb		No Eggs	Clear Body	80	100	200	50	100	50	96.7
				65	65	89	89	Registeel	6'2.8"	451.9 lb		No Eggs	Clear Body	80	75	150	75	150	50	96.7
		55	55	55	55	45	45	Remoraid	1'11.6"	26.5 lb		Water 1 Water 2	Hustle Sniper	35	65	35	65	35	65	50.0
56	56	57	57	51	53			Snorlax	6'10.7"	1014.1 lb		Monster	Immunity Thick Fat	160	110	65	65	110	30	90.0
				57	57	57	57	Trapinch	2'3.6"	33.1 lb		Bug	Hyper Cutter Arena Trap	45	100	45	45	45	10	48.3
		75	75	75	75	70	70	Tyranitar	6'6.7"	445.3 lb		Monster	Sand Stream	100	134	110	95	100	61	100.0
				57	57	57	57	Vibrava	3'7.3"	33.7 lb		Bug	Levitate Levitate	50	70	50	50	50	70	56.7