Essentials
Summary
Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.
Damage Dealt
Stats
- Power
- 100; percentile 76.4
- Accuracy
- 75% ≈ 75.0 power
- PP
- 5, up to 8 with PP Up
- Target
- Selected Pokémon
- Effect chance
- 100
- Priority
- 0 (normal)
Flags
- Makes contact
- Has a charging turn
- Must recharge
- Blocked by Detect and Protect
- Reflectable
- Snatchable
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Copied by Mirror Move
A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
- Punch-based
- Sound-based
- Unusable during Gravity
- Defrosts when used
- Targets opposite side in triples
- Heals
- Ignores Substitute
- Powder-based
- Jaw-based
- Pulse-based
- Ballistics-based
- Mental effects
- Unusable during Sky Battles
- Dance
Machines
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
Effect
Inflicts regular damage. For the next 2–5 turns, the target cannot leave the field and is damaged for 1/16 its max HP at the end of each turn. The user continues to use other moves during this time. If the user leaves the field, this effect ends.
Has a 3/8 chance each to hit 2 or 3 times, and a 1/8 chance each to hit 4 or 5 times. Averages to 3 hits per use.
Rapid Spin cancels this effect.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
History
- Before
- Has 120 power.
- Before
- Has 70% accuracy.
Flavor
Flavor Text
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The foe becomes trapped within a maelstrom of fire that rages for two to five turns.
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The target becomes trapped within a maelstrom of fire that rages for four to five turns.
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The target becomes trapped within a maelstrom of fire that rages for four to five turns.
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The target becomes trapped within a maelstrom of fire that rages for four to five turns.
Foreign Names
- Japanese
- マグマストーム (magumasutoomu)
- マグマストーム
- Korean
- 마그마스톰
- Chinese
- 熔岩風暴
- 熔岩风暴
- French
- Vortex Magma
- German
- Lavasturm
- Spanish
- Lluvia Ígnea
- Italian
- Magmaclisma
- Czech
- Bouře lávy
Contests
Super Contest
- Type
- Appeal
- ♡♡
- Flavor text
- Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Similar moves
These moves all have the same effect as Magma Storm.
Move | Type | Class | PP | Power | Acc | Pri | Effect |
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Bind | 20 | 15 | 85% | Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. |
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Wrap | 20 | 15 | 90% | Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. |
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Fire Spin | 15 | 35 | 85% | Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. |
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Clamp | 15 | 35 | 85% | Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. |
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Sand Tomb | 15 | 35 | 85% | Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. |
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Infestation | 20 | 20 | 100% | Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. |
Pokémon
Fire Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.
Pokémon with higher Special Attack are more suited to Magma Storm's special damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.
Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |||||
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Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | ||||||||||||||||
96 | 96 | — | — | Heatran |
Flash Fire
Flame Body |
Undiscovered | 91 | 90 | 106 | 130 | 106 | 77 | 600 |
1 Pokémon