Aura Sphere
Pokémon Champions
This move does not check accuracy.
- Power
- 80
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 20
- Hits
- Any one Pokémon, even far away
- On Showdown
- 2.1% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it
Changes over time
How Aura Sphere changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen VI
Power 90 → 80 Nerfed
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
- Pulse: boosted by
- Ball or bomb: blocked by
“The user lets loose a pulse of aura power from deep within its body at the target. This attack never misses.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Pulse move: Mega Launcher boosts it ×1.5.Pulse and aura moves
- Ball or bomb move: Bulletproof blocks it.Ball and bomb moves
- Doesn't make contact: Rough Skin, Rocky Helmet and similar don't trigger.
Who runs Aura Sphere on Showdown
Mega Lucario Z97.7% of its sets
Kommo-o87.5% of its sets
Archaludon12.7% of its sets
Armarouge15.5% of its sets
Mega Blastoise28.4% of its sets
Mega Gardevoir5.8% of its sets
Blaziken57.9% of its sets
Clawitzer73.7% of its sets
Mega Lucario19.5% of its sets
Infernape36.6% of its sets
Mega Blaziken2.0% of its sets
Gardevoir20.5% of its sets
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
On the ladder today
Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Aura Sphere among their most used moves.
Who learns Aura Sphere
23 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 46 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →