Boomburst
In Pokémon ChampionsGen VI
Game
Pokémon Champions
NormalSpecial
No additional effect. Hits adjacent Pokémon.
- Power
- 140
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 10
- Hits
- Everyone next to the user, ally too (spread move)
- On Showdown
- 0.1% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
No additional effect.
- Sound: goes through Substitute
“The user attacks everything around it with the destructive power of a terrible explosive sound.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Sound-based: Soundproof blocks it, it hits through Substitute, and Punk Rock boosts it.Sound-based moves
- Hits everyone next to the user, its partner too, at 0.75× damage each in Doubles.Spread moves
- Doesn't make contact: Rough Skin, Rocky Helmet and similar don't trigger.
Who runs Boomburst on Showdown
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 Boomburst among their most used moves.
#143Low Key ToxtricityWho learns Boomburst
6 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
Chimecho
Toucannon
Kommo-o
Palafin
Mega ChimechoAll 17 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →