Simple Beam
Pokémon Champions
The target's Ability becomes Simple.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 15
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Simple Beam changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen IX
… Schooling, Shields Down, Simple, Stance Change, added: Tera Shift, Truant, added: Zen Mode, or
dropped: Zen Mode.added: Zero to Hero. - Gen VIII
… Fails if the target's Ability is added: As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, added: Gulp Missile, Ice Face, Multitype, Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, …
- Gen VII
… Fails if the target's Ability is added: Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Multitype, added: Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Simple, Stance Change, added: Truant, or
dropped: Truant.added: Zen Mode. - Gen VI
… the target's Ability is Multitype, Simple, added: Stance Change, or Truant.
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
Causes the target's Ability to become Simple. Fails if the target's Ability is As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Gulp Missile, Ice Face, Multitype, Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Simple, Stance Change, Tera Shift, Truant, Zen Mode, or Zero to Hero.
- Bounced back by
“The user emits a mysterious psychic wave that changes the target's Ability to Simple.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Magic Coat and Magic Bounce send it back to the user.Moves Magic Bounce reflects
Who runs Simple Beam 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 Simple Beam among their most used moves.
#230Farfetch’dWho learns Simple Beam
2 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 14 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →