Move card

Roar

Stats and effect
Normal Status
Power —
Accuracy —
PP 20
Priority -6
Effect

Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation I (Kanto) Learned by 298 Pokémon
Move properties
  • Sound — Soundproof blocks it completely, Punk Rock boosts it by 30%. It goes through Substitute.
  • Reflectable — Magic Coat and the Magic Bounce ability bounce it back.
  • Bypasses Substitute — Affects a Pokémon hiding behind a Substitute.
Changes between games

Some moves had different values in earlier games. Below you can see what changed and from which game the value you see now applies.

Changes to move values between game releases.
Game Prop­erty Before
X/Y Accuracy 100%
  • Accuracy — now

Each row is one change in one game. The Property column says what changed, Before shows the value that applied before that game, and Now is the value today.

Machines that teach this move
  • TM05 Gold/Silver, Crystal, Ruby/Sapphire, Colosseum, FireRed/LeafGreen, Emerald, XD: Gale of Darkness, Diamond/Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver, Black/White, Black 2/White 2, X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Legends: Z-A
  • TM172 Scarlet/Violet, Scarlet/Violet: The Teal Mask

The same move has different numbers in different games — check the number for your version before going after the machine.

Pokémon that learn this move (298)

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The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.