Solar Beam

Type

Grass

Category

special

Power

120

Accuracy

100

PP

10

Priority

0

Target

adjacent

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

• Blaziken Mega
• Floette Mega
• Glimmora Mega
• Drampa Mega
• Houndoom Mega
• Delphox Mega
• Chesnaught Mega
• Sceptile Mega
• Chandelure Mega
• Dragapult
• Scovillain Mega
• Florges
• Altaria Mega
• Charizard Mega Y
• Emboar Mega
• Charizard Mega X
• Archaludon
• Kangaskhan Mega
• Snorlax
• Hydrapple
• Venusaur Mega
• Infernape
• Leafeon
• Scolipede Mega
• Whimsicott
• Lopunny Mega
• Golurk Mega
• Abomasnow Mega
• Audino Mega
• Meganium Mega
• Arcanine
• Glimmora
• Volcarona
• Charizard Gmax
• Noivern
• Torterra
• Camerupt Mega
• Decidueye Hisui
• Aggron Mega
• Venusaur Gmax
• Mr Rime
• Pyroar Male
• Floette Eternal
• Skeledirge
• Typhlosion
• Armarouge
• Charizard
• Blaziken
• Ninetales
• Tauros Paldea Aqua Breed
• Alcremie
• Aggron
• Meowscarada
• Tsareena
• Tauros Paldea Blaze Breed
• Victreebel Mega
• Alcremie Gmax
• Chandelure
• Tauros Paldea Combat Breed
• Sinistcha
• Delphox
• Scolipede
• Simisear
• Sceptile
• Kangaskhan
• Mawile Mega
• Clefable Mega
• Meganium
• Talonflame
• Roserade
• Heliolisk
• Simisage
• Venusaur
• Appletun
• Arcanine Hisui
• Flapple
• Typhlosion Hisui
• Chesnaught
• Abomasnow
• Gourgeist Average
• Snorlax Gmax
• Garbodor
• Beedrill Mega
• Altaria
• Clefable
• Emboar
• Appletun Gmax
• Houndoom
• Decidueye
• Flapple Gmax
• Torkoal
• Wyrdeer
• Serperior
• Tauros
• Trevenant
• Drampa
• Gourgeist Super
• Gourgeist Large
• Ninetales Alola
• Lopunny
• Gourgeist Small
• Scovillain
• Forretress
• Victreebel
• Garbodor Gmax
• Vileplume
• Golurk
• Audino
• Camerupt
• Emolga
• Castform Snowy
• Castform Rainy
• Castform Sunny
• Castform
• Vivillon
• Ariados
• Beedrill
• Floette
• Mawile

Solar Beam is a Grass-type special attack. It has 120 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets a single adjacent target. Solar Beam is a Grass-type special attack. It has 120 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets a single adjacent target.

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

Consider Solar Beam when its type and power cover targets your team otherwise struggles with. Single-target attacks are reliable and do not risk your own partner, but they can be redirected by Follow Me or Rage Powder. Evaluate the move alongside your team's speed tiers and overall coverage.

In team building, Solar Beam is usually a coverage or primary STAB option. It shines when your team already has speed control or when it patches a matchup hole. Compare it with alternative moves of the same type and category to decide whether the extra power, accuracy or side effect justifies the slot over a more defensive option.

Common mistakes with Solar Beam include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Spamming it predictably and letting the opponent switch into a resist. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Solar Beam in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).