Armor Cannon
Pokémon Champions
Lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def by 1.
- Power
- 120
- Accuracy
- 100%
- Hit chance
- PP
- 8 Scarlet & Violet: 5
- Cooldown
- Wind-up
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
- On Showdown
- 0.8% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it
Changes over time
How Armor Cannon changed from game to game, newest first.
- Champions
PP 5 → 8 Buffed
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
“The user shoots its own armor out as blazing projectiles. This also lowers the user’s Defense and Sp. Def stats.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Armor Cannon, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Changes how it works
1
- Infiltratorgoes through Substitute
No ability or held item affected it in these games.
Good to know
- Can't be used through: Metronome.
- Lowers the user's own stats after use; White Herb restores them and Contrary turns the drops into boosts.
Who runs Armor Cannon 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 Armor Cannon among their most used moves.
Who learns Armor Cannon
1 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 1 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →