Twin Beam
Pokémon Champions
Hits 2 times in one turn.
- Power
- 40
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 12 Scarlet & Violet: 10
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
- On Showdown
- 0.4% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it
Changes over time
How Twin Beam changed from game to game, newest first.
- Champions
PP 10 → 12 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
Hits twice. If the first hit breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the second hit.
“The user shoots mystical beams from its eyes to inflict damage. The target is hit twice in a row.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Twin Beam, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Boosts it
1
- Technician×1.5
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.
Who runs Twin Beam on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
Who learns Twin Beam
1 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 2 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →