Confuse Ray

Confuse Ray is a Ghost-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description

Games	Description
GSC	A move that causes confusion.
RSE	A sinister ray that confuses the foe.
FRLG DPPtHGSS	The foe is engulfed in a sinister that triggers confusion.
BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA	The target is engulfed in a sinister that triggers confusion.
SV	The target is exposed to a sinister ray that causes confusion.

Effect

In battle

Confuse Ray causes the target to become confused. In a Double Battle, Confuse Ray can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Confuse Ray can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user. Confuse Ray will have no effect on Pokémon that are already confused, Pokémon that are using Safeguard, or Pokémon with Own Tempo.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Vulpix	fire	Field	28	19	21	17	17BW 15B2W2	15XY 12ORAS	12SMUSUM 14PE	20SwShBDSP
	Vulpix	ice	Field							12SMUSUM 14PE	20SwShBDSP
	Ninetales	fire	Field		1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM	1SwShBDSP
	Ninetales	ice/fairy	Field							1SMUSUM	1SwShBDSP
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying	21	19	26	21	21BW 19B2W2	19XY 17ORAS	17	45SwShBDSP
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying	21	19	28	21	21BW 19B2W2	19XY 17ORAS	17	55SwShBDSP
	Gastly	ghost/poison	Amorphous	1	28	28RSE 21FRLG	19	19	19	19SMUSUM 5PE	1SwShBDSP	1
	Haunter	ghost/poison	Amorphous	1	31	31RSE 21FRLG	19	19	19	19SMUSUM 1, 5PE	1SwShBDSP	1
	Gengar	ghost/poison	Amorphous	1	31	31RSE 21FRLG	19	19	19	19SMUSUM 1, 5PE	1SwShBDSP	1
	Staryu	water	Water 3						40ORAS	40SMUSUM 22PE	8
	Starmie	water/psychic	Water 3		37	33	28	28BW 22B2W2	22XY 40ORAS	40SMUSUM	1
	Magmar	fire	Human-Like	39	49	49	25	26	26	26SMUSUM 39PE	20SwShBDSP
	Lapras	water/ice	Monster/Water 1	31	22	19	7	7	7	7SMUSUM 26PE	25
	Kabutops	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3							1PE
	Mewtwo	psychic	Undiscovered							1PE
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying		19	28	21	21BW 19B2W2	19XY 17ORAS	17	55SwShBDSP
	Chinchou	water/electric	Water 2		29	29	17	12	17	17	16
	Lanturn	water/electric	Water 2		33	32	17	17	17	17	16
	Natu	psychic/flying	Flying		40	40	23	23	23	23	15
	Xatu	psychic/flying	Flying		50	50	23	23	23	23	15
	Mareep	electric	Monster/Field					25B2W2	25	25	25BDSP	25
	Flaaffy	electric	Monster/Field					29B2W2	29	29	29BDSP	29
	Ampharos	electric	Monster/Field					29B2W2	29	29	29BDSP	29
	Umbreon	dark	Field		30	30	29	29BW 17B2W2	17	17	20SwShBDSP	20
	Misdreavus	ghost	Amorphous		12	17	14	14	14	14	14BDSP	14
	Mantine	water/flying	Water 1		49	50	37	37BW 11B2W2	11	11
	Stantler	normal	Field		49	43RSE 41FRLG	23	23	23	23	23BDSP	23
	Magby	fire	Undiscovered		43	43	25	25BW 26B2W2	26	26	20SwShBDSP
	Shedinja	bug/ghost	Mineral			31	31	31	31XY 29ORAS	29	15
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like			37	46	46	46XY 31ORAS	31	6
	Volbeat	bug	Bug/Human-Like			5	9	9	9XY 8ORAS	8	8BDSP
	Spoink	psychic	Field			25	18	18	18	18	18BDSP	22
	Grumpig	psychic	Field			25	18	18	18	18	18BDSP	22
	Lileep	rock/grass	Water 3			29	22	22	22XY 13ORAS	13	8
	Cradily	rock/grass	Water 3			29	22	22	22XY 13ORAS	13	1
	Duskull	ghost	Amorphous			23	17	17	17XY 30ORAS	30	12SwShBDSP
	Dusclops	ghost	Amorphous			23	17	17	17XY 30ORAS	30	12SwShBDSP
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug				7	7BW 1B2W2	1	1	1SwShBDSP	1
	Mismagius	ghost	Amorphous								1BDSP
	Bronzor	steel/psychic	Mineral				14	14BW 11B2W2	11	11	4SwShBDSP	4
	Bronzong	steel/psychic	Mineral				14	14BW 11B2W2	11	11	1SwShBDSP	1
	Spiritomb	ghost/dark	Amorphous				1	1	1	1	1SwShBDSP	1
	Mantyke	water/flying	Undiscovered				37	37BW 11B2W2	11	11
	Magmortar	fire	Human-Like				25	26	26	26	20SwShBDSP
	Dusknoir	ghost	Amorphous				17	17	17XY 30ORAS	30	12SwShBDSP
	Froslass	ice/ghost	Fairy/Mineral				19	19	19XY 32ORAS	32	35SwShBDSP	35
	Rotom	electric/ghost	Amorphous				1	1	1	1	10SwShBDSP	10
	Regigigas	normal	Undiscovered				1	1	1	1	1SwShBDSP
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered								1BDSP
	Watchog	normal	Field					20	20	1, Evo.
	Litwick	ghost/fire	Amorphous					10	10	10	12
	Lampent	ghost/fire	Amorphous					10	10	10	12
	Chandelure	ghost/fire	Amorphous					1	1	1	1
	Cryogonal	ice	Mineral					45	45	41	4	4
	Phantump	ghost/grass	Grass/Amorphous						1	1	12
	Trevenant	ghost/grass	Grass/Amorphous						1	1	12
	Pumpkaboo	ghost/grass	Amorphous						1	1	8
	Gourgeist	ghost/grass	Amorphous						1	1	1
	Morelull	grass/fairy	Grass							25	4
	Shiinotic	grass/fairy	Grass							26	1
	Minior	rock/flying	Mineral							10
	Lunala	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered							13	14
	Blacephalon	fire/ghost	Undiscovered								20
	Orbeetle	bug/psychic	Bug								4
	Eternatus	poison/dragon	Undiscovered								1	1
	Spectrier	ghost	Undiscovered								24	24
	Calyrex	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered								1	1
	Wyrdeer	normal/psychic	Field									23
	Flutter Mane	ghost/fairy	Undiscovered									1
	Gholdengo	steel/ghost	Undiscovered									14
	Chi-Yu	dark/fire	Undiscovered									30
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM

Pokémon

Type

Egg groups

Machine

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

Venonat

bug/poison

Bug

TM017

Venomoth

bug/poison

Bug

TM017

Meowth

dark

Field

TM017

Persian

dark

Field

TM017

Psyduck

water

Water 1/Field

TM017

Golduck

water

Water 1/Field

TM017

Magnemite

electric/steel

Mineral

TM017

Magneton

electric/steel

Mineral

TM017

Grimer

poison

Amorphous

TM017

Muk

poison

Amorphous

TM017

Gastly

ghost/poison

Amorphous

TM017

Haunter

ghost/poison

Amorphous

TM017

Gengar

ghost/poison

Amorphous

TM017

Hypno

psychic

Human-Like

TM017

Mewtwo

psychic

Undiscovered

TM017

Mew

psychic

Undiscovered

TM017

Typhlosion

fire/ghost

Field

TM017

Mareep

electric

Monster/Field

TM017

Flaaffy

electric

Monster/Field

TM017

Ampharos

electric

Monster/Field

TM017

Espeon

psychic

Field

TM017

Umbreon

dark

Field

TM017

Murkrow

dark/flying

Flying

TM017

Misdreavus

ghost

Amorphous

TM017

Girafarig

normal/psychic

Field

TM017

Stantler

normal

Field

TM017

Ralts

psychic/fairy

Human-Like/Amorphous

TM017

Kirlia

psychic/fairy

Human-Like/Amorphous

TM017

Gardevoir

psychic/fairy

Human-Like/Amorphous

TM017

Sableye

dark/ghost

Human-Like

TM017

Spoink

psychic

Field

TM017

Grumpig

psychic

Field

TM017

Shuppet

ghost

Amorphous

TM017

Banette

ghost

Amorphous

TM017

Shinx

electric

Field

TM017

Luxio

electric

Field

TM017

Luxray

electric

Field

TM017

Vespiquen

bug/flying

Bug

TM017

Mismagius

ghost

Amorphous

TM017

Honchkrow

dark/flying

Flying

TM017

Bronzor

steel/psychic

Mineral

TM017

Bronzong

steel/psychic

Mineral

TM017

Spiritomb

ghost/dark

Amorphous

TM017

Finneon

water

Water 2

TM017

Lumineon

water

Water 2

TM017

Magnezone

electric/steel

Mineral

TM017

Gallade

psychic/fighting

Human-Like/Amorphous

TM017

Froslass

ice/ghost

Fairy/Mineral

TM017

Rotom

electric/ghost

Amorphous

TM017

Uxie

psychic

Undiscovered

TM017

Mesprit

psychic

Undiscovered

TM017

Giratina

ghost/dragon

Undiscovered

TM017

Cresselia

psychic

Undiscovered

TM017

Arceus

normal

Undiscovered

TM017

Zorua

dark

Field

TM017

Zorua

normal/ghost

Field

TM017

Zoroark

dark

Field

TM017

Zoroark

normal/ghost

Field

TM017

Eelektross

electric

Amorphous

TM017

Cryogonal

ice

Mineral

TM017

Braviary

psychic/flying

Flying

TM017

Delphox

fire/psychic

Field

TM017

Vivillon

bug/flying

Bug

TM017

Rowlet

grass/flying

Flying

TM017

Decidueye

grass/ghost

Flying

TM017

Sandygast

ghost/ground

Amorphous

TM017

Palossand

ghost/ground

Amorphous

TM017

Mimikyu

ghost/fairy

Amorphous

TM017

Magearna

steel/fairy

Undiscovered

TM017

Sinistea

ghost

Mineral/Amorphous

TM017

Polteageist

ghost

Mineral/Amorphous

TM017

Dreepy

dragon/ghost

Amorphous/Dragon

TM017

Eternatus

poison/dragon

Undiscovered

TM017

Spectrier

ghost

Undiscovered

TM017

Calyrex

psychic/ghost

Undiscovered

TM017

Wyrdeer

normal/psychic

Field

TM017

Basculegion

water/ghost

Water 2

TM017

Charcadet

fire

Human-Like

TM017

Armarouge

fire/psychic

Human-Like

TM017

Ceruledge

fire/ghost

Human-Like

TM017

Tadbulb

electric

Water 1

TM017

Bellibolt

electric

Water 1

TM017

Bramblin

grass/ghost

Grass

TM017

Brambleghast

grass/ghost

Grass

TM017

Toedscool

ground/grass

Grass

TM017

Toedscruel

ground/grass

Grass

TM017

Rabsca

bug/psychic

Bug

TM017

Flittle

psychic

Flying

TM017

Espathra

psychic

Flying

TM017

Glimmet

rock/poison

Mineral

TM017

Glimmora

rock/poison

Mineral

TM017

Greavard

ghost

Field

TM017

Houndstone

ghost

Field

TM017

Farigiraf

normal/psychic

Field

TM017

Brute Bonnet

grass/dark

Undiscovered

TM017

Flutter Mane

ghost/fairy

Undiscovered

TM017

Iron Moth

fire/poison

Undiscovered

TM017

Gimmighoul

ghost

Undiscovered

TM017

Gholdengo

steel/ghost

Undiscovered

TM017

Chi-Yu

dark/fire

Undiscovered

TM017

Iron Valiant

fairy/fighting

Undiscovered

TM017

Miraidon

electric/dragon

Undiscovered

TM017

Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Special move

Generation V

By event

Generation II

Generation IV

Generation V

Gallery

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See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs TRs
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

v · d · e List of Ghost-type moves
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A	Astonish Astral Barrage
B	Bitter Malice
C	Confuse Ray Curse
D	Destiny Bond
G	Grudge
H	Hex
I	Infernal Parade
L	Last Respects Lick
M	Moongeist Beam
N	Night Shade Nightmare
O	Ominous Wind
P	Phantom Force Poltergeist
R	Rage Fist
S	Shadow Ball Shadow Bone Shadow Claw Shadow Force Shadow Punch Shadow Sneak Spectral Thief Spirit Shackle Spite
T	Trick-or-Treat
See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type
Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation I
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A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam
B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam
C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut
D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck
E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion
F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes
G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust
H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis
I	Ice Beam Ice Punch
J	Jump Kick
K	Karate Chop Kinesis
L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick
M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist
N	Night Shade
P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave
Q	Quick Attack
R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick
S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance
T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle
V	Vine Whip ViceGrip
W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap
See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX
Generation I