Luster Purge (move)

Luster Purge
ラスターパージ Luster Purge
Type  Psychic
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  70
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.
Condition  Clever
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  1
Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type.

Luster Purge (Japanese: ラスターパージ Luster Purge) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of Latios.

Effect

Luster Purge inflicts damage and has a 50% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.

Description

Games Description
RSE Attacks with a burst of light. May lower Sp. Def.
FRLG A burst of light injures the foe. It may also lower the foe's Sp. Def.
ColoXD Attacks with a burst of light. May lower Sp. Def.
DPPtHGSS The user looses a damaging burst of light. It may also reduce the target's Sp. Def stat.
BWB2W2 The user lets loose a damaging burst of light. It may also reduce the target's Sp. Def stat.
XYORAS The user lets loose a damaging burst of light. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
381   Latios Dragon Psychic 35 35 35 35
24
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In other games

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It may also lower the target's Special Defense by one level.


In the anime

 
Latios


The user creates a ball of purple aura which turns into a beam and is fired at the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Latios opens its mouth and white sparkles form and gather in front of it, forming together into a pink ball of energy. It then fires a massive pink beam from the ball at the opponent.
Tobias's Latios The Semi-Final Frontier! Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master! manga

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In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 潔淨光澤 Jié​jìng​ Guāng​zé​
  Dutch Begeertezuivering
  Finnish Hohtoisku
  French Lumi-Éclat
  German Scheinwerfer
  Greek Λαμπερή Εξάγνιση
  Hindi टाक चमकना Taak chamakana
  Indonesian Luster Purge
  Italian Abbagliante
  Korean 라스트버지 Luster Purge
  Polish Czystka
Portuguese   Brazil Raio Purificador
Purga de Esplendor (TCG)
  Portugal Resplendor
  Serbian Blještavo pročišćavanje
Spanish   Latin America Resplandor
  Spain Resplandor


Variations of the move Luster Purge
  Luster PurgeMist Ball


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