Mirror Shot (move)

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Mirror Shot
ミラーショット Mirror Shot
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Type  Steel
Category  Special
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  65
Accuracy  85%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Cute
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Mirror Shot (Japanese: ミラーショット Mirror Shot) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Mirror Shot inflicts damage and has a 30% chance to lower the target's accuracy by one stage.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSSPBR The user looses a flash of energy from its polished body. It may also lower the target's accuracy.
BWB2W2 The user looses a flash of energy at the target from its polished body. It may also lower the target's accuracy.
XYORAS
SM
The user lets loose a flash of energy at the target from its polished body. This may also lower the target's accuracy.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0081    
 
Mineral Mineral 43 46BW
25B2W2
25XY
23ORAS
23
0082    
 
Mineral Mineral 46 50BW
25B2W2
25XY
23ORAS
23
0205    
 
Bug Bug 31 31 31 1, Evo.
413S  
Wormadam
Trash Cloak
 
 
Bug Bug 26 26 26 26
0462    
 
Mineral Mineral 46 50BW
25B2W2
25XY
23ORAS
23
0582     Mineral Mineral 26 26 26
0583     Mineral Mineral 26 26 26
0584     Mineral Mineral 26 26 26
0597    
 
Grass Mineral 30 30 30
0598    
 
Grass Mineral 30 30 30
0599     Mineral Mineral 36 36 36
0600     Mineral Mineral 36 36 36
0601     Mineral Mineral 36 36 36
0707    
 
Mineral Mineral 34 34
0800     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 1
0801    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 25
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 the anime

 
Ferrothorn
 
Magnezone
 
Vanillish
The user fires a green beam.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Magnezone's red eye flashes white and it fires a green beam from the pupil of its eye at the opponent.
Zero's Magnezone Giratina and the Sky Warrior Debut
  Vanillish's body becomes covered in a light blue aura. The aura then forms into a light blue orb of energy in front of Vanillish's body. Vanillish then fires the orb at the opponent.
Brycen's Vanillish Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! None
  Ferrothorn's body becomes covered in a light blue aura. The aura then forms into a light blue orb of energy in front of Ferrothorn's body. Ferrothorn then fires the orb at the opponent.
Cameron's Ferrothorn Cameron's Secret Weapon! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

  • Mirror Shot is the only Steel-type Cute move.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 鏡光射擊 Jìngguāng Shèjī
  Dutch Spiegelschot
  French Miroi-Tir
  German Spiegelsalve
  Greek Κατοπτρική Ριπή
  Italian Cristalcolpo
  Korean 미러숏 Mirror Shot
  Polish Lustrzany Strzał
Portuguese   Brazil Tiro Espelhado (early anime)
Tiro no Espelho (BW107-present, TCG)
  Portugal Tiro Espelhado
  Romanian Mirror Shot
  Spanish Disparo Espejo*
Disp. Espejo*
  Vietnamese Đạn Phản Chiếu


Variations of the move Octazooka
  OctazookaMirror ShotMud Bomb


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