Psybeam (move)
Psybeam サイケこうせん Psyche-beam | ||||||||||||
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Psybeam (Japanese: サイケこうせん Psyche-beam) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Psybeam does damage and has a 10% chance of confusing the target.
Psybeam can be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if Calm Mind was used in the prior turn.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0012 | |
Bug | 32RGB 34Y |
34 | 34 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 17SMUSUM 16PE | |||||
0048 | |
Bug | 35 | 33 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 17SMUSUM 20PE | |||||
0049 | |
Bug | 38 | 36 | 36 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 17SMUSUM 20PE | |||||
0054 | Water 1 | Field | 27PE | |||||||||||
0055 | Water 1 | Field | 27PE | |||||||||||
0064 | Human-Like | 27 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 28XY 21ORAS |
21SMUSUM 1, Evo.PE | ||||||
0065 | Human-Like | 27 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 28XY 21ORAS |
21SMUSUM 1PE | ||||||
0096 | Human-Like | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25SMUSUM 22PE | |||||||||
0097 | Human-Like | 28 | 25 | 25 | 25SMUSUM 22PE | |||||||||
0102 | |
Grass | 27PE | |||||||||||
0110 | Amorphous | 1PE | ||||||||||||
0119 | Water 2 | 1PE | ||||||||||||
0122 | |
Human-Like | 36 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25SMUSUM 30PE | ||||||
0137 | Mineral | 23 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7SMUSUM 9PE | ||||||
0150 | 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 | 22PE | |||||||||||
0196 | Field | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36BW 21B2W2 |
20 | 20 | |||||||
0200 | Amorphous | 27 | 30 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||||||
0203 | |
Field | 41 | 43 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | ||||||
0223 | Water 1 | Water 2 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
0224 | Water 1 | Water 2 | 22 | 22 | 1, 10 | 1, 10 | 1, 10 | 1, 10 | ||||||
0226 | |
Water 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0233 | Mineral | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
0269 | |
Bug | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24XY 22ORAS |
22 | |||||||
0325 | Field | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||
0326 | Field | 1, 16 | 1, 14 | 1, 14 | 1, 14 | 1, 14 | ||||||||
0327 | Field | Human-Like | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19XY 14ORAS |
14 | |||||||
0343 | |
Mineral | 11 | 11 | 15BW 13B2W2 |
13XY 16ORAS |
16 | |||||||
0344 | |
Mineral | 11 | 11 | 15BW 13B2W2 |
13XY 16ORAS |
16 | |||||||
0352 | Field | 17 | 15DP 18PtHGSS |
18 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||
0413 | Wormadam
Plant Cloak |
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Bug | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |||||||
413G | Wormadam
Sandy Cloak |
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Bug | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |||||||
413S | Wormadam
Trash Cloak |
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Bug | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |||||||
0414 | |
Bug | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | ||||||||
0439 | |
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 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |||||||
0474 | Mineral | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
0517 | Field | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||
0518 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0561 | |
Flying | 18 | 18 | 18 | |||||||||
0574 | Human-Like | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
0575 | Human-Like | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
0576 | Human-Like | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
0605 | Human-Like | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
0606 | Human-Like | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
0648 | |
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 | 31 | 31 | 31 | ||||||||
0653 | Field | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
0654 | Field | 18 | 18 | |||||||||||
0655 | |
Field | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||
0666 | |
Bug | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
0677 | Field | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
0678 | Meowstic
Male |
Field | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
678F | Meowstic
Female |
Field | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
0686 | |
Water 1 | Water 2 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
0687 | |
Water 1 | Water 2 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
0720 | Hoopa
Confined |
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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 | 15XY 19ORAS |
19 | ||||||||
720U | Hoopa
Unbound |
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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 | 19ORAS | 19 | ||||||||
0786 | |
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 | 14 | ||||||||||
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 | 1 | ||||||||||
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. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0046 | |
Bug | Grass | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0054 | Water 1 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0109 | Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0118 | Water 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0165 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0167 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0170 | |
Water 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
0283 | |
Water 1 | Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0456 | Water 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
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. |
Special move
Generation III
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0165 | |
Bug | Purified Shadow PokémonXD | |||
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. |
Generation V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0118 | Water 2 | Dream World - Sparkling Sea | ||||
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
Pokémon Conquest
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Stars: ★★★
Power: 35
Accuracy: 100%
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Effect: Has a 10% chance of confusing each target. |
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Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Pokémon GO
Psybeam | |||||||||||
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- Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Psybeam had a power of 35.
- Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Psybeam had a power of 40, an energy bar of , and a duration of 3.8 seconds.
Chansey and Starmie may only know this move if they were obtained before August 20, 2016. Porygon may only know this move if it was obtained before February 16, 2017.
Description
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In the anime
The Pokémon creates a multicolored beam and releases it into the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Kadabra's eyes glow red. Then, multicolored circles are released from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Sabrina's Kadabra | Haunter Versus Kadabra | Debut | |
Venonat releases a multicolored beam from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Aya's Venonat | The Ninja Poké-Showdown! | None | |
Alakazam crosses its spoons and releases a multicolored beam from them at the opponent. | |||
A giant Alakazam | The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis | None | |
Eusine's Alakazam | The Legend of Thunder! | None | |
Anabel's Alakazam | Talking a Good Game! | None | |
Girafarig fires a multicolored beam from between its horns at the opponent. | |||
Lisa's Girafarig | Spell of the Unown: Entei | None | |
Cherry's Girafarig | The Psychic Sidekicks! | None | |
Lucian's Girafarig | An Elite Meet and Greet! | None | |
The stripe on Kecleon's stomach glows multicolored and it releases a multicolored beam from its mouth at the opponent. | |||
Madison's Reddy | The Kecleon Caper | None | |
Alexa's Greeny | The Kecleon Caper | None | |
Harrison's Kecleon | Playing with Fire! | None | |
The red gem on Espeon's forehead shines and it releases a multicolored beam from it at the opponent. | |||
Sakura's Espeon | Espeon, Not Included | None | |
Annie's Espeon | Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias | None | |
Misdreavus releases a multicolored beam from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Marina's Little Miss | The Legend of Thunder! | None | |
Nelson's Misdreavus | Entei at Your Own Risk | None | |
Venomoth releases two multicolored beams from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Chaz's Venomoth | All Things Bright and Beautifly! | None | |
A wild Venomoth | I Choose You! | None | |
Dustox releases a multicolored beam from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Jessie's Dustox | Seeing is Believing! | None | |
Spoink releases a multicolored beam from its pearl at the opponent. | |||
Spoink (anime) | Clamperl of Wisdom | None | |
Claydol points its arms at the opponent and fires two multicolored beams from the tips of its arms at the opponent. | |||
Spenser's Claydol | Ka Boom with a View! | None | |
Buck's Claydol | Bucking the Treasure Trend! | None | |
Butterfree's eyes or antennas glow purple and it releases a purple beam from them at the opponent. | |||
Drew's Butterfree | The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing! | None | |
A wild Butterfree | Butterfree and Me! | None | |
The green orbs on Bonsly's head glow white and it releases a multicolored beam from in between them at the opponent. | |||
Brock's Bonsly | A Staravia is Born! | Used via Mimic | |
Mothim fires a multicolored beam from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Cheryl's Mothim | Some Enchanted Sweetening! | None | |
Mismagius's eyes glow multicolored and its body becomes outlined in a multicolor outline. It then fires one or two multicolored beams from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Fantina's Mismagius | Playing the Leveling Field! | None | |
Drowzee releases a multicolored beam from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Azure's Drowzee | Beating the Bustle and Hustle! | None | |
Gothitelle fires a magenta beam of energy with multicolored particles inside from its palms or eyes at the opponent, or its eyes and wrists glow red and it fires a multicolored beam of energy outlined in dark purple energy from its chest at the opponent. | |||
A wild Gothitelle | The Lost World of Gothitelle! | None | |
Damon's Gothitelle | Black—Victini and Reshiram | None | |
Anthea's Gothitelle | What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals! | None | |
Sigilyph fires a magenta beam of energy with multicolored particles from the eye on top of its head. | |||
A wild Sigilyph | Explorers of the Hero's Ruin! | None | |
Elgyem fires a magenta beam of energy with multicolored particles from its hand. | |||
Ricky's Elgyem | Climbing the Tower of Success! | None | |
Mantine fires a magenta beam of energy with multicolored particles from its mouth. | |||
Marlon's Mantine | The Road to Humilau! | None | |
Gothorita fires a magenta beam of energy with multicolored particles from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
A wild Gothorita | Eevee & Friends | None | |
Inkay flips upside down and fires a streaky blue beam with pink circles inside it from its mouth at the opponent. On occasion, this will confuse the opponent. | |||
James's Inkay | A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship! | None | |
Vivillon fires a streaky blue beam with pink circles inside it from its mouth at the opponent. On occasion, this will confuse the opponent. | |||
Aria's Vivillon | Performing a Pathway to the Future! | None | |
Lotad fires a streaky blue beam with pink circles inside it from its mouth at the opponent. On occasion, this will confuse the opponent. | |||
A wild Lotad | A Diamond in the Rough! | Lotad cannot legally learn Psybeam | |
Mega Alakazam releases multicolored streams of aura from in front of itself at the opponent. | |||
Dogha and Ether's Alakazam | Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel | None |
In the manga
In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga
Unknown. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Gothorita's eyes glows and fires supersonic waves at them. | |||
Gracia's Gothorita | PNA4 | Debut |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The foe is attacked with a peculiar ray. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Jynx's pupils disappear and it fires a circular beam of circle-shaped energy from its body at the opponent. | |||
Ken's Jynx | The Jynx Jinx | Debut | |
Kadabra fires a beam of energy from its eyes at the opponent. Sometimes, its pupils disappear before using the attack. | |||
Sabrina's Kadabra | Kalling Kadabra | None | |
Porygon fires a beam of energy from its body or eyes at the opponent. | |||
Blue's Porygon | Gimme Shellder | None | |
Gladion's Porygon | PASM05 | None | |
Misdreavus fires a beam of energy from its eyes at the opponent. | |||
Morty's Misdreavus | Hello, Lickitung | None | |
Mr. Mime fires a zig-zagging beam of energy from its hand at the opponent. | |||
Sabrina's Mr. Mime | Silly Scyther | None | |
Dustox points its antennae at the opponent and it fires a beam of energy from in between them at the opponent. | |||
A wild Dustox | Distracting Dustox | None | |
Surskit points two of its front legs at the opponent and it fires two beams of energy from their tips at the opponent. | |||
Guile Hideout's Surskit | Skirting Around Surskit II | None | |
Munna fires a zig-zagging beam of energy from the spot on its nose at the opponent. | |||
Black's Musha | Black's First Trainer Battle | None |
In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master manga
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Ryū's Misdreavus | ABM11 | Debut |
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
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Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Alakazam. | |||
Shu's Alakazam | GDZ35 | Debut |
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
The user blasts the foe with a zig-zagging ray. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Porygon fires a beam from the eyes at the opponent. | |||
Giovanni's Porygon | Finish Off Team Rocket!! | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- In Generation VI and Generation VII, Psybeam uses an upgraded version of its original sound effect from Generations I and II.
In other languages
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This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games. |