Psyshock (move)

Psyshock サイコショック Psycho Shock

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V TM03 in Generation V TM03 in Generation VI TM03 in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon TR25 in Pokémon Sword and Shield

Contests Condition  [[(condition)|]] Appeal  0   Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  [[(condition)|]] Appeal  0   ???

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Psyshock (Japanese: サイコショック Psycho Shock) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation V. It was TM03 from Generation V to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. It is TR25 in Generation VIII.

Effect

Psyshock inflicts damage. Despite being a special move, Psyshock uses the target's Defense instead of its Special Defense to calculate damage.

Psyshock is still a special move. It uses the user's Special Attack to calculate damage. It activates Mirror Coat (not Counter), has its damage reduced by Light Screen (not Reflect), activates the Maranga Berry (not the Kee Berry), etc.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM SwShBDSPLA The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This attack does physical damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0064		Kadabra		Human-Like		Human-Like				30
0065		Alakazam		Human-Like		Human-Like				30
0096		Drowzee		Human-Like		Human-Like	57	57	57	57BDSP
0097		Hypno		Human-Like		Human-Like	57	57	57	57BDSP
0103		Exeggutor		Grass		Grass	17	17	17	1
103A		Exeggutor Alolan Form		Grass		Grass			17	1SwSh
0325		Spoink		Field		Field	34BW 38B2W2	38	38	38BDSP
0326		Grumpig		Field		Field	37BW 42B2W2	42	42	42BDSP
0337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral			1	20
0574		Gothita		Human-Like		Human-Like	25	25	25	20SwSh
0575		Gothorita		Human-Like		Human-Like	25	25	25	20SwSh
0576		Gothitelle		Human-Like		Human-Like	25	25	25	20SwSh
0577		Solosis		Amorphous		Amorphous	25	25	25	20SwSh
0578		Duosion		Amorphous		Amorphous	25	25	25	20SwSh
0579		Reuniclus		Amorphous		Amorphous	25	25	25	20SwSh
0653		Fennekin		Field		Field		31	31
0654		Braixen		Field		Field		34	36
0655		Delphox		Field		Field		34	38
0677		Espurr		Field		Field		25	25	33SwSh
0678		Meowstic Male		Field		Field		25	25	39SwSh
678F		Meowstic Female		Field		Field		25	25	39SwSh
0786		Tapu Lele		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			32	45SwSh
0898		Calyrex		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				24SwSh
898I		Calyrex Ice Rider		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				24SwSh
898S		Calyrex Shadow Rider		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				24SwSh
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 TM/TR

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
						I --	II --	III --	IV --	V TM03	VI TM03	VII TM03	VIII TR25	IX --
026A		Raichu Alolan Form		Field	Fairy			✔	✔SwSh
0035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0038		Ninetales		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
038A		Ninetales Alolan Form		Field		Field			✔	✔SwSh
0054		Psyduck		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0055		Golduck		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0063		Abra		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0064		Kadabra		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0065		Alakazam		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0079		Slowpoke		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
079G		Slowpoke Galarian Form		Monster	Water 1				✔SwSh
0080		Slowbro		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
080G		Slowbro Galarian Form		Monster	Water 1				✔SwSh
0096		Drowzee		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔
0097		Hypno		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔
0103		Exeggutor		Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
103A		Exeggutor Alolan Form		Grass		Grass			✔	✔SwSh
0121		Starmie		Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0122		Mr. Mime		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
122G		Mr. Mime Galarian Form		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔SwSh
0124		Jynx		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0137		Porygon		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
144G		Articuno Galarian Form		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔SwSh
0150		Mewtwo		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0173		Cleffa		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0175		Togepi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0177		Natu		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0178		Xatu		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0196		Espeon		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0199		Slowking		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
199G		Slowking Galarian Form		Monster	Water 1				✔SwSh
0203		Girafarig		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔
0233		Porygon2		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0234		Stantler		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔
0238		Smoochum		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0249		Lugia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0280		Ralts		Human-Like	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0281		Kirlia		Human-Like	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0282		Gardevoir		Human-Like	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0307		Meditite		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔
0308		Medicham		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔
0325		Spoink		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔
0326		Grumpig		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔
0337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0338		Solrock		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0343		Baltoy		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0344		Claydol		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0358		Chimecho		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔	✔
0375		Metang		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0376		Metagross		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0380		Latias		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0381		Latios		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0385		Jirachi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0386		Deoxys		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔
0433		Chingling		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔
0436		Bronzor		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0437		Bronzong		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0439		Mime Jr.		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0468		Togekiss		Flying	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0474		Porygon-Z		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0475		Gallade		Human-Like	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0480		Uxie		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0481		Mesprit		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0482		Azelf		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0488		Cresselia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0493		Arceus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔
0494		Victini		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0517		Munna		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0518		Musharna		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0527		Woobat		Field	Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0528		Swoobat		Field	Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0531		Audino		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0561		Sigilyph		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0574		Gothita		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0575		Gothorita		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0576		Gothitelle		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0577		Solosis		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0578		Duosion		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0579		Reuniclus		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0605		Elgyem		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0606		Beheeyem		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
0648		Meloetta		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔
0653		Fennekin		Field		Field		✔	✔
0654		Braixen		Field		Field		✔	✔
0655		Delphox		Field		Field		✔	✔
0677		Espurr		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔SwSh
0678		Meowstic Male		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔SwSh
678F		Meowstic Female		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔SwSh
0683		Aromatisse		Fairy		Fairy		✔	✔	✔SwSh
0687		Malamar		Water 1	Water 2		✔	✔	✔SwSh
0700		Sylveon		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔SwSh
0707		Klefki		Mineral		Mineral		✔	✔	✔SwSh
0716		Xerneas		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔SwSh
0719		Diancie		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔SwSh
0720		Hoopa Confined		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔
720U		Hoopa Unbound		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔
0765		Oranguru		Field		Field			✔	✔SwSh
0786		Tapu Lele		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔SwSh
0791		Solgaleo		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔SwSh
0792		Lunala		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔SwSh
0793		Nihilego		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔SwSh
0800		Necrozma		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔SwSh
800DM		Necrozma Dusk Mane		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔USUM	✔SwSh
800DW		Necrozma Dawn Wings		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔USUM	✔SwSh
0806		Blacephalon		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔USUM	✔SwSh
0825		Dottler		Bug		Bug				✔SwSh
0826		Orbeetle		Bug		Bug				✔SwSh
0854		Sinistea		Mineral	Amorphous				✔SwSh
0855		Polteageist		Mineral	Amorphous				✔SwSh
0856		Hatenna		Fairy		Fairy				✔SwSh
0857		Hattrem		Fairy		Fairy				✔SwSh
0858		Hatterene		Fairy		Fairy				✔SwSh
0866		Mr. Rime		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔SwSh
0869		Alcremie		Fairy	Amorphous				✔SwSh
0876		Indeedee Male		Fairy		Fairy				✔SwSh
876F		Indeedee Female		Fairy		Fairy				✔SwSh
0898		Calyrex		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔SwSh
898I		Calyrex Ice Rider		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔SwSh
898S		Calyrex Shadow Rider		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔SwSh
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: 43 Accuracy: 100%

Effect: None

Users:

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.

Pokémon GO

Psyshock
Charged Attack
Gyms & Raids Power 65 Energy cost 33 Duration 2.7 seconds Damage window 2 - 2.6 seconds
Trainer Battles Power 70 Energy cost 45 Secondary effect ? Effect chance ?%
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility By Elite Charged TM By GO Snapshot As Shadow Pokémon As Purified Pokémon Formerly eligible None

Updates

Gyms & Raids

• February 16, 2017
  • Power: 40 → 65
  • Damage window: 2.2 - 2.7 → 2 - 2.6 seconds

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Psyshock is Espeon's first move and Gardevoir's second move.

Espeon can obtain the move by evolving from Eevee at level 4 and upgrading Swift into it instead of Stored Power. The user materializes psychic projectiles and hurls them at a designated location; dealing damage to enemies hit by the projectiles and decreasing their movement speed for a short time. Orbs start in a horizontal line perpendicular to the user's facing. Orbs continue to fly in the direction once past the target location up until the maximum range of the move. Targets hit by all five projectiles are stunned. When one enemy is hit by a projectile, subsequent projectiles deal 70% less damage. At level 10, the projectiles become faster.

Gardevoir can obtain the move by evolving into Kirlia at level 5 and upgrading Teleport into it instead of Future Sight. The user channels three attacks at the targeted area, damaging enemies. Psyshock's cooldown is reduced each time it hits an enemy. At level 11, each hit of Psyshock also increases the damage of the next hit.

Description

Games Description Conq. The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This attack does physical damage. MDGtI This is a special move, but it won't be affected by the enemy's Special Defense.* It damages an enemy. This move is a special attack, but the enemy's Defense stat determines damage instead of its Special Defense stat.* SMD It damages an enemy. This move is a special attack, but the damage is determined by the enemy's Defense stat rather than its Sp. Def stat. MDRTDX It damages an enemy. The damage is determined by the enemy's Defense stat.

In the anime

Meditite Gothita Duosion Metang
The user materializes an odd psychic blast to attack the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gothita jumps into the air and puts its arms out in front of it. It then forms a mass of thick light blue, blue, and purple energy and fires it at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, it pushes it back and explodes. Sometimes, the black tuft of hair on its head twitches and glows light purple before using the attack. When this happens, its body flashes light blue, blue, and purple before forming the mass of energy.
Christie's Gothita	Where Did You Go, Audino?		Debut
Katharine's Gothita	Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!		None
	Duosion crouches its body together and three thick masses of light blue, blue, and purple energy forms around the front of its body. Duosion then fires the masses at the opponent, one after the other.
Officer Jenny's Duosion	Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!		None
	Gothorita floats into the air and closes its eyes. Three thick masses of light blue, blue, and purple energy forms in front of Gothorita's body, and it fires the orbs at the opponent.
Lewis's Gothorita	Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2		None
Flora's Gothorita	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None
	Meowstic forms a purple orb of energy in one of its hands. It then fires three dark purple beams of energy from the orb at the opponent.
Olympia's two Meowstic	All Eyes on the Future!		None
	Metang creates a stream of purple energy in between its hands before firing a purple beam of energy from its hands towards the opponent.
Alain's Metang	The Synchronicity Test!		None
	Meditite forms a ring of purple masses of energy in front of its body. Meditite then fires the masses at the opponent, one after the other.
Kira's Meditite	Raid Battle in The Ruins!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Gothitelle Mega Gardevoir
The user shoots the opponent with energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gothitelle releases energy from its eyes at the opponent.
Caitlin's Gothitelle	The Power of Dreams		Debut
	Mega Gardevoir forms a sphere of energy and fires it at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	PS568		None

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Psyshock is an attack that has appeared as the translated name of ねんりき Nenriki on many English trading cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game since Generation I (starting with Base Set Abra), long before its actualization as a move in Generation V. Its effect induces paralysis.
• Out of the three moves that deal physical damage despite being special-based, Psyshock is the only one that is not the signature move of a Legendary Pokémon.
• Psyshock and Psystrike share their description with each other.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 精神衝擊 Jīngsàhn Chūnggīk * 幻象攻擊 Waahnjeuhng Gūnggīk * Mandarin 精神衝擊 / 精神冲击 Jīngshén Chōngjí / Jīngshén Chōngjī * 幻象攻擊 Huànxiàng Gōngjí * French Choc Psy German Psychoschock Greek ψυχικοπληξία Italian Psicoshock Korean 사이코쇼크 Psycho Shock Polish Psychoszok Portuguese Brazil Choque Psíquico (games, Pokémon the Series: XY-present, TCG, manga) Psicochoque (early anime) Portugal Psicochoque Spanish Latin America Choque Psíquico Spain Psicocarga Swedish Psykchock* Thai ไซโคช็อค Vietnamese Cú Sốc Tâm Linh

Variations of the move Psyshock
Body Press Psyshock

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