Psywave (move)

Psywave サイコウェーブ Psychowave

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  Varies Accuracy  80% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM46 in Generation I

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Psywave (Japanese: サイコウェーブ Psychowave) is a mostly accurate Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I that deals a varying amount of damage.

In the anime

• Alakazam Psywave.JPG

  Alex Davis's Alakazam using Psywave in Power Play.

• Psywave Blow.JPG

  Alakazam's Psywave, charging against Gary's Umbreon.

• Exeggutor Psywave.JPG

  Exeggutor using Psywave against Ash's Krabby.

Effect

Psywave causes a random amount of damage. The minimum damage it can do is 1, and the maximum damage it can do is less than 1.5 times the user's level. The game will freeze if a level 1 Pokémon uses the attack in Generation I, though this error was fixed in later generations.

Learnset

Generation I

By TM46

#   Pokémon Type 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 0060 Poliwag Water 0061 Poliwhirl Water 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0063 Abra Psychic 0064 Kadabra Psychic 0065 Alakazam Psychic 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0096 Drowzee Psychic 0097 Hypno Psychic 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0113 Chansey Normal 0120 Staryu Water 0121 Starmie Water 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0125 Electabuzz Electric 0126 Magmar Fire 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0137 Porygon Normal 0143 Snorlax Normal 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0200 Misdreavus Ghost -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0109 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
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Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0200 Misdreavus Ghost -- 0325 Spoink Psychic 7 0326 Grumpig Psychic 1 0326 Grumpig Psychic 7 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 25 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 25 0358 Chimecho Psychic 30 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic -- 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

• Gastly
• Koffing

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0200 Misdreavus Ghost -- 0325 Spoink Psychic 7 0326 Grumpig Psychic -- 0326 Grumpig Psychic 7 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 23 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 23 0358 Chimecho Psychic 30 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic -- 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic -- 0429 Mismagius Ghost -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

• Gastly
• Koffing

In other languages

• French: Vague Psy
• German: Psywelle
• Italian: Psico-onda - Psiconda