Ruination (move)

Ruination カタストロフィ Catastrophe

Battles Type  Dark Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  90% 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 IX Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Ruination (Japanese: カタストロフィ Catastrophe) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature move of the treasures of ruin.

Effect

Ruination deals damage equal to 50% of the opponent's remaining HP, rounded down. It always deals at least 1 HP of damage.

Description

Games Description SV The user summons a ruinous disaster. This cuts the target’s HP in half.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IX
						SV
1001		Wo-Chien		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	50
1002		Chien-Pao		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	50
1003		Ting-Lu		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	50
1004		Chi-Yu		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	50
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 languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 大災難 Daaih Jōinaahn Mandarin 大災難 / 大灾难 Dà Zāinàn French Cataclysme German Verderben Italian Catastrofe Korean 카타스트로피 Catastrophe Spanish Calamidad

Variations of the move Super Fang
Super Fang Nature's Madness • Ruination

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