Light of Ruin (move)

Light of Ruin はめつのひかり Light of Ruin

Battles Type  Fairy Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 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 VI 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  Beautiful Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

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

Light of Ruin (Japanese: はめつのひかり Light of Ruin) is a damage-dealing Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of the Eternal Flower Floette, which has never been released.

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Effect

Light of Ruin inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to ½ of the damage done to the target.

Description

Games Description XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
670		Floette Eternal Flower		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	50	50
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other generations

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	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Despite its description, Light of Ruin has half of recoil damage dealt.
• In the room service of Hotel Richissime, there is a food style option which is named after a move where Light of Ruin is mentioned.
• Light of Ruin has the highest base power of all Fairy-type moves, excluding Z-Moves.
  • A Twinkle Tackle based on Light of Ruin has the highest base power of all Fairy-type moves.
• Excluding Volt Tackle in Generation III, Light of Ruin is the only special move that causes recoil damage.
  • It is also the only Fairy-type move that causes recoil damage.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 破滅之光 Pomiht-jī Gwōng Mandarin 破滅之光 / 破灭之光 Pòmiè-zhī Guāng French Lumière du Néant German Lux Calamitatis Italian Luce Nefasta Korean 파멸의빛 Pamyeol-yi Bit Spanish Luz Aniquiladora

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