Psychic Fangs (move)

Psychic Fangs
サイコファング Psycho Fang

Battles

Type	Psychic
Category	Physical
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	85
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes 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 VII
TR97 in Pokémon Sword and Shield TM063 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

On Smogon's Movedex:

Psychic Fangs (Japanese: サイコファング Psycho Fang) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation VII. Prior to Generation VIII, it was the signature move of Bruxish. It was TR97 in Pokémon Sword and Shield, and is TM063 in Generation IX.

Effect

Psychic Fangs removes Light Screen, Reflect, and Aurora Veil from the target's side of the field, then inflicts damage. It will not remove Light Screen, Reflect, or Aurora Veil if Psychic Fangs misses or the target is immune to or protected from Psychic Fangs.

Description

Games	Description
SM USUM SwSh LA	The user bites the target with its psychic capabilities. This can also destroy Light Screen and Reflect.
BDSP	This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.
SV	The user attacks by biting the target with its psychic capabilities. This move can also break barriers, such as Light Screen and Reflect.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
779		Bruxish		Water 2	Water 2	41		41
985		Scream Tail		No Eggs Discovered	No Eggs Discovered			56
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I --	II --	III --	IV --	V --	VI --	VII --	VIII TR97	IX TM063
058		Growlithe		Field		Field		✔	✔
058		Growlithe Hisuian Form		Field		Field			✔
059		Arcanine		Field		Field		✔	✔
059		Arcanine Hisuian Form		Field		Field			✔
142		Aerodactyl		Flying		Flying		✔
151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔
196		Espeon		Field		Field		✔	✔
203		Girafarig		Field		Field			✔
208		Steelix		Mineral		Mineral		✔
228		Houndour		Field		Field			✔
229		Houndoom		Field		Field			✔
303		Mawile		Field	Fairy		✔
309		Electrike		Field		Field		✔
310		Manectric		Field		Field		✔
318		Carvanha		Water 2		Water 2		✔
319		Sharpedo		Water 2		Water 2		✔
336		Seviper		Field	Dragon			✔
373		Salamence		Dragon		Dragon			✔
403		Shinx		Field		Field		✔	✔
404		Luxio		Field		Field		✔	✔
405		Luxray		Field		Field		✔	✔
506		Lillipup		Field		Field		✔
507		Herdier		Field		Field		✔
508		Stoutland		Field		Field		✔
528		Swoobat		Field	Flying		✔
550		Basculin		Water 2		Water 2		✔	✔
550		Basculin White-Striped Form		Water 2		Water 2			✔
667		Litleo		Field		Field			✔
668		Pyroar		Field		Field			✔
696		Tyrunt		Monster	Dragon		✔
697		Tyrantrum		Monster	Dragon		✔
734		Yungoos		Field		Field			✔
735		Gumshoos		Field		Field			✔
744		Rockruff		Field		Field			✔
745		Lycanroc Midday Form		Field		Field		✔	✔
745		Lycanroc Midnight Form		Field		Field		✔	✔
745		Lycanroc Dusk Form		Field		Field		✔	✔
773		Silvally		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔
779		Bruxish		Water 2		Water 2			✔
791		Solgaleo		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔
800		Necrozma		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔
820		Greedent		Field		Field		✔	✔
836		Boltund		Field		Field		✔
846		Arrokuda		Water 2		Water 2		✔	✔
847		Barraskewda		Water 2		Water 2		✔	✔
877		Morpeko		Field	Fairy		✔
882		Dracovish		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔
883		Arctovish		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔
886		Drakloak		Amorphous	Dragon		✔	✔
887		Dragapult		Amorphous	Dragon		✔	✔
888		Zacian		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔
889		Zamazenta		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔
902		Basculegion		Water 2		Water 2			✔
926		Fidough		Field	Mineral			✔
927		Dachsbun		Field	Mineral			✔
942		Maschiff		Field		Field			✔
943		Mabosstiff		Field		Field			✔
971		Greavard		Field		Field			✔
972		Houndstone		Field		Field			✔
976		Veluza		Water 2		Water 2			✔
981		Farigiraf		Field		Field			✔
985		Scream Tail		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔
100		Chien-Pao		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
203		Girafarig		Field	Field	✔^USUM
318		Carvanha		Water 2	Water 2	✔
506		Lillipup		Field	Field	✔
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 games

Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, Psychic Fangs is a Charged Attack that was made available on November 21, 2021.

Psychic Fangs

Charged Attack

Gyms & Raids

Power

30

Energy cost

33

Duration

1.2 seconds

Damage window

0.4-1.1 seconds

Trainer Battles

Power

40

Energy cost

35

Secondary effect

1 Opponent Defense

Effect chance

100%

Eligible Pokémon:

Standard eligibility

By Elite Charged TM

In other generations

This section is incomplete.
Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: "breaking" images for Gens. VII to IX

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	精神之牙 Jīngsàhn-jī Ngàh
Chinese	Mandarin	精神之牙 Jīngshén-zhī Yá
French		Psycho-Croc
German		Psychobeißer
Italian		Psicozanna
Korean		사이코팽 Saikopaeng
Brazilian Portuguese		Caninos Psíquicos
Spanish		Psicocolmillo

Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99
BDSP
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99

Generation IX TMs

001 • 002 • 003 • 004 • 005 • 006 • 007 • 008 • 009 • 010 • 011 • 012 • 013 • 014 • 015 • 016 • 017 • 018 • 019
020 • 021 • 022 • 023 • 024 • 025 • 026 • 027 • 028 • 029 • 030 • 031 • 032 • 033 • 034 • 035 • 036 • 037 • 038
039 • 040 • 041 • 042 • 043 • 044 • 045 • 046 • 047 • 048 • 049 • 050 • 051 • 052 • 053 • 054 • 055 • 056 • 057
058 • 059 • 060 • 061 • 062 • 063 • 064 • 065 • 066 • 067 • 068 • 069 • 070 • 071 • 072 • 073 • 074 • 075 • 076
077 • 078 • 079 • 080 • 081 • 082 • 083 • 084 • 085 • 086 • 087 • 088 • 089 • 090 • 091 • 092 • 093 • 094 • 095
096 • 097 • 098 • 099 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114
115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133
134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152
153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160 • 161 • 162 • 163 • 164 • 165 • 166 • 167 • 168 • 169 • 170 • 171

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