Psyshock (move)

Psyshock
サイコショック Psycho Shock
Psyshock IX.png
Psyshock IX 2.png
Type  Psychic
Category  Special
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation V
Condition  [[(condition)|]]
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
???
Condition  [[(condition)|]]
Appeal  0  
???
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  1
Jamming  4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Psyshock (Japanese: サイコショック Psycho Shock) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation V. It is TM03 from Generation V to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, TR25 in Generation VIII, and TM054 in Generation IX.

Effect

Psyshock inflicts damage. Despite being a special move, Psyshock uses the target's Defense instead of its Special Defense to calculate damage. Due to being 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.
SV The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This move deals 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 30SwShBDSP
0065   Alakazam
  Human-Like Human-Like 30SwShBDSP
0096   Drowzee
  Human-Like Human-Like 57 57 57 57BDSP 45
0097   Hypno
  Human-Like Human-Like 57 57 57 57BDSP 51
0103   Exeggutor
 
 
Grass Grass 17 17 17 1
0103   Exeggutor
Alolan Form
 
 
Grass Grass 17 1
0325   Spoink
  Field Field 34BW
38B2W2
38 38 38BDSP 38
0326   Grumpig
  Field Field 37BW
42B2W2
42 42 42BDSP 42
0337   Lunatone
 
 
Mineral Mineral 1 20
0574   Gothita
  Human-Like Human-Like 25 25 25 20 20
0575   Gothorita
  Human-Like Human-Like 25 25 25 20 20
0576   Gothitelle
  Human-Like Human-Like 25 25 25 20 20
0577   Solosis
  Amorphous Amorphous 25 25 25 20
0578   Duosion
  Amorphous Amorphous 25 25 25 20
0579   Reuniclus
  Amorphous Amorphous 25 25 25 20
0653   Fennekin
  Field Field 31 31 31
0654   Braixen
  Field Field 34 36 36
0655   Delphox
 
 
Field Field 34 38 38
0677   Espurr
  Field Field 25 25 33
0678   Meowstic
Male
  Field Field 25 25 39
0678   Meowstic
Female
  Field Field 25 25 39
0779   Bruxish
 
 
Water 2 Water 2 25
0786   Tapu Lele
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 32 45
0898   Calyrex
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 24 24
0898   Calyrex
Ice Rider
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 24 24
0898   Calyrex
Shadow Rider
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 24 24
0936   Armarouge
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like Evo.
0987   Flutter Mane
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 63
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
I
--
II
--
III
--
IV
--
V
TM03
VI
TM03
VII
TM03
VIII
TR25
IX
TM054
0026   Raichu
Alolan Form
 
 
Field Fairy
0035   Clefairy
  Fairy Fairy
0036   Clefable
  Fairy Fairy
0038   Ninetales
  Field Field
0038   Ninetales
Alolan Form
 
 
Field Field
0039   Jigglypuff
 
 
Fairy Fairy
0040   Wigglytuff
 
 
Fairy Fairy
0054   Psyduck
  Water 1 Field
0055   Golduck
  Water 1 Field
0063   Abra
  Human-Like Human-Like
0064   Kadabra
  Human-Like Human-Like
0065   Alakazam
  Human-Like Human-Like
0079   Slowpoke
 
 
Monster Water 1
0079   Slowpoke
Galarian Form
  Monster Water 1
0080   Slowbro
 
 
Monster Water 1
0080   Slowbro
Galarian Form
 
 
Monster Water 1
0096   Drowzee
  Human-Like Human-Like
0097   Hypno
  Human-Like Human-Like
0103   Exeggutor
 
 
Grass Grass
0103   Exeggutor
Alolan Form
 
 
Grass Grass
0121   Starmie
 
 
Water 3 Water 3
0122   Mr. Mime
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0122   Mr. Mime
Galarian Form
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0124   Jynx
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0137   Porygon
  Mineral Mineral
0144   Articuno
Galarian Form
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0150   Mewtwo
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0151   Mew
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0173   Cleffa
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0175   Togepi
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0176   Togetic
 
 
Flying Fairy
0177   Natu
 
 
Flying Flying
0178   Xatu
 
 
Flying Flying
0196   Espeon
  Field Field
0199   Slowking
 
 
Monster Water 1
0199   Slowking
Galarian Form
 
 
Monster Water 1
0200   Misdreavus
  Amorphous Amorphous
0203   Girafarig
 
 
Field Field
0233   Porygon2
  Mineral Mineral
0234   Stantler
  Field Field
0238   Smoochum
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0249   Lugia
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0280   Ralts
 
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0281   Kirlia
 
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0282   Gardevoir
 
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0307   Meditite
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0308   Medicham
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0325   Spoink
  Field Field
0326   Grumpig
  Field Field
0337   Lunatone
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0338   Solrock
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0343   Baltoy
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0344   Claydol
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0358   Chimecho
  Amorphous Amorphous
0375   Metang
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0376   Metagross
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0380   Latias
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0381   Latios
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0385   Jirachi
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0386   Deoxys
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0429   Mismagius
  Amorphous Amorphous
0433   Chingling
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0436   Bronzor
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0437   Bronzong
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0439   Mime Jr.
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0442   Spiritomb
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0468   Togekiss
 
 
Flying Fairy
0474   Porygon-Z
  Mineral Mineral
0475   Gallade
 
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0480   Uxie
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0481   Mesprit
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0482   Azelf
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0488   Cresselia
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0491   Darkrai
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0493   Arceus
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0494   Victini
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0517   Munna
  Field Field
0518   Musharna
  Field Field
0527   Woobat
 
 
Field Flying
0528   Swoobat
 
 
Field Flying
0531   Audino
  Fairy Fairy
0561   Sigilyph
 
 
Flying Flying
0574   Gothita
  Human-Like Human-Like
0575   Gothorita
  Human-Like Human-Like
0576   Gothitelle
  Human-Like Human-Like
0577   Solosis
  Amorphous Amorphous
0578   Duosion
  Amorphous Amorphous
0579   Reuniclus
  Amorphous Amorphous
0605   Elgyem
  Human-Like Human-Like
0606   Beheeyem
  Human-Like Human-Like
0628   Braviary
Hisuian Form
 
 
Flying Flying
0648   Meloetta
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0653   Fennekin
  Field Field
0654   Braixen
  Field Field
0655   Delphox
 
 
Field Field
0677   Espurr
  Field Field
0678   Meowstic
Male
  Field Field
0678   Meowstic
Female
  Field Field
0683   Aromatisse
  Fairy Fairy
0687   Malamar
 
 
Water 1 Water 2
0700   Sylveon
  Field Field
0707   Klefki
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0716   Xerneas
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0719   Diancie
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0720   Hoopa
Confined
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0720   Hoopa
Unbound
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0765   Oranguru
 
 
Field Field
0779   Bruxish
 
 
Water 2 Water 2
0786   Tapu Lele
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0791   Solgaleo
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0792   Lunala
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0793   Nihilego
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0800   Necrozma
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0800   Necrozma
Dusk Mane
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered USUM
0800   Necrozma
Dawn Wings
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered USUM
0801   Magearna
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0806   Blacephalon
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered USUM
0825   Dottler
 
 
Bug Bug
0826   Orbeetle
 
 
Bug Bug
0854   Sinistea
  Mineral Amorphous
0855   Polteageist
  Mineral Amorphous
0856   Hatenna
  Fairy Fairy
0857   Hattrem
  Fairy Fairy
0858   Hatterene
 
 
Fairy Fairy
0866   Mr. Rime
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0869   Alcremie
  Fairy Amorphous
0876   Indeedee
Male
 
 
Fairy Fairy
0876   Indeedee
Female
 
 
Fairy Fairy
0898   Calyrex
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0898   Calyrex
Ice Rider
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0898   Calyrex
Shadow Rider
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0899   Wyrdeer
 
 
Field Field
0936   Armarouge
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0954   Rabsca
 
 
Bug Bug
0955   Flittle
  Flying Flying
0956   Espathra
  Flying Flying
0981   Farigiraf
 
 
Field Field
0984   Great Tusk
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0985   Scream Tail
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0987   Flutter Mane
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
1000   Gholdengo
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
1006   Iron Valiant
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
1015   Munkidori
 
 
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.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Psyshock deals damage. The damage is determined by the enemy's Defense stat rather than the Sp. Def stat.

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
MDGtI 15 99 13 50 95% 98% Front Enemy No
SMD 15 99 13 30 95% 98% Front Enemy No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series 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 Rumble Rush

  Psyshock
★★★★
Attack power 59.61046
Charge time 0.86 seconds
Range type Circular (ranged)
Number of hits 1
Number of projectiles 1
Critical hit rate 1.5%
Additional effect None

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

 
Gothita
 
Metang
 
Meditite
 
Nihilego
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
  Nihilego fires multiple purple blasts of energy from its body at the opponent in a quick succession.
Gladion's Lillie Helping the Hometown Hero! None


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

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 Saikosyokeu
  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



Generation V TMs
01020304050607080910111213141516171819
20212223242526272829303132333435363738
39404142434445464748495051525354555657
58596061626364656667686970717273747576
77787980818283848586878889909192939495
Generation V HMs
010203040506
Generation VI TMs
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223242526
2728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152
5354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778
798081828384858687888990919293 • 94 (XYORAS) • 9596979899100
Generation VI HMs
010203040506ORAS07ORAS
Generation VII TMs
SMUSUM
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
PE
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
0001020304050607080910111213141516171819
2021222324252627282930313233343536373839
4041424344454647484950515253545556575859
6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
BDSP
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
0001020304050607080910111213141516171819
2021222324252627282930313233343536373839
4041424344454647484950515253545556575859
6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
Generation IX TMs
SV
001002003004005006007008009010011012013014015016017018019
020021022023024025026027028029030031032033034035036037038
039040041042043044045046047048049050051052053054055056057
058059060061062063064065066067068069070071072073074075076
077078079080081082083084085086087088089090091092093094095
096097098099100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114
115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133
134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152
153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171
Added in SV 2.0.1
172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186
187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201


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