Light of Ruin (move)

Light of Ruin はめつのひかり Light of Ruin

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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 King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VI

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 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.

Effect

Light of Ruin deals damage and causes the user to receive recoil damage equal to ⅓ of the damage done to the target.

Description

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

Learnset

By levelling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
670		Floette*	Fairy		Fairy	?
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.

Trivia

• Light of Ruin has the highest base power of all Fairy-type moves.
• Light of Ruin is the only Fairy-type move which inflicts recoil damage.
  • It is also the only special move that inflicts recoil damage.

In other languages

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