Mirror Coat (move)

Mirror Coat ミラーコート Mirror Coat

File:Mirror coat.png

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  Varies Accuracy  100% Priority  -5 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Can avoid being startled by others once.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earns double the score on the final performance.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Mirror Coat (Japanese: ミラーコート Mirror Coat) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

If the last amount of damage done to the user before the use of Mirror Coat is greater than 0 and was dealt by a Special move, Mirror Coat will do twice as much damage as taken by that attack to the opponent. Although Mirror Coat deals Psychic-type damage, its type does not alter the amount of damage it inflicts; although, it will not work against Dark-type Pokémon.

Mirror Coat is a decreased priority move. If the opponent does not use a decreased priority move during the round that it is used, Mirror Coat will go last regardless of the user's or opponent's speed. If the opponent also uses a decreased priority move during the same round, the attack order of the users will be determined normally.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0100 Voltorb Electric 41 0101 Electrode Electric 48 0202 Wobbuffet Psychic -- 0222 Corsola Water Rock 37 0245 Suicune Water 61 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0007 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0100 Voltorb Electric 49 0101 Electrode Electric 59 0202 Wobbuffet Psychic -- 0222 Corsola Water Rock 39 0245 Suicune Water 61 0360 Wynaut Psychic 15 0386 Deoxys Psychic 50 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0007 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola, Feebas, Milotic |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0345 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lileep
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0100 Voltorb Electric 47 0101 Electrode Electric 57 0202 Wobbuffet Psychic -- 0222 Corsola Water Rock 48 0245 Suicune Water 43 0360 Wynaut Psychic 15 0386 Deoxys Psychic 97 0428 Lopunny Normal -- 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel -- 0471 Glaceon Ice 57 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0007 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola, Mantine, Feebas, Milotic,
Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0203 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Lopunny, Glaceon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0226 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mantine
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Corsola,
Feebas, Milotic, Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0325 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spoink
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Lopunny, Glaceon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0345 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lileep
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Wobbuffet,
Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert,
Feebas, Milotic |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Wobbuffet,
Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert,
Feebas, Milotic |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0458 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mantyke
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Corsola,
Feebas, Milotic,
Shellos, Gastrodon

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0422 Shellos Water Pokéwalker - Stormy Beach Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Mirror CoatCorsola.jpg Corsola File:Wobbuffet mirrorcoat.jpg Wobbuffet File:Glaceon Mirror Coat.png Glaceon
A retaliation move that counters any special attack, inflicting double the damage taken.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Wobbuffet becomes coated in a glowing reflective substance. On occasion, it looks similar to a Counter attack.
Duplica's Mini-Dit in the form of Wobbuffet	Imitation Confrontation		Debut
Jessie's Wobbuffet	Imitation Confrontation		None
	Corsola's body glows yellow-orange and a Special attack is then reflected back to the opponent.
Misty's Corsola	A Corsola Caper!		None
	Suicune releases a blue energy shield around its body, reflecting all special attacks.
A wild Suicune	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll		None
	Tentacruel becomes coated in a glowing reflective substance that reflects all special attacks.
Juan's Tentacruel	The Great Eight Fate!		None
	Glaceon's body becomes surrounded in a glowing reflective substance, blocking all special attacks.
May's Glaceon	Strategy with a Smile!		None

Trivia

• Both Mirror Coat and its counterpart Counter do not affect one type of Pokémon each; Mirror Coat does not affect Darktypes and Counter does not affect Ghost types. Ironically, if Mirror Coat and Counter's types were swapped, they would deal super-effective damage.

In other languages

• Dutch: Spiegellaag
• Finnish: Peilipinta
• French: Voile Miroir
• German: Spiegelcape
• Greek: Αντανάκλαση
• Italian: Specchiovelo
• Korean: 미러코트 Mirror Coat
• Spanish: Manto Espejo

Variations of the move Counter
Counter Mirror Coat