Barrier (move)

Barrier バリアー Barrier

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Can avoid being startled by the others.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Barrier (Japanese: バリアー Barrier) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Barrier increases the user's Defense by two stages. Barrier will do nothing if the user's Defense has reached a stage of +6 or a value of 999. The effect of Barrier is ignored by critical hits.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 33 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 35 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic -- 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 63 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 36 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 38 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic -- 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 11 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" | 0063 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Abra
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0096 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0120 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Staryu
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam
Drowzee, Hypno
Mr. Mime
Magmar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam
Drowzee, Hypno
Mr. Mime
Electabuzz

|- | 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 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 36 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 38 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic -- 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 11 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" | 0063 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Abra
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0096 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam
Drowzee, Hypno
Mr. Mime
Magmar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam
Drowzee, Hypno
Mr. Mime
Electabuzz |- | 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" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0366 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Clamperl
| 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 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 26 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 26 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic -- 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 8 0151 Mew Psychic 40 0439 Mime Jr. Psychic -- 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel -- 0471 Glaceon Ice 78 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" | 0063 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Abra
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0096 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam
Drowzee, Hypno
Mr. Mime
Magmar, Magmortar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam
Drowzee, Hypno
Mr. Mime
Electabuzz, Electivire |- | 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" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0366 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Clamperl
| 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. |} |}

Trivia

• In Red, Green and Blue, Lance's Dragonite has this move despite the fact that there is no way Dragonite could have learned it legally.

In other languages

• French: Bouclier
• German: Barriere
• Italian: Barriera
• Spanish: Barrera