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 Counters types were swapped then 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