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 {{{gen}}}]] 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 IX

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

Effect

Generation I

Barrier increases the user's defense by 2 levels.

Barrier will do nothing if the user's defense has reached a level of +6 or a value of 999. The effect of Barrier is ignored by critical hits.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

• Tentacool at Lv.33
• Tentacruel at Lv.35
• Mr. Mime at Lv.--
• Mewtwo at Lv.63

Generation II

By leveling up

• Tentacool at Lv.36
• Tentacruel at Lv.38
• Mr. Mime at Lv.--
• Mewtwo at Lv.11

By breeding

• Abra
• Shellder
• Drowzee
• Staryu (G/S)
• Electabuzz
• Magmar

Generation III

By leveling up

• Tentacool at Lv.36
• Tentacruel at Lv.38
• Mr. Mime at Lv.--
• Mewtwo at Lv.11

By breeding

• Abra
• Shellder
• Drowzee
• Corsola
• Elekid
• Magby
• Lileep
• Clamperl

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Tentacool at Lv.26
• Tentacruel at Lv.26
• Mr. Mime at Lv.--
• Mewtwo at Lv.8
• Mew at Lv.40
• Mime Jr. at Lv.--
• Magnezone at Lv.--

By breeding

• Abra
• Shellder
• Drowzee
• Corsola
• Elekid
• Magby
• Lileep
• Clamperl

In other languages

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