Psyshock (move)

Psyshock サイコショック Psycho Shock

File:Psyshock.png

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V TM03 in Generation V

Contests Condition  [[(condition)|]] Appeal  0   Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  [[(condition)|]] Appeal  0   ???

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[(condition)|]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Psyshock (Japanese: サイコショック Psycho Shock) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation V. It is TM03 as of Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Psyshock inflicts damage. Despite being classified as Special move, this move calculates damage using the user's Special Attack and the opponent's Defense stat (similar to Psystrike and Secret Sword).

Description

Games Description Conq The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This attack does physical damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic	57			''''
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic	57			''''
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	17			''''
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic	34	38	''''
326		Grumpig	Psychic		Psychic	37	42	''''
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	25			''''
575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic	25			''''
576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic	25			''''
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic	25			''''
578		Duosion	Psychic		Psychic	25			''''
579		Reuniclus	Psychic		Psychic	25			''''
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.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV --		V TM03		VI TM08
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
036		Clefable	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
038		Ninetales	Fire		Fire	✔		✔
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	✔		✔
055		Golduck	Water		Water	✔		✔
063		Abra	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	✔		✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	✔		✔
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	✔		✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	✔		✔
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	✔		✔
137		Porygon	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
175		Togepi	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
176		Togetic	Normal	Flying	✔		✔
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	✔		✔
178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	✔		✔
196		Espeon	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic	✔		✔
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	✔		✔
233		Porygon2	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	✔		✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	✔		✔
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
281		Kirlia	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
282		Gardevoir	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	✔		✔
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	✔		✔
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
326		Grumpig	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic	✔		✔
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic	✔		✔
343		Baltoy	Ground	Psychic	✔		✔
344		Claydol	Ground	Psychic	✔		✔
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic	✔		✔
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic	✔		✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	✔		✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	✔		✔
385		Jirachi	Steel	Psychic	✔		✔
386		Deoxys	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
433		Chingling	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic	✔		✔
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic	✔		✔
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
468		Togekiss	Normal	Flying	✔		✔
474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	✔		✔
480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
482		Azelf	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
494		Victini	Psychic	Fire	✔		✔
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
518		Musharna	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying	✔		✔
528		Swoobat	Psychic	Flying	✔		✔
531		Audino	Normal		Normal	✔		✔
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying	✔		✔
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
578		Duosion	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
579		Reuniclus	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
606		Beheeyem	Psychic		Psychic	✔		✔
648		Meloetta	Normal	Psychic	✔		✔
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.

In the anime

Gothorita Gothita Duosion
The user creates a blob of psychic power and hurls it at the opponent
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gothita jumps into the air and puts its arms out in front of it. It then forms a mass of thick light blue, blue and purple energy and fires it at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, it pushes it back and explodes. Sometimes, the black tuft of hair on its head twitches and glows light purple before using the attack. When this happens, its body flashes light blue, blue and purple before forming the mass of energy.
Christie's Gothita	Where Did You Go, Audino?		Debut
Katharine's Gothita	Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!		None
	Duosion crouches its body together and three thick masses of light blue, blue and purple energy forms around the front of its body. Duosion then fires the masses at the opponent, one after the other.
Officer Jenny's Duosion	Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!		None
	Gothorita floats into the air and closes its eyes. Three thick masses of light blue, blue and purple energy forms in front of Gothorita's body, and it fires the orbs at the opponent.
Lewis's Gothorita	Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2		None
Flora's Gothorita	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:TP Gothitelle Psyshock Adventures.png Gothitelle
The user creates an electrical orb of psychic energy and fires it at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gothitelle raises both of its hands and points its palms at the opponent. It then creates an electrical orb of psychic energy in front of its hands and fires an erratic beam of psychic energy from the orb at the opponent.
A Plasma Grunt's Gothitelle	At Liberty in Liberty Garden		Debut

Trivia

• Psyshock is an attack that has appeared on many English trading cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game since Generation I, long before its actualization as a move in Generation V. However, on the original Japanese cards, the attack's name is ねんりき, the Japanese name of Confusion. Its effect induces paralysis.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 幻象攻擊 Huànxiàng Gōngjí French Choc Psy German Psychoschock Greek Ψυχοπληξία Italian Psicoshock Korean 사이코쇼크 Psycho Shock Brazilian Portuguese Psicochoque Spanish Latin America Choque Psiquico Spain Psicocarga

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