Mirror Coat (move)

Mirror Coat ミラーコート Mirror Coat

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  -5 Does not make contact 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 Self: Affects the user

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 Psychic-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

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.

Generation III-IV

In Double Battles, Mirror Coat will hit the last opponent that dealt special damage to the attacker. Mirror Coat cannot affect allied Pokémon.

Generation V

In Triple Battles, Mirror Coat can hit non-adjacent opponents provided a non-adjacent opponent was the last Pokémon to attack the user. Mirror Coat is effective against Psystrike, Psyshock and Secret Sword even though these moves use the target's Defense stat to calculate damage.

If the Pokémon using Mirror Coat is hit by a Special move that deals 0 damage, Mirror Coat becomes a Special move with 1 Base Power.

Description

Games Description The foe will receive double the damage the user sustained from a special attack. High accuracy. Counters a Spcl. Atk. move double. Counters a Spcl. Atk move double. RSE Counters the foe’s special attack at double the power. FRLG A retaliation move that pays back the foe’s special attack double. Counters a special attack at double the power. A retaliation move that counters any special attack, inflicting double the damage taken.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
100		Voltorb	Electric		Electric	41			49			47				50			50
101		Electrode	Electric		Electric	48			59			57				62			62
202		Wobbuffet	Psychic		Psychic	--			--			--				--			--
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	37			39			48				48	45	45
245		Suicune	Water		Water	61			61			43				43			43
360		Wynaut	Psychic		Psychic				15			15				15			15
386		Deoxys Defense Forme	Psychic		Psychic				50			97				97			'
428		Lopunny	Normal		Normal							--				--			--
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel							--				--			44
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice							57				57	33	33
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice											44			44
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice											47			47
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice											50			50
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 breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
007		Squirtle	Water		Water
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic
226		Mantine	Water	Flying
258		Mudkip	Water		Water
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass
349		Feebas	Water		Water
422		Shellos	Water		Water
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying
495		Snivy	Grass		Grass
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic
594		Alomomola	Water		Water
698		Amaura*	Rock	Ice
712		Bergmite*	Ice		Ice
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.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0386 DeoxysLv.50 Psychic Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs - Deoxys and the Odd Temple 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.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0226 Mantine Water Flying Dream World - Sparkling Sea 0345 Lileep Rock Grass Dream World - Sparkling Sea 0349 Feebas Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 0594 Alomomola Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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 event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0350 Milotic Water JR Kyushu Event 0575 Gothorita Psychic Global Link 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

Corsola Wobbuffet Glaceon Suicune
A retaliation move that counters any special attack, inflicting double the damage taken.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Wobbuffet's body becomes surrounded in a white reflective color and it can send back attacks. On occasion, it looks similar to a Counter attack.
Duplica's Mini-Dit in the form of Wobbuffet	Imitation Confrontation		Debut Used via Transform
Jessie's Wobbuffet	Freeze Frame		None
A wild Ditto in the form of Wobbuffet	Pikachu's Ghost Carnival		Used via Transform
	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
	Wynaut raise its arms into the air and its body becomes surrounded in a white reflective color, reflecting special attacks back to the opponent.
Multiple wild Wynaut	Pikachu's Island Adventure		None
	Glaceon's body becomes surrounded in a glowing reflective substance, blocking all special attacks.
May's Glaceon	Strategy with a Smile!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Feebas The effect
The user reflects an opponent's special attack back at them.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	When Suicune gets hit by a special attack, it forms multiple ice mirrors around the opponent. The mirrors causes the opponent to see illusions, and when they touch the mirrors, they shatter and the opponent gets hurt by the same amount of damage that Suicune took, but several times stronger, or Suicune creates an ice mirror in front of it that repels special attacks.
Crys's Suicune	Misdreavus Misgivings		Debut
	Feebas wiggles its body around and a glowing glass wall forms in front of it. The glass wall absorbs an attack and it then shatters, damaging the opponent who used the attack.
Ruby's Feefee	On the Loose and Hyper With Zangoose and Seviper II		None
	Milotic raises its tail and a glowing shield appears around Milotic's body. The shield deflects all Special Attacks shot at Milotic back at the opponent, but deals double the damage.
Lucy's Milotic	VS. Shuckle		None

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Suicune
The user reflects an attack coming from the opponent back at them.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	A swirling circle surrounds Suicune which causes the opponent to bounce back when they hit it.
A wild Suicune	Find the Legendary Pokémon!!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• In Generations II and III, this move cannot reflect Hidden Power, regardless of its type. This is because Hidden Power was always determined by the game to be Normal-type, so even if it was a Special type, like Ice or Grass, Mirror Coat would always fail against Hidden Power, while Counter would always reflect it.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 表面塗層 Biǎomiàn Túcéng Dutch Spiegellaag Finnish Peilipinta (OS/early AG) Peilaus (AG110) French Voile Miroir German Spiegelcape Greek Αντανάκλαση Indonesian Lapisan Cermin Italian Specchiovelo Korean 미러코트 Mirror Coat Brazilian Portuguese Espelho Reflexivo Serbian Reflektujući Oklop Spanish Latin America Escudo Espejo Spain Manto Espejo

Variations of the move Counter
Counter Mirror Coat

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