Terrain

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Terrain (Japanese: フィールド field) is a type of field effect in the Pokémon games that affects Pokémon on the ground. The mechanic was introduced in Generation VI. In battle, there is often no initial terrain, but it can be changed by Pokémon's moves and Abilities. Only one type of terrain may be present at a time, with any new terrain put in place overwriting the previous terrain.

There are four types of terrain: Electric Terrain, Grassy Terrain, Misty Terrain, and Psychic Terrain.

In the core series games

Causing terrain

Each terrain has a corresponding move, Max Move, and Ability that will create it. Psychic Terrain can be invoked by a certain Z-Move as well.

	Electric Terrain	Grassy Terrain	Misty Terrain	Psychic Terrain
Terrain move	Electric Terrain	Grassy Terrain	Misty Terrain	Psychic Terrain
Z-Move / Max Move	Max Lightning	Max Overgrowth	Max Starfall	Genesis Supernova Max Mindstorm
Ability	Electric Surge	Grassy Surge	Misty Surge	Psychic Surge

Terrain normally lasts for 5 turns regardless of how it is created, but if the Pokémon with that move or Ability held a Terrain Extender when the terrain was put into effect, it lasts 8 turns.

Removing terrain

Terrain can be removed using certain moves.

Moves

A terrain can be removed using any of the following moves.

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	Notes
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—%	Generation VIII onwards only. Lowers the target's evasion one stage. Also removes the effects of fog, screen-creating moves, and entry hazards
G-Max Wind Rage	Flying	Varies	—	—%	Exclusive G-Max Move of Gigantamax Corviknight Also removes the effects of screen-creating moves and entry hazards
Splintered Stormshards	Rock	Physical	190	—%	Exclusive Z-Move of Lycanroc
Steel Roller	Steel	Physical	130	100%	Fails when there is no terrain

Effects

• Electric Terrain: Increases the power of Electric-type moves used by Pokémon on the ground by 50%^{Gen. VI-VII}/30%^{Gen. VIII}. Prevents Pokémon on the ground from falling asleep and being afflicted by Yawn.
• Grassy Terrain: Increases the power of Grass-type moves used by Pokémon on the ground by 50%^{Gen. VI-VII}/30%^{Gen. VIII}. Restores 1/16 HP to all Pokémon on the ground each turn. Halves the damage taken from Bulldoze, Earthquake, and Magnitude.
• Misty Terrain: Halves the damage taken by Pokémon on the ground from Dragon-type moves. Prevents Pokémon on the ground from being afflicted with status conditions and (from Generation VII onward) confusion.
• Psychic Terrain: Increases the power of Psychic-type moves used by Pokémon on the ground by 50%^{Gen. VII}/30%^{Gen. VIII}. Prevents Pokémon on the ground from being hit by moves with increased priority.

Pokémon that are in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move are considered to not be on the ground for the purposes of terrain.

Natural objects disappear and cannot be destroyed while terrain is in effect.

All effects can also be displayed in this table:

Terrain	Damage		Additional effect on grounded Pokémon
	Increase By grounded Pokémon by 50% (Gen. VI-VII)/ 30% (Gen. VIII)	Decrease To grounded Pokémon by 50%
Electric Terrain	Electric-type moves	-	Prevents Pokémon from falling asleep or becoming drowsy
Grassy Terrain	Grass-type moves	Bulldoze Earthquake Magnitude	Restores 1/16 HP each turn
Misty Terrain	-	Dragon-type moves	Prevents Pokémon from being afflicted by status conditions or becoming confused (Gen. VII+)
Psychic Terrain	Psychic-type moves	-	Prevents Pokémon from being hit by moves with increased priority

Effect on moves

Some moves can have their effects changed depending on the terrain.

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	Notes
Expanding Force	Psychic	Special	80	100%	Power is increased and hits all opposing Pokémon if used on Psychic Terrain
Floral Healing	Fairy	Status	—	100%	Restores up to ⅔ of the target's maximum HP if used on Grassy Terrain
Grassy Glide	Grass	Physical	70	100%	Increased priority if used on Grassy Terrain
Misty Explosion	Fairy	Special	100	100%	Base power is increased by 50% if used on Misty Terrain
Rising Voltage	Electric	Special	70	100%	Power doubles when the target is on Electric Terrain
Terrain Pulse	Normal	Special	50	100%	Power doubles and changes type depending on the terrain

Environment-based moves

Terrain causes moves that vary with environment to ignore the current location and determine their effect based on the terrain, regardless of whether the move's user is on the ground.

	Electric Terrain	Grassy Terrain	Misty Terrain	Psychic Terrain
Nature Power	Thunderbolt	Energy Ball	Moonblast	Psychic
Secret Power	May cause paralysis (Thunder Shock animation)	May cause sleep (Vine Whip animation)	May lower Special Attack one stage (Fairy Wind animation)	May lower Speed one stage (Confusion animation)
Camouflage	Electric	Grass	Fairy	Psychic

Effect on Abilities

Certain Abilities are activated under certain terrains.

Name	Effect	Generation introduced
Grass Pelt	While Grassy Terrain is active, the Defense of the Pokémon with this Ability is increased by 50%	VI
Mimicry	Changes the Pokémon's type depending on the terrain	VIII
Surge Surfer	While Electric Terrain is active, doubles the Speed of Pokémon with this Ability	VII

Items

If a Pokémon is holding one of these four held items when the appropriate terrain is created, or switches in while the appropriate terrain is in effect, the item will be consumed and boost one of the holder's stats by one stage. The item will activate regardless of whether or not the Pokémon is grounded.

Electric Terrain	Grassy Terrain	Misty Terrain	Psychic Terrain
Electric Seed	Grassy Seed	Misty Seed	Psychic Seed
boosts Defense		boosts Special Defense

In the spin-off games

In Pokémon Masters EX

Creating terrain

There are five means to apply terrain effects; only Electric, Grassy, and Psychic Terrain are available in these ways:

By Pokémon-using move

Terrain Move	Playable Users	Time-Limited Sync Pair?
Psychic Terrain	Bianca & Musharna	No
Electric Terrain	Volkner & Luxray	No
Grassy Terrain	Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi	Yes

By Trainer-using move

Trainer Move	Terrain	Playable Users	Time-Limited Sync Pair?
Psychic Wish	Psychic Terrain	May (Anniversary 2022) & Latias	Yes

By Max Move

Max Move	Terrain	Playable Users	Time-Limited Sync Pair?
Max Lightning	Electric Terrain	Elesa (Classic) & Emolga	Yes
Max Mindstorm	Psychic Terrain	Bede & Hatterene	Yes

By skill

Skill Name	Skill Type	Terrain	Description	Playable Users	Time-Limited Sync Pair?	Recurring Opponents
Conductive Sync	Passive	Electric Terrain	Turns the field of play’s terrain into Electric Terrain the first time the user's sync move is used each battle.	Volkner (New Year's 2022) & Electivire	Yes	-
Green Thumb	Passive	Grassy Terrain	Turns the field of play’s terrain into Grassy Terrain after using a sync move.	-	-	Will & Exeggutor (Champion Stadium: Johto Challenge) Tapu Bulu (Legendary Arena/Gauntlet)

Special Case

Tapu Bulu's battle in Legendary Arena/Gauntlet instantly sets Grassy Terrain every time Tapu Bulu gets a new HP bar, including when his battle starts. These instances do not fall into any of the previous four categories.

Removing terrain

Only Defog can clear terrain effects.

Name	Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Defog	Status	2	2	—	—	—%	An opponent	—	Clears the entire field of terrain and zone effects. Clears all field effects from the opponents' field of play. Lowers the target's evasiveness by one stat rank.

Effects

• Electric Terrain: Increases the damage of Electric-type attacks by 50% and prevents afflictions of Sleep (though it does not cure Pokémon who were already asleep before that terrain takes effect).
• Grassy Terrain: Increases the damage of Grass-type attacks by 50% and restores HP of the Pokémon that uses a Grass-type move by 1/16 of their maximum HP (unless they hit themselves in confusion).
• Psychic Terrain: Increases the damage of Psychic-type attacks by 50%.

All effects are also in this table:

Terrain	Attacks That Receive the 50%-Damage Increase	Additional Effect
Electric Terrain	Electric-type attacks	Prevents Pokémon from falling asleep (but does not awaken those already sleeping).
Grassy Terrain	Grass-type attacks	Restores 1/16 HP to Pokémon after they use a Grass-type move (unless they hit themselves in confusion).
Psychic Terrain	Psychic-type attacks	-

Differences

Terrain effects function similarly in Pokémon Masters EX as they do in the core series. Yet, here are their differences:

• All terrain impact all Pokémon on the field. The concept of being (un)grounded is absent in this game except for Pokémon using Fly or Bounce.
• Grassy Terrain does not reduce the damage of Bulldoze or Earthquake.
• Psychic Terrain does not prevent moves with increased priority from hitting Pokémon because such moves don't exist in this game.
• All terrain last for 45 seconds excluding time that sync pairs spend performing Sync Moves or Max Moves but including time that they spend to use regular moves. (This accommodates for this game having real-time battles instead of turn-based ones.)

Effects on attack moves

Some attack moves can have their effects changed depending on the terrain. Thus far, only Grassy Glide falls in this category.

Name	Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Grassy Glide	Physical	3	—	100	120	100%	An opponent	—	Will not consume the move gauge when the terrain is Grassy Terrain.

Effects on skills

In addition, there are skills that are active only under certain terrains:

Terrain	Skill	Effect
Electric Terrain	Electrorepulsion 3	Reduces damage that the user takes from attack moves by 30%.
	Power Induction 3	Powers up the user's attack moves by 30%.
	Shock Recovery 1	Restores 1/10 of the user's maximum HP when their Pokémon takes an action.
	Sync Induction 5	Powers up the user's sync moves by 50%.
	Turbo Charge 2	Quickly charges the user's move gauge.
Grassy Terrain	Turbo Turf 2	Quickly charges the user's move gauge.
	Verdant Immunity	Prevents status conditions from afflicting the user.
	Verdant Recovery 1	Restores 1/10 of the user's maximum HP when their Pokémon takes an action.
Psychic Terrain	Precognition 2	Quickly charges the user's move gauge.
	Precognition 3	Quickly charges the user's move gauge.
	Premonition 2	Reduces damage that the user takes from attack moves by 20%.
	Psychic Freebie 9	Grants the user the Free Move Next effect after their attack move is successful.
	Psychic Stasis	Prevents the user's stats from getting lowered.
	Weird Immunity	Prevents status conditions from afflicting the user.
	Weird Recovery 1	Restores 1/10 of the user's maximum HP when their Pokémon takes an action.
	Weird Shield	Increases the user's Special Defense by 50%.
	Weird Vibes 1	Powers up the user's attack moves by 10%.

Trivia

• Psychic Terrain is the only terrain to not be introduced in Generation VI.
  • Additionally, Psychic Terrain is the only terrain to not be available in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 場地 Chèuhngdeih * Mandarin 場地 / 场地 Chǎngdì * Dutch Veld French Champ German Feld Italian Campo Korean 필드 Field Portuguese Brazil Terreno Portugal Campo Russian Поле Pole Spanish Campo

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