Light of Ruin (move)

Light of Ruin はめつのひかり Light of Ruin

Battles Type  Fairy Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 Accuracy  90% 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 VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

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

Light of Ruin (Japanese: はめつのひかり Light of Ruin) is a damage-dealing Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of the Eternal Flower Floette.

Effect

Light of Ruin deals damage and causes the user to receive recoil damage equal to ⅓ of the damage done to the target.

Description

Games Description Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
670		Floette Eternal Flower	Fairy		Fairy	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.

Trivia

• In the room service of Hotel Richissime, there is a food style option which is named after a move where Light of Ruin is mentioned. Light of Ruin is only learned by Eternal Flower Floette, which currently is an unobtainable Pokémon by legitimate means.
• Light of Ruin has the highest base power of all Fairy-type moves.
• Light of Ruin is the only special move that inflicts recoil damage (excluding Volt Tackle in Generation III).
  • It is also the only Fairy-type move that inflicts recoil damage.

In other languages

Language Title French Lumière du Néant German Lux Calamitatis Italian Luce Nefasta Korean 파멸의빛 Pamyeol-yi Bit Spanish Luz Aniquiladora

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