Photon Geyser

Gen.
7
Power
100
Accuracy
100%
PP
5
Priority
0
Category
Specialcategory img

Effect Summary

Deals damage, ignores most abilities and its category depends on whether the user's Attack stat img or Special Attack stat img is higher

Detailed Effect

Photon Geyser deals damage and its category depends on whether the user's Attack stat img or Special Attack stat img is higher.
If the Special Attack stat img is higher, it becomes a Special category img category move, otherwise it is Physical category img .
Photon Geyser ignores most abilities while attacking. The list of ignorable abilities is the same as Sunsteel Strike.
Photon Geyser only considers stat stages stat img for which stat is higher and ignores all other stat changing effects such as choice items or abilities.
  • In SunMoon this move does not exist in the game data and no Pokémon that know this move can be transferred to one of these games from another game or the Pokémon Bank.
    This is fixable by making the Pokémon forget the move beforehand.
  • In Brilliant DiamondShining Pearl and from Gen 9 onwards this move is not selectable in battle.

Description

USUM
LGPLGE
SWSH
The user attacks a target with a pillar of light. This move inflicts Attack or Sp. Atk damage—whichever stat is higher for the user.

Meta Information

Move Target
move target imgNormal
Affects a selected adjacent target.
means that the Pokémon can not be selected.
means that the Pokémon can be selected.
means that the Pokémon will be selected.
Effect Type
DamageDeals damage.
Ignore AbilitiesIgnores most abilities.
Interactions
Blocked by Detect and ProtectThis move will not work if the target has used Detect or Protect this turn.
Copied by Mirror MoveA Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
Other Languages
flag usa
Photon Geyser
japan flag
フォトンゲイザー (Foton Geizā)
germany flag
Photonen-Geysir
france flag
Photo-Geyser
italy flag
Geyser Fotonico
spain flag
Géiser Fotónico
south kore flag
포톤가이저 (Photon Geyser)
mainland china flag
光子噴湧 / 光子喷涌 (Guāngzǐ Pēnyǒng / Gwōngjí Panyúng)

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