Psychic Terrain
Effect Summary
Protects Pokémon on the ground from priority moves and increases the power of their
Psychic
-type moves by 50%.
Detailed Effect
Psychic Terrain creates a terrain for 5 turns that changes the field for 5 turns.
A terrain does not affect 'raised' Pokémon.
Psychic Terrain has the following effects:
extends the duration of the terrain from 5 to 8 turns.
Psychic Terrain is automatically created when using Max Mindstorm or when a Pokémon with the ability Psychic Surge enters battle.
Any terrain is removed when Splintered Stormshards is used.
A terrain does not affect 'raised' Pokémon.
Psychic Terrain has the following effects:
- Boosts the power of
Psychic -type moves by 30%.
- Terrain Pulse changes to
Psychic and doubles its power.
- Increases the power of Expanding Force by 50% and makes it hit all enemy Pokémon.
- All affected Pokémon are immune to moves with increased priority. This is also the case if other effects grant those moves a higher priority.
Psychic Terrain does not protect from moves that target all Pokémon or all enemy Pokémon (except for Perish Song, Flower Shield and Rototiller). - Nature Power turns into Psychic.
- Secret Power uses the animation of Confusion and lowers the target's
Speed
by one stage.
Statscan be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
- Camouflage makes the user
Psychic -type.
- Mimicry makes the user
Psychic -type.
- Consumes a Pokémon's held
Psychic Seed
and raises its Special Defense
by one stage (even if otherwise unaffected by the terrain).
Psychic Terrain is automatically created when using Max Mindstorm or when a Pokémon with the ability Psychic Surge enters battle.
Any terrain is removed when Splintered Stormshards is used.
- In Gen 7 Psychic Terrain boosts the power of
Psychic -type moves by 50%.
Description
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This protects Pokémon on the ground from priority moves and powers up Psychic-type moves for five turns.
Additional Information
Move 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
Shield
Protects the user from moves
Interactions
Unusable during Sky Battles
This move is unusable during Sky Battles.
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