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Psystrike
Psystrike VII
サイコブレイク
Psycho Break
Generation: V
Battle Data
Type: Type Psychic
Category Special
Power: 100
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 10, max: 16
Affects: Selected Target
Secondary Effect: None
Priority: 0
Contact: No
Affected by
Magic Coat: No
Magic Bounce: No
Bright Powder: Yes
Protect/Detect: Yes
Snatch: No
Mirror Move: Yes
King's Rock: Yes
Contest Data
Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)
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Psystrike is a Psychic-type move that introduced in Generation V. It is the signature move of Mewtwo. It is considered to be a stronger version of Psyshock.

Description[]

Games Description
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
BDSPLA
The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This attack does physical damage.
SV The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This move deals physical damage.

Effect[]

Psystrike inflicts damage. Despite being classified as Special move, this move calculates damage using the user's Special Attack and the opponent's Defense stat.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon Type Egg groups Level
V VI VII VIII IX
150 Mewtwo psychic Undiscovered 100 100 100 72 72
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By event[]

Generation V[]

In the Super Smash Bros. series[]

Psystrike SSBWU

Mega Mewtwo Y using Psystrike in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

In the Super Smash Bros. series, Psystrike appears as Mewtwo's Final Smash in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Upon activating Psystrike, Mewtwo Mega Evolves into Mega Mewtwo Y, then fires a large ball of psychic energy across the screen in the direction Mewtwo is facing, stunning any opponents in its path. The stunned opponents then take heavy damage and are launched away as Mewtwo returns to normal. Opponents can be stunned even if they are in the air.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy information[]

Name Image Category Description
Psystrike Psystrike trophy SSBWU Final Smash

NTSC:
Mewtwo's Final Smash starts as Mewtwo Mega Evolves into Mega Mewtwo Y. It then fires a huge psychic projectile that penetrates enemies and obstacles. This projectile doesn't do any damage, but it freezes every foe it hits in place. They can even be frozen midjump! Afterward, every foe hit with the projectile will take a powerful psychic hit to the head.


PAL:
Mewtwo's Final Smash starts as it Mega Evolves into Mega Mewtwo Y, then fires a huge psychic projectile that penetrates enemies and obstacles, but doesn't do any damage. It's only afterwards that every foe the projectile hit freezes in place and takes a powerful psychic hit to the head. They can even be frozen mid-jump!

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Side games

Main series

See also[]

Psyshock

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