Psywave

サイコウェーブ Psychowave

Generation:	I

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	Varies
Accuracy:	80%
PP:	15, max: 24
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

Contests (RS E)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	1 ♥

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Psywave is a Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect[]

In Battle[]

Maya Chimecho's Psywave — Chimecho's Psywave

The foe is attacked with an odd, hot energy wave. The attack varies in intensity.

Contests[]

Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests[]

A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Learnset[]

Generation I[]

Pokémon	type
By TM08
Butterfree	Bug/Flying
Clefairy	Normal
Clefable	Normal
Jigglypuff	Normal
Wigglytuff	Normal
Venonat	Bug/Poison
Venomoth	Bug/Poison
Poliwag	Water
Poliwhirl	Water
Poliwrath	Water/Fighting
Abra	Psychic
Kadabra	Psychic
Alakazam	Psychic
Slowpoke	Water/Psychic
Slowbro	Water/Psychic
Gastly	Ghost/Poison
Haunter	Ghost/Poison
Gengar	Ghost/Poison
Drowzee	Psychic
Hypno	Psychic
Exeggcute	Grass/Psychic
Exeggutor	Grass/Psychic
Chansey	Normal
Staryu	Water
Starmie	Water/Psychic
Mr. Mime	Psychic
Jynx	Ice/Psychic
Electabuzz	Electric
Magmar	Fire
Lapras	Water/Ice
Porygon	Normal
Snorlax	Normal
Mewtwo	Psychic
Mew	Psychic
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

Generation II[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up
Misdreavus	Ghost	1
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding
Gastly	Ghost/Poison	Misdreavus
Koffing	Poison	Misdreavus
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding

Generation III[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up
Misdreavus	Ghost	1
Spoink	Psychic	7
Grumpig	Psychic	1 or 7
Lunatone	Rock/Psychic	25
Solrock	Rock/Psychic	25
Chimecho	Psychic	30
Latias	Dragon/Psychic	1
Latios	Dragon/Psychic	1
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding
Gastly	Ghost/Poison	Misdreavus Chimecho
Koffing	Poison	Misdreavus Chimecho
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding

Generation IV[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up
Misdreavus	Ghost	1
Spoink	Psychic	7
Grumpig	Psychic	1 or 7
Lunatone	Rock/Psychic	23
Solrock	Rock/Psychic	23
Chimecho	Psychic	30
Latias	Dragon/Psychic	1
Latios	Dragon/Psychic	1
Mismagius	Ghost	1
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding
Gastly	Ghost/Poison	Misdreavus, Mismagius Chimecho
Koffing	Poison	Misdreavus, Mismagius Chimecho
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding

Generation V[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up
Misdreavus	Ghost	1
Spoink	Psychic	7
Grumpig	Psychic	1 or 7
Lunatone	Rock/Psychic	23
Solrock	Rock/Psychic	23
Chimecho	Psychic	30
Latias	Dragon/Psychic	1
Latios	Dragon/Psychic	1
Mismagius	Ghost	1
Munna	Psychic	1
Sigilyph	Psychic/Flying	8
Solosis	Psychic	1
Duosion	Psychic	1
Reuniclus	Psychic	1
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding
Gastly	Ghost/Poison	Misdreavus, Mismagius Chimecho Solosis, Duosion, Reuniclus
Koffing	Poison	Misdreavus, Mismagius Chimecho Solosis, Duosion, Reuniclus
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding

Generation VI[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up
Staryu	Water	13 (ORAS)
Mr. Mime	Psychic/Fairy	15
Misdreavus	Ghost	1
Spoink	Psychic	7
Grumpig	Psychic	1 or 7
Lunatone	Rock/Psychic	17 (XY), 13 (ORAS)
Solrock	Rock/Psychic	17 (XY), 13 (ORAS)
Chimecho	Psychic	30 (XY), 16 (ORAS)
Latias	Dragon/Psychic	1
Latios	Dragon/Psychic	1
Mismagius	Ghost	1
Munna	Psychic	1
Sigilyph	Psychic/Flying	8
Solosis	Psychic	1
Duosion	Psychic	1
Reuniclus	Psychic	1
Inkay	Dark/Psychic	13
Malamar	Dark/Psychic	13
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding
Gastly	Ghost/Poison	Misdreavus, Mismagius Chimecho Solosis, Duosion, Reuniclus
Koffing	Poison	Misdreavus, Mismagius Chimecho Solosis, Duosion, Reuniclus
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

v · d · e Generation I TMs and HMs

TMs	01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

HMs	01 02 03 04 05

See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs TRs Generation IX

Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green · Pocket Monsters Blue · Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version · Pokémon Yellow Special Pikachu Edition

v · d · e List of Psychic-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Agility Ally Switch Amnesia

B	Barrier

C	Calm Mind Confusion Cosmic Power

D	Dream Eater

E	Eerie Spell Esper Wing Expanding Force Extrasensory

F	Freezing Glare Future Sight

G	Glitzy Glow Gravity Guard Split Guard Swap

H	Heal Block Heal Pulse Healing Wish Heart Stamp Heart Swap Hyperspace Hole Hypnosis

I	Imprison Instruct

K	Kinesis

L	Light Screen Lumina Crash Lunar Blessing Lunar Dance Luster Purge

M	Magic Coat Magic Powder Magic Room Meditate Miracle Eye Mirror Coat Mist Ball Mystical Power

P	Photon Geyser Power Split Power Swap Power Trick Prismatic Laser Psybeam Psyblade Psychic Psychic Fangs Psychic Noise Psychic Terrain Psycho Boost Psycho Cut Psycho Shift Psyshield Bash Psyshock Psystrike Psywave

R	Reflect Rest Role Play

S	Skill Swap Speed Swap Stored Power Synchronoise

T	Take Heart Telekinesis Teleport Trick Trick Room Twin Beam

W	Wonder Room

Z	Zen Headbutt

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Normal-type Poison-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation I

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam

B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam

C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut

D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck

E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion

F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis

I	Ice Beam Ice Punch

J	Jump Kick

K	Karate Chop Kinesis

L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick

M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist

N	Night Shade

P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick

S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle

V	Vine Whip ViceGrip

W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap

See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation I

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Psywave

Contents

Effect[]

In Battle[]

Contests[]

Super Contests[]

Learnset[]

Generation I[]

Generation II[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation III[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation IV[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation V[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation VI[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Gallery[]

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