Psychic · Status move · Gen 1
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is a Psychic-type status move introduced in Generation 1. It has 60% accuracy and has 20 PP (32 with PP Max). 93 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Psychic
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
60%
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
Causes the target to fall asleep.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (57 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (21 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (36 Pokémon)
Pokémon that learn Hypnosis
93 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Ice/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Poison/Flying | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Poison/Flying | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Steel | ✓ | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Dark | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | |
| Water | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water/Fighting | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Fire | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Fire | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–8 | ||
| Ice/Psychic | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic | 3–4 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Poison/Flying | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ||||
| Normal | 3–7 | ||||
| Rock/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Ghost/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Ghost/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Ghost/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Psychic/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Fairy | ✓ | ||||
| Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Dark/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Dark/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Ghost/Grass | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire/Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Bug/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Steel | ✓ | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 4–8 | ||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fairy/Fighting | ✓ | 9 |
Hypnosis FAQ
What does Hypnosis do?
Hypnosis is a Psychic-type status move. Causes the target to fall asleep.
Which Pokémon can learn Hypnosis?
93 Pokémon and forms can learn Hypnosis in at least one game: 57 in Scarlet & Violet, 21 in Pokémon Champions and 36 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Vulpix, Alolan Vulpix, Ninetales, Alolan Ninetales, Zubat and Golbat.
Is Hypnosis in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 21 Pokémon can use Hypnosis in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.