Psychic · Special move · Gen 9
Psychic Noise
Psychic Noise is a Psychic-type special move introduced in Generation 9. It has 75 base power and 100% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 72 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Psychic
Category
Special
Power
75
Accuracy
100%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
For 2 turns, the target is prevented from healing. For 2 turns, the target is prevented from restoring any HP as long as it remains active. During the effect, healing and draining moves are unusable, and Abilities and items that grant healing will not heal the user. If an affected Pokemon uses Baton Pass, the replacement will remain unable to restore its HP. Pain Split and the Regenerator Ability are unaffected.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Sound move
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (72 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (26 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Psychic attack
2× vsFightingPoison
½× vsPsychicSteel
0× vsDark
Pokémon that learn Psychic Noise
72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alolan Raichu | Electric/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Jigglypuff | Normal/Fairy | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Wigglytuff | Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Venonat | Bug/Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Venomoth | Bug/Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Psyduck | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Golduck | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Slowbro | Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Gengar | Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Drowzee | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Hypno | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Exeggcute | Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Exeggutor | Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Alolan Exeggutor | Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Lapras | Water/Ice | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Galarian Articuno | Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Mewtwo | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Mew | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Noctowl | Normal/Flying | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Yanma | Bug/Flying | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Espeon | Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Murkrow | Dark/Flying | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Slowking | Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Galarian Slowking | Poison/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Misdreavus | Ghost | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Girafarig | Normal/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Lugia | Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Gardevoir | Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Grumpig | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Flygon | Ground/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Chimecho | Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Metang | Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Metagross | Steel/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Latios | Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Jirachi | Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Deoxys | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Vespiquen | Bug/Flying | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Mismagius | Ghost | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Honchkrow | Dark/Flying | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Chingling | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Bronzong | Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Yanmega | Bug/Flying | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Uxie | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Mesprit | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Gothita | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Gothorita | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Gothitelle | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Reuniclus | Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Hisuian Braviary | Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Delphox | Fire/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Florges | Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Espurr | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Meowstic | Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Meowstic-F | Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Malamar | Dark/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Trevenant | Ghost/Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Noivern | Flying/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Hoopa | Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Primarina | Water/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Ribombee | Bug/Fairy | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Oranguru | Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Bruxish | Water/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Toxtricity | Electric/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Toxtricity-Low-Key | Electric/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Hatterene | Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Indeedee | Psychic/Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Wyrdeer | Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Rabsca | Bug/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Farigiraf | Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Scream Tail | Fairy/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Munkidori | Poison/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Iron Crown | Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 9 |
Psychic Noise FAQ
What does Psychic Noise do?
Psychic Noise is a Psychic-type special move with 75 power. For 2 turns, the target is prevented from restoring any HP as long as it remains active. During the effect, healing and draining moves are unusable, and Abilities and items that grant healing will not heal the user. If an affected Pokemon uses Baton Pass, the replacement will remain unable to restore its HP. Pain Split and the Regenerator Ability are unaffected.
Which Pokémon can learn Psychic Noise?
72 Pokémon and forms can learn Psychic Noise in at least one game: 72 in Scarlet & Violet, 26 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Alolan Raichu, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Venonat, Venomoth and Psyduck.
Is Psychic Noise in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 26 Pokémon can use Psychic Noise in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Psychic Noise super effective against?
As a Psychic-type attack, Psychic Noise is super effective against Fighting and Poison, not very effective against Psychic and Steel and has no effect on Dark (unless its effect says otherwise).
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.