Psychic · Special move · Gen 1
Psywave
Psywave is a Psychic-type special move introduced in Generation 1. It has variable or fixed damage and 100% accuracy, with 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 67 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Psychic
Category
Special
Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
Random damage equal to 0.5×-1.5× user's level. Deals damage to the target equal to (user's level) × (X + 50) / 100, where X is a random number from 0 to 100, rounded down, but not less than 1 HP.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Not usable — it was removed in Scarlet & Violet
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Psychic attack
2× vsFightingPoison
½× vsPsychicSteel
0× vsDark
Pokémon that learn Psywave
67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 7 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water/Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 3–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 3–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 3–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Grass/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Grass/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Grass/Dragon | 7 | ||||
| Poison | 3–7 | ||||
| Poison | 3–7 | ||||
| Poison/Fairy | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Water | 6–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 6–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Electric | 7 | ||||
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Water/Ice | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Ghost | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Rock/Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Rock/Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Dragon/Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Dragon/Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Ghost | 3–7 | ||||
| Steel/Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Steel/Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Electric | 7 | ||||
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Dark/Psychic | 6–7 | ||||
| Dark/Psychic | 6–7 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Rock/Poison | 7 |
Psywave FAQ
What does Psywave do?
Psywave is a Psychic-type special move. Deals damage to the target equal to (user's level) × (X + 50) / 100, where X is a random number from 0 to 100, rounded down, but not less than 1 HP.
Which Pokémon can learn Psywave?
67 Pokémon and forms can learn Psywave in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Butterfree, Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff and Venonat.
Is Psywave in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Psywave in Pokémon Champions.
What is Psywave super effective against?
As a Psychic-type attack, Psywave 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.