Normal · Status move · Gen 5
Reflect Type
Reflect Type is a Normal-type status move introduced in Generation 5. It never misses and has 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 15 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Normal
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
User becomes the same type as the target. Causes the user's types to become the same as the current types of the target. If the target's current types include typeless and a non-added type, typeless is ignored. If the target's current types include typeless and an added type from Forest's Curse or Trick-or-Treat, typeless is copied as the Normal type instead. Fails if the user is an Arceus or a Silvally, if the user is Terastallized, or if the target's current type is typeless alone.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (7 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (3 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Pokémon that learn Reflect Type
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water/Poison | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 6–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 6–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Normal | 6–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5 | ||||
| Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Electric | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Ground/Grass | ✓ | 9 |
Reflect Type FAQ
What does Reflect Type do?
Reflect Type is a Normal-type status move. Causes the user's types to become the same as the current types of the target. If the target's current types include typeless and a non-added type, typeless is ignored. If the target's current types include typeless and an added type from Forest's Curse or Trick-or-Treat, typeless is copied as the Normal type instead. Fails if the user is an Arceus or a Silvally, if the user is Terastallized, or if the target's current type is typeless alone.
Which Pokémon can learn Reflect Type?
15 Pokémon and forms can learn Reflect Type in at least one game: 7 in Scarlet & Violet, 3 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Tentacruel, Gastly, Haunter, Gengar, Staryu and Starmie.
Is Reflect Type in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 3 Pokémon can use Reflect Type 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.