Psychic · Status move · Gen 1
Reflect
Reflect is a Psychic-type status move introduced in Generation 1. It never misses and has 20 PP (32 with PP Max). 340 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Psychic
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
For 5 turns, physical damage to allies is halved. For 5 turns, the user and its party members take 0.5× damage from physical attacks, or 0.66× damage if in a Double Battle. Damage is not reduced further with Aurora Veil. Critical hits ignore this effect. It is removed from the user's side if the user or an ally is successfully hit by Brick Break, Psychic Fangs, or Defog. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Light Clay. Fails if the effect is already active on the user's side.
- Targets
- The user's side of the field
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (196 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (75 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (104 Pokémon)
Pokémon that learn Reflect
340 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | |
| Electric | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | |
| Electric/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | |
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 7–8 | ||||
| Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Fire | 7–8 | ||||
| Ice | 8 | ||||
| Fire | 7–8 | ||||
| Ice/Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–8 | ||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Water/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 7–8 | ||||
| Electric/Steel | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Electric/Steel | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Ice | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Electric/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Electric/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–8 | ||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–8 | ||
| Ice/Psychic | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Ice | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Normal | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Rock/Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Rock/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal | 7–8 | ||||
| Ice/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Electric/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Dragon/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Bug/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Fairy | 3–8 | ||||
| Fairy/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 3–5, 7, 9 | ||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 3–5, 7, 9 | ||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–5, 7, 9 | |
| Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Dark | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | |
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | |
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Bug | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Bug/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Fairy | 3–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 3–7 | ||||
| Dark/Ice | 3–8 | ||||
| Fire | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Rock | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Ice/Ground | 3–8 | ||||
| Ice/Ground | 3–8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 3–8 | ||||
| Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal | 7–8 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Fire | 3–8 | ||||
| Water | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic/Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Dark/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Fighting/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Fighting/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Rock/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Ground/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Ground/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Rock/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Dark/Ice | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Electric/Steel | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Fairy/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Ice | 7–8 | ||||
| Ice/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Psychic/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Ice/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
| Electric/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
| Electric/Fire | ✓ | ||||
| Electric/Water | ✓ | ||||
| Electric/Ice | ✓ | ||||
| Electric/Flying | ✓ | ||||
| Electric/Grass | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Bug/Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Psychic | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Fighting | 5–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Dark/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Steel/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Rock/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Dragon/Fire | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Dragon/Electric | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Dragon/Ice | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Dragon/Ice | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Dragon/Ice | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Bug/Steel | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |
| Fire/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Fairy | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Dark/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Dark/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Rock/Ice | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Rock/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Rock/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Steel/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Ghost/Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Ghost/Grass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Fairy | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Rock/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Bug/Fairy | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Bug/Fairy | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water/Bug | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Grass | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Rock/Flying | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Electric/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Electric/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Rock/Poison | 7 | ||||
| Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Steel/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Rock/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Flying/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
| Bug/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Bug/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Rock | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Rock/Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Rock/Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Dark/Fairy | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dark/Fairy | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Dark/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 4–8 | ||
| Ice/Bug | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Normal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
| Steel/Dragon | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Dragon/Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dragon/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Fighting | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Poison/Dragon | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Dragon | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Grass | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Grass/Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fire/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Fire/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Electric | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Poison/Normal | ✓ | ||||
| Poison/Normal | ✓ | ||||
| Ground/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ground/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Bug/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fairy/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fairy/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fairy/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Rock/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Rock/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Fairy/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Electric/Ground | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Dark/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dark/Fire | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fairy/Fighting | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Electric/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Steel/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 9 |
Reflect FAQ
What does Reflect do?
Reflect is a Psychic-type status move. For 5 turns, the user and its party members take 0.5× damage from physical attacks, or 0.66× damage if in a Double Battle. Damage is not reduced further with Aurora Veil. Critical hits ignore this effect. It is removed from the user's side if the user or an ally is successfully hit by Brick Break, Psychic Fangs, or Defog. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Light Clay. Fails if the effect is already active on the user's side.
Which Pokémon can learn Reflect?
340 Pokémon and forms can learn Reflect in at least one game: 196 in Scarlet & Violet, 75 in Pokémon Champions and 104 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Charmander, Charmeleon and Charizard.
Is Reflect in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 75 Pokémon can use Reflect 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.