Psychic · Special move · Gen 5
Synchronoise
Synchronoise is a Psychic-type special move introduced in Generation 5. It has 120 base power and 100% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). In double battles it hits all adjacent pokémon, allies included (spread moves deal 0.75× damage when they hit more than one target). 36 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Psychic
Category
Special
Power
120
Accuracy
100%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
Hits adjacent Pokemon sharing the user's type. The target is immune if it does not share a type with the user.
- Targets
- All adjacent Pokémon, allies included
- 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 Synchronoise
36 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 | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Electric | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Dark | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Grass | 5–7 | ||||
| Ice | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Steel/Fairy | 7 |
Synchronoise FAQ
What does Synchronoise do?
Synchronoise is a Psychic-type special move with 120 power. The target is immune if it does not share a type with the user.
Which Pokémon can learn Synchronoise?
36 Pokémon and forms can learn Synchronoise in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Psyduck, Golduck, Drowzee, Hypno, Eevee and Vaporeon.
Is Synchronoise in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Synchronoise in Pokémon Champions.
What is Synchronoise super effective against?
As a Psychic-type attack, Synchronoise 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.