Move card

Psychic

Stats and effect
Psychic Special
Power 90
Accuracy 100%
PP 10
Priority 0
Effect

Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation I (Kanto) Effect chance: 10% Learned by 328 Pokémon
Machines that teach this move
  • TM29 Red/Green (Japan), Blue (Japan), Red/Blue, Yellow, Gold/Silver, Crystal, Ruby/Sapphire, Colosseum, FireRed/LeafGreen, Emerald, XD: Gale of Darkness, Diamond/Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver, Black/White, Black 2/White 2, X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon
  • TM40 Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee
  • TR11 Sword/Shield
  • TM120 Scarlet/Violet
  • TM63 Legends: Z-A

The same move has different numbers in different games — check the number for your version before going after the machine.

Pokémon that learn this move (328)

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The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.