Mirror Coat (move)

Mirror Coat (Japanese: ミラーコート Mirror Coat) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation II.

Generations II and III
If the last amount of damage done to the user before the use of Mirror Coat is greater than 0 and was dealt by a special move, Mirror Coat will do twice as much damage as taken by that attack to the opponent. Pokémon are immune to Mirror Coat, but otherwise, Mirror Coat's type has no effect on the damage done to the target.

Mirror Coat is a decreased priority move. If the opponent does not use a decreased priority move during the round that it is used, Mirror Coat will go last regardless of the user's or opponent's speed. If the opponent also uses a decreased priority move during the same round, the attack order of the users will be determined normally.

Mirror Coat will only consider the last strike of a multi-strike move. It does not counter a move absorbed by a.

Mirror Coat cannot be activated by, regardless of its actual type and damage category.

In Double Battles, Mirror Coat will hit the last opponent that dealt special damage to the attacker. Mirror Coat cannot affect allied Pokémon.

Mirror Coat can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra two appeal points if move was used in the prior turn.

Generation IV onwards
Mirror Coat can no longer be copied by.

As is a special move regardless of its actual type, it can now activate Mirror Coat.

In Triple Battles, Mirror Coat can hit non-adjacent opponents provided a non-adjacent opponent was the last Pokémon to attack the user. Mirror Coat is effective against, and  even though these moves use the target's Defense stat to calculate damage.

If the Pokémon using Mirror Coat is hit by a special move that deals 0 damage, Mirror Coat becomes a special move with 1 base power.

Mirror Coat can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if any of the moves, or  was used in the prior turn.

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The user gains the Mirror Coat status and returns any damage dealt to it from special moves equal to the damage received. Oddly in Explorers of Time and Darkness, though moves are assigned as Physical or Special in game, Mirror Coat will return damage from damaging moves from types previously assigned as special prior to the Physical/Special split. The Mirror Coat status lasts 11-12, or 6 turns.

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * Mirror Coat was used by an unknown Pokémon belonging to Team Aqua in Mixing It Up with Magcargo.

Trivia

 * In Generations II and III, this move cannot reflect, regardless of its type. This is because Hidden Power was always determined by the game to be , so even if it was a Special type, like Ice or Grass, Mirror Coat would always fail against Hidden Power, while Counter would always reflect it.

In other languages
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