Psychic (Trainer class)

A Psychic (Japanese: サイキッカー Psychicer) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They were originally only male, but in Generation III, female Psychics started to appear. In Generation VI, the trainer class once again reverts to all male, having found a female counterpart in s. They appear as young men or young women levitating Poké Balls with their psychokinetic powers.

When paired with s in Double Battles, they are called s.

They specialize in Pokémon and also in  Pokémon from Generation  onward.

Special Trainers

 * Psychic Inver, on, chooses three Pokémon from a large pool of possible Pokémon.

In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Psychic in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In the English print, Psychic is translated as Seer.

Artwork
Artwork from the :

In the anime
A number of Psychics were seen in the Saffron Gym in Abra and the Psychic Showdown.

Another Psychic appeared much later in Glory Blaze! as one of the participants of the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition. There, he was partnered with a and faced off against  and Paul in the quarterfinals. Despite the two working well as a team, they were unable to contend against the experienced Trainers and were knocked out.

A Psychic named Ricky appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success!. He is based on a Psychic named Bryce, who appeared in the Celestial Tower in the s.

A large number of Psychics who train under Olympia appeared in Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!. They included and Charlene.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A male Psychic made a cameo appearance in a flashback in Punching Poliwrath as one of the Trainers that wanted to challenge to a battle after his win at the Indigo League, but he was considered to be a "boring" match.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
In Find Munchlax!!, a female Psychic is one of the three Trainers searching for. She uses her psychic powers to sense Munchlax's presence but only manages to find Hareta.

Trivia

 * There are no female Psychics outside of the in.
 * In, all female Psychics that can be battled are found in the Sevii Islands.
 * In Pokémon X and Y, Psychic Robert makes a reference to the famous meme spawned by the anime series, as he claims that the player and their Pokémon's power level is "over 9000".
 * Pokémon Sun and Moon are the first core series games not to feature Psychics.

In other languages
Psycho (Trainerklasse) Médium Kinésiste Sensitivo サイキッカー 超能力者