Psychic (move)

Psychic (Japanese: サイコキネシス Psychokinesis) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I. It is TM29 in every generation so far. It can be upgraded to the special Z-Move by  holding Mewnium Z.

Generation I
Psychic does damage and has a 33.2% chance of lowering the target's by one stage.

Generation II onwards
Psychic now has a 10% chance of lowering the target's by one stage.

Psychic can be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if any of the moves, or  was used in the prior turn. It can also be used to start a combination, causing certain moves (,, and ) to have their base appeal points doubled if used in the next turn.

Description

 * }
 * }

Pokémon GO

 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Psychic had a power of 50.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Psychic had a power of 55 and an energy bar of GO charge 2.png.

may only know this move if it was obtained before February 16, 2017.

Description

 * }
 * }

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * In Exit Empoleon, 's was mentioned to know Psychic, but it was never seen using the move.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

 * 🇬🇼 told his to use Psychic in The Secret Of The Fighting Type Pokémon, but 🇬🇼's  finished it off before it could use the move.

Trivia

 * Psychic is the only move that has the same English name as that of one of the 18 types.
 * From Generation VI onward, Psychic uses an upgraded version of its original sound effect from Generations I and II.

In other languages
Psychokinese Psíquico Psyko Psichico サイコキネシス 精神强念（招式）