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Phantom Force (Japanese: ゴーストダイブ Ghost Dive) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Phantom Force causes the user to "vanish" on the turn it is used, making it semi-invulnerable, and then reappear the next turn causing damage. It will hit the target even if it has used Protect, Detect, Spiky Shield, King's Shield, or Mat Block, and lifts the effects of those moves for the remainder of the turn; if it hits a target that is protected by Mat Block, it removes Mat Block from the target's side of the field. It also removes the effects of Quick Guard, Wide Guard, and Crafty Shield from the target's side of the field. The user of Phantom Force does not suffer the negative effects of its target's Spiky Shield or King's Shield. Phantom Force cannot remove the effects of protecting moves if it does not affect the target (such as if the target is Normal-type).

In addition, if the target has used Minimize, Phantom Force will never miss and deal double the damage.

If a Power Herb is held by the user, Phantom Force can be executed in one turn.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0292		Shedinja		Mineral		Mineral	47XY 45ORAS	45
0353		Shuppet		Amorphous		Amorphous	54ORAS	54
0354		Banette		Amorphous		Amorphous	1, 64ORAS	64
0426		Drifblim		Amorphous		Amorphous	1, 65	1, 65
0429		Mismagius		Amorphous		Amorphous	1	1
0623		Golurk		Mineral		Mineral	1, 75	76
0708		Phantump		Grass	Amorphous	45	45
0709		Trevenant		Grass	Amorphous	45	45
0711		Gourgeist		Amorphous		Amorphous	1, 57	1, 57
0717		Yveltal		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	55	55
0720		Hoopa Confined		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	46XY 35ORAS	35
0781		Dhelmise		Mineral		Mineral		54
0792		Lunala		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		61
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0353		Shuppet		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0491		Darkrai		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	Wonderland Darkrai Mysterious World Darkrai February 2015 Darkrai
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Disappearing Attacking
The user disappears from sight before reappearing to attack the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Yveltal creates a shadowy portal that it dives inside. It then emerges from another portal to stab the opponent with its tail.
Malva's Yveltal	X & Y chapter		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 幽靈潛水 Yōulíng Qiánshuǐ French Hantise German Phantomkraft Italian Spettrotuffo Korean 고스트다이브 Ghost Dive Spanish Golpe Fantasma

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