Phantom Force (move)

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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. It can be seen as a weaker version of Shadow Force.

Effect

Phantom Force causes the user to "vanish" on the turn it is selected, rendering it semi-invulnerable, and then reappear the next turn to cause 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 its base power is doubled.

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

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost	47 45
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	54
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	1, 64
426		Drifblim	Ghost	Flying	1, 65
429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost	1
623		Golurk	Ground	Ghost	1, 75
708		Phantump	Ghost	Grass	45
709		Trevenant	Ghost	Grass	45
711		Gourgeist	Ghost	Grass	1, 57
717		Yveltal	Dark	Flying	55
720		Hoopa Hoopa Confined	Psychic	Ghost	46 35
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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost
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 Type Obtained with 0491 Darkrai Dark Wonderland Darkrai Mysterious World Darkrai February 2015 Darkrai Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Phantom Force's secondary effects are combination of many moves:
  • It is a two-turn move with a semi-invulnerable turn, similar to Fly or Dig.
  • It can break shield-like effects, similar to Feint.
  • Its power is doubled when used against Minimized Pokémon, similar to Steamroller and Stomp.

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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