Reversal (move)

Reversal
きしかいせい Reversal

Battles

Type	Fighting
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	Varies
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation II
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	0
The appeal works great if performed last.

Super Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earns double the score on the final performance.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cool
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Reversal (Japanese: きしかいせい Reversal) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II that deals a varying amount of damage. It can be considered the inverse of Eruption and Water Spout.

Effect

Reversal doesn't have a standard Power; rather, it inflicts greater damage when the user's HP is lower. Reversal's power is calculated as follows:

User's Remaining HP	Power
71% - 100%	20
36% - 70%	40
21% - 35%	80
11% - 20%	100
5% - 10%	150
1 HP - 4%	200

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting		51
0115	Kangaskhan	Normal		49
0214	Heracross	Bug	Fighting	44
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0056 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Kangaskhan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0123 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Heracross |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0161 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0172 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pichu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Heracross |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0228 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#E62829" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0241 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Miltank
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained with
0129		Magikarp	Water		New York City Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting		51
0115	Kangaskhan	Normal		49
0214	Heracross	Bug	Fighting	45
0288	Vigoroth	Normal		49
0296	Makuhita	Fighting		49
0297	Hariyama	Fighting		55
0307	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	42
0307	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	41
0308	Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	46
0308	Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	47
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0056 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0123 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Heracross |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0161 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0172 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pichu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Heracross |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0228 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#E62829" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0241 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Miltank
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Vigoroth, Slaking

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0058	Growlithe	Fire		25
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting		57
0115	Kangaskhan	Normal		49
0214	Heracross	Bug	Fighting	43
0288	Vigoroth	Normal		49
0296	Makuhita	Fighting		43
0297	Hariyama	Fighting		57
0307	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	43
0308	Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	49
0447	Riolu	Fighting		19
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0056 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0123 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Heracross |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0161 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0172 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pichu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Heracross |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0228 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#E62829" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0241 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Miltank
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Vigoroth, Slaking

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method

The user converts the attack strength from an attack that just hit it into fighting power and hits the opponent with its palm.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Hitmonlee converts the attack strength from an attack that hit it earlier into fighting power, and a spiraling energy surrounds one of Hitmonlee's arms. It then hits the opponent with its palm.
Chuck's Hitmonlee	Flames From Entei	Debut

In other languages

French: Contre
German: Gegenschlag
Greek: Ανατροπή
Italian: Contropiede
Korean: 사회생 Gisa Hoesaeng
Spanish: Inversión
Serbian: Preokret

Variations of the move Flail

Flail • Reversal

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.

Reversal (move)

Contents

Effect

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

By breeding

By event

Generation III

By leveling up

By breeding

Generation IV

By leveling up

By breeding

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In other languages

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