Terrain

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Terrain (Japanese: フィールド field) is a type of field effect in the Pokémon games that affects Pokémon on the ground. The mechanic was introduced in Generation VI. In battle, there is often no initial terrain, but it can be changed by Pokémon's moves and Abilities. Only one type of terrain may be present at a time, with any new terrain put in place overwriting the previous terrain.

There are four types of terrain: Electric Terrain, Grassy Terrain, Misty Terrain, and Psychic Terrain.

In the core series games

Causing terrain

Each terrain has a corresponding move, Max Move, and Ability that will create it. A certain Z-Move and certain other Abilities may summon terrain as well.

Terrain normally lasts for 5 turns regardless of how it is created, but if the Pokémon with that move or Ability held a Terrain Extender when the terrain was put into effect, it lasts 8 turns.

Removing terrain

Terrain can be removed using certain moves.

Moves

A terrain can be removed using any of the following moves.

Effects

• Electric Terrain: Increases the power of Electric-type moves used by Pokémon on the ground by 30% (50% prior to Generation VIII). Prevents Pokémon on the ground from falling asleep and being afflicted by Yawn.
• Grassy Terrain: Increases the power of Grass-type moves used by Pokémon on the ground by 30% (50% prior to Generation VIII). Restores 1/16 HP to all Pokémon on the ground each turn. Halves the damage taken from Bulldoze, Earthquake, and Magnitude.
• Misty Terrain: Halves the damage taken by Pokémon on the ground from Dragon-type moves. Prevents Pokémon on the ground from being afflicted with status conditions and (from Generation VII onward) confusion.
• Psychic Terrain: Increases the power of Psychic-type moves used by Pokémon on the ground by 30% (50% prior to Generation VIII). Prevents Pokémon on the ground from being hit by moves with increased priority.

Pokémon that are in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move are considered to not be on the ground for the purposes of terrain.

Natural objects disappear and cannot be destroyed while terrain is in effect.

All effects can also be displayed in this table:

Effect on moves

Some moves can have their effects changed depending on the terrain.

Environment-based moves

Terrain causes moves that vary with environment to ignore the current location and determine their effect based on the terrain, regardless of whether the move's user is on the ground.

Effect on Abilities

Certain Abilities are activated under certain terrains.

Items

If a Pokémon is holding one of these four held items when the appropriate terrain is created, or switches in while the appropriate terrain is in effect, the item will be consumed and boost one of the holder's stats by one stage. The item will activate regardless of whether or not the Pokémon is grounded.

Electric Terrain	Grassy Terrain	Misty Terrain	Psychic Terrain
Electric Seed	Grassy Seed	Misty Seed	Psychic Seed
boosts Defense		boosts Special Defense

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Terrain functions similarly to the main series games. All terrain last for 45 seconds excluding time that sync pairs spend performing sync moves or Max Moves but including time that they spend to use regular moves.

Setting terrain effects

There are five means to apply terrain effects; only Electric, Grassy, and Psychic Terrain are available in these ways:

By Pokémon's move

By Trainer's move

By Max Move

By Skill

Special case

Every time Legendary Arena's/Gauntlet's Tapu Bulu enters battle, which includes every moment that it gets a new HP bar, the field of play instantly sets Grassy Terrain.

Removing terrain

Only Defog can clear terrain effects.

Effects

• Electric Terrain: Increases the damage of Electric-type attacks by 50% and prevents afflictions of Sleep (though it does not cure Pokémon who were already asleep before that terrain takes effect).
• Grassy Terrain: Increases the damage of Grass-type attacks by 50% and restores HP of the Pokémon that uses a Grass-type move* by 1/16 of their maximum HP (rounded down) unless they hit themselves in confusion.
• Psychic Terrain: Increases the damage of Psychic-type attacks by 50%.

All effects are also in this table:

Effects on attacks

Attack moves

Some attack moves can have their effects changed depending on the terrain.

Sync moves

The following sync moves' attack powers double in certain terrain. For Electric-, Grass-, and Psychic-type sync moves, this power-doubling feature stacks multiplicatively with the type-matching damage boosts that terrain effects provide, which can result in tripled power.

Effects on skills

In addition, there are skills that are active only under certain terrains:

Trivia

• Psychic Terrain is the only terrain to not be introduced in Generation VI.
  • Additionally, Psychic Terrain is the only terrain to not be available in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 場地 Chèuhngdeih * Mandarin 場地 / 场地 Chǎngdì * Dutch Veld French Champ German Feld Italian Campo Korean 필드 Field Portuguese Brazil Terreno Portugal Campo Russian Поле Pole Spanish Campo

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