Barrier (move)

Barrier バリアー Barrier

The user throws up a sturdy wall that sharply raises its Defense stat.

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 Can avoid being startled by the others.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Barrier on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Barrier on Eevee's Movedex

Barrier (Japanese: バリアー Barrier) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Barrier increases the user's Defense by two stages. Barrier will do nothing if the user's Defense has reached a stage of +6 or a value of 999. The effect of Barrier is ignored by critical hits.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 072 Tentacool Water Poison 33 073 Tentacruel Water Poison 35 122 Mr. Mime Psychic -- 150 Mewtwo Psychic 63 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 072 Tentacool Water Poison 36 073 Tentacruel Water Poison 38 122 Mr. Mime Psychic -- 150 Mewtwo Psychic 11 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 063 Abra Psychic Mr. Mime 090 Shellder Water Tentacool, Tentacruel 096 Drowzee Psychic Mr. Mime 120 Staryu Water Tentacool, TentacruelGS 239 Elekid Electric Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam Drowzee, Hypno Mr. Mime Magmar 240 Magby Fire Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam Drowzee, Hypno Mr. Mime Electabuzz 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 072 Tentacool Water Poison 36 073 Tentacruel Water Poison 38 122 Mr. Mime Psychic -- 150 Mewtwo Psychic 11 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 063 Abra Psychic Mr. Mime 090 Shellder Water Tentacool, Tentacruel 096 Drowzee Psychic Mr. Mime 222 Corsola Water Rock Tentacool, Tentacruel 239 Elekid Electric Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam Drowzee, Hypno Mr. Mime Magmar 240 Magby Fire Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam Drowzee, Hypno Mr. Mime Electabuzz 345 Lileep Rock Grass Tentacool, Tentacruel 366 Clamperl* Water Corsola 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 072 Tentacool Water Poison 26 073 Tentacruel Water Poison 26 122 Mr. Mime Psychic -- 150 Mewtwo Psychic 8 151 Mew Psychic 40 439 Mime Jr. Psychic -- 462 Magnezone Electric Steel -- 471 Glaceon Ice 78PtHGSS 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 063 Abra Psychic Mr. Mime 090 Shellder Water Tentacool, Tentacruel 096 Drowzee Psychic Mr. Mime 222 Corsola Water Rock Tentacool, Tentacruel 239 Elekid Electric Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam Drowzee, Hypno Mr. Mime Magmar, Magmortar 240 Magby Fire Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam Drowzee, Hypno Mr. Mime Electabuzz, Electivire 345 Lileep Rock Grass Tentacool, Tentacruel 366 Clamperl* Water Corsola 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 anime

	Mewtwo
The user throws up a sturdy wall that sharply raises its Defense stat.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Mr. Mime	Mr. Mime waves its arms and a glass square appears in front of it.
Mimey	It's Mr. Mime Time		Debut
Stella's Mr. Mime	It's Mr. Mime Time		None
Mewtwo	Mewtwo rises in the air and a blue barrier appears around it.
Mewtwo	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
Mew	Mew raises into the air and a pink barrier appears around it.
Mew	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
Togepi	A blue barrier appears around Togepi and others, shielding it from any attack (Used via Metronome).
Misty's Togepi	In the Pink		None
Heatran	A blue barrier appears around Heatran and others, shielding it from any attack.
Marcus' Heatran	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None

Trivia

• In Red, Green and Blue, Lance has an Dragonite with this move, although it is impossible to legally get a Dragonite knowing Barrier.
• Despite many Pokémon can learn either Barrier or one of its variation Iron Defense, only 5 Pokémon can learn both: Shellder, Cloyster, Clamperl, Huntail, and Gorebyss.
  • Interestingly, all these Pokémon are all either Pokémon based on bivalves or evolve from Pokémon that are.

In other languages

• French: Bouclier
• German: Barriere
• Italian: Barriera
• Spanish: Barrera

Variations on the move Acid Armor
	Acid Armor | Agility | Amnesia | Barrier Swords Dance | Iron Defense | Tail Glow Acupressure | Nasty Plot | Rock Polish

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