Barrier (move)

Barrier バリアー Barrier

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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 Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally 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 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.

Description

Games Description Stad Instantly forms a barrier between the user and the opponent. Defense is sharply increased. Stad2 Instantly forms a barrier between the user and the opponent. Defense is increased. GSC Sharply increases user's Defense. RSEColo.XD Creates a barrier that sharply raises Defense. FRLG The user throws up a sturdy wall that sharply raises its Defense stat. DPPtHGSSBWB2W2 The user throws up a sturdy wall that sharply raises its Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	33			36			36			26				29
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	35			38			38			26				29
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	--			--			--			--				--
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	63			11			11			8				--
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			40				40
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			--				--
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel	no			no			no			--				--
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice	no			no			no					78	78	29
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
063		Abra	Psychic		Psychic
090		Shellder	Water		Water
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic
120		Staryu*	Water		Water			no			no				no
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	no
239		Elekid	Electric		Electric
240		Magby	Fire		Fire
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	no
366		Clamperl*	Water		Water	no
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no
605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 137 Porygon Normal New York Pokémon Center 165 Ledyba Bug Flying New York 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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 090 Shellder Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 605 Elgyem Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Togepi	Mewtwo	Mr. Mime	Mew
The user throws up a sturdy wall that sharply raises its Defense stat.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Mr. Mime	Mr. Mime waves its arms and a glass square appears in front of it.
Delia's 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 (anime)	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
Mew	Mew rises into the air and a pink barrier appears around it.
Mew (M01)	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
Togepi	A blue barrier appears around Togepi and others, shielding it from any attack.
Misty's Togepi	In the Pink		Used via Metronome

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Mewtwo
The user creates a protective barrier around themselves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Mewtwo	Mewtwo sticks out one of its hands and a force field appears around it, protecting it from attacks. Mewtwo can also slam into the opponent while the barrier is around it.
Mewtwo (Adventures)	Airing Out Aerodactyl		Debut
Mr. Mime	Mr. Mime holds up one of its index fingers and fires a beam of energy from the middle of it at the opponent. When the opponent is hit by the attack, the particles form together in the air and form an invisible wall around it.
Sabrina's Mr. Mime	Silly Scyther		None
Crys's Mr. Mime	The Final Battle III		None

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

	Clefairy
The user forms a light barrier wall.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Clefairy	Clefairy holds out its arms and forms a light barrier wall in from of them.
Red's Clefairy	The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

Lance's Dragonite using Barrier

• In Red, Green, and Blue, Lance has a Dragonite with this move, although Dragonite cannot legitimately have the move in any of the games.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 障礙 Zhàng'ài Dutch Barriere French Bouclier German Barriere Greek Παραπέτασμα Indonesian Perisai Italian Barriera Korean 배리어 Barrier Brazilian Portuguese Barreira Serbian Barijera Spanish Barrera

Variations of the move Agility
Agility • Barrier • Swords Dance

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