Magic Coat (move)

Magic Coat マジックコート Magic Coat

A barrier reflects back to the foe moves like Leech Seed and moves that damage status.

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +4 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

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

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earns double the score on the final performance.

Magic Coat on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Magic Coat on Eevee's Movedex

Magic Coat (Japanese: マジックコート Magic Coat) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Magic Coat reflects any move that inflicts a status ailment back at that move's user.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 325 Spoink Psychic 28 326 Grumpig Psychic 28 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 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic Spoink, Grumpig 352 Kecleon Normal Spoink, Grumpig 359 Absol Dark Spoink, Grumpig 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 137 Porygon Normal 56 233 Porygon2 Normal 56 325 Spoink Psychic 28 326 Grumpig Psychic 28 428 Lopunny Normal -- 474 Porygon-Z Normal 56 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 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic Spoink, Grumpig Lopunny 206 Dunsparce Normal Spoink, Grumpig Lopunny 352 Kecleon Normal Spoink, Grumpig Lopunny 359 Absol Dark Spoink, Grumpig Lopunny 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 move tutor

In HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 035 Clefairy Normal 036 Clefable Normal 037 Vulpix Fire 038 Ninetales Fire 039 Jigglypuff Normal 040 Wigglytuff Normal 054 Psyduck Water 055 Golduck Water 056 Mankey Fighting 057 Primeape Fighting 063 Abra Psychic 064 Kadabra Psychic 065 Alakazam Psychic 066 Machop Fighting 067 Machoke Fighting 068 Machamp Fighting 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 096 Drowzee Psychic 097 Hypno Psychic 106 Hitmonlee Fighting 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 122 Mr. Mime Psychic 124 Jynx Ice Psychic 128 Tauros Normal 150 Mewtwo Psychic 151 Mew Psychic 173 Cleffa Normal 174 Igglybuff Normal 185 Sudowoodo Rock 190 Aipom Normal 228 Houndour Dark Fire 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 234 Stantler Normal 236 Tyrogue Fighting 237 Hitmontop Fighting 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 296 Makuhita Fighting 297 Hariyama Fighting 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 325 Spoink Psychic 326 Grumpig Psychic 327 Spinda Normal 331 Cacnea Grass 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 352 Kecleon Normal 353 Shuppet Ghost 354 Banette Ghost 359 Absol Dark 380 Latias Dragon Psychic 390 Chimchar Fire 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 424 Ambipom Normal 438 Bonsly Rock 439 Mime Jr. Psychic 441 Chatot Normal Flying 447 Riolu Fighting 448 Lucario Fighting Steel 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 459 Snover Grass Ice 460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 480 Uxie Psychic 481 Mesprit Psychic 482 Azelf Psychic 487 Giratina Altered Forme Ghost Dragon 487 Giratina Origin Forme Ghost Dragon 488 Cresselia Psychic 493 Arceus Dragon 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 other languages

• Spanish: Capa Mágica.
• Italian: Magivelo.
• German: Magiementel

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.