Mirror Coat (move)

Mirror Coat ミラーコート Mirror Coat

A retaliation move that counters any special attack, inflicting double the damage taken.

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  Varies Accuracy  100% Priority  -5 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 May affect anyone but the user

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

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Can avoid being startled by others once.

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

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

Mirror Coat (Japanese: ミラーコート Mirror Coat) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

If the last amount of damage done to the user before the use of Mirror Coat is greater than 0 and was dealt by a Special move, Mirror Coat will do twice as much damage as taken by that attack to the opponent. Although Mirror Coat deals Psychic-type damage, its type does not alter the amount of damage it inflicts; although, it will not work against Dark-type Pokémon.

Mirror Coat is a decreased priority move. If the opponent does not use a decreased priority move during the round that it is used, Mirror Coat will go last regardless of the user's or opponent's speed. If the opponent also uses a decreased priority move during the same round, the attack order of the users will be determined normally.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 100 Voltorb Electric 41 101 Electrode Electric 48 202 Wobbuffet Psychic -- 222 Corsola Water Rock 37 245 Suicune Water 61 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 007 Squirtle Water Corsola 072 Tentacool Water Poison 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 100 Voltorb Electric 49 101 Electrode Electric 59 202 Wobbuffet Psychic -- 222 Corsola Water Rock 39 245 Suicune Water 61 360 Wynaut Psychic 15 386 Deoxys Defense Forme Psychic 50 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 007 Squirtle Water Corsola, Feebas, Milotic 072 Tentacool Water Poison Corsola 258 Mudkip Water Corsola 345 Lileep Rock Grass Corsola 349 Feebas 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 100 Voltorb Electric 47 101 Electrode Electric 57 202 Wobbuffet Psychic -- 222 Corsola Water Rock 48 245 Suicune Water 43 360 Wynaut Psychic 15 386 Deoxys Defense Forme Psychic 97 428 Lopunny Normal -- 462 Magnezone Electric Steel -- 471 Glaceon Ice 57 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 007 Squirtle Water Corsola, Mantine, Feebas, Milotic, Shellos, Gastrodon 072 Tentacool Water Poison Corsola 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic Lopunny, Glaceon 226 Mantine Water Flying Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Corsola, Feebas, Milotic, Shellos, Gastrodon 258 Mudkip Water Corsola 325 Spoink Psychic Lopunny, Glaceon 345 Lileep Rock Grass Corsola 349 Feebas Water Corsola 422 Shellos West Sea Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Wobbuffet, Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert, Feebas, Milotic 422 Shellos East Sea Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Wobbuffet, Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert, Feebas, Milotic 458 Mantyke Water Flying Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Corsola, Feebas, Milotic, Shellos, Gastrodon 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

Corsola	Wobbuffet	Glaceon
A retaliation move that counters any special attack, inflicting double the damage taken.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Wobbuffet	Wobbuffet becomes coated in a glowing reflective substance. On occation, it looks similar to a Counter attack.
Duplica's Mini-Dit in the form of Wobbuffet	Imitation Confrontation		Debut
Jessie's Wobbuffet	Imitation Confrontation		None
Corsola	Corsola's body glows yellow-orange and a Special attack is then reflected back to the opponent.
Misty's Corsola	A Corsola Caper!		None
Suicune	Suicune releases a blue energy shield around its body, reflecting all special attacks.
A wild Suicune	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll		None
Tentacruel	Tentacruel becomes coated in a glowing reflective substance that reflects all special attacks.
Juan's Tentacruel	The Great Eight Fate!		None
Glaceon	Glaceon's body becomes surrounded in a glowing reflective substance, blocking all special attacks.
May's Glaceon	Strategy with a Smile!		None

In other languages

• Finnish: Peilipinta
• German: Spiegelcape
• Italian: Specchiovelo
• Spanish: Manto Espejo

Variations on the move Counter
	Counter
	Mirror Coat

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