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Psybeam サイケこうせん
The foe is attacked with a peculiar ray. It may also leave the target confused.
Battles
Type	Psychic
Category	Special
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	65
Accuracy	100%
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock
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Contests
Category	Beauty
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jam	0
Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn.
Super Contests
Category	Beauty
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Psybeam on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Psybeam on Eevee's Movedex

Psybeam (Japanese: サイケこうせん Psyche-beam) is a Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 2 In the anime 2.1 Pokémon 3 Learnset 3.1 Generation I 3.1.1 By leveling up 3.2 Generation II 3.2.1 By leveling up 3.2.2 By breeding 3.3 Generation III 3.3.1 By leveling up 3.3.2 By breeding 3.4 Generation IV 3.4.1 By leveling up 3.4.2 By breeding 4 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Psybeam does damage and has a 9.8% chance of confusing the opponent.

Psybeam can't confuse an opponent that is already confused.

In Stadium, Psybeam can't confuse an opponent that has a Substitute.

In the anime

Sabrina's Kadabra using Psybeam.

Aya's Venonat using Psybeam.

Sakura's Espeon using Psybeam.

Pokémon

Kadabra. Kadabra's eyes glow red. Rainbow colored cirlces are relased and shot towards the foe.

• Used by Sabrina's Kadabra in Haunter Versus Kadabra.

Alakazam. A multicolored beam is released from Alakazam's spoons when they are crossed.

• Used by a giant Alakazam in The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis.

Venonat. A multicolored beam is created from Venonat's eyes.

• Used by Aya's Venonat in The Ninja Poké-Showdown!.

Espeon. The red gem on its head creates a multicolored beam.

• Used by Sakura's Espeon in The Blue Badge of Courage.

Girafarig. A multicolored beam is created between its horns.

• Used by Lisa's Girafarig in Spell of the Unown.
• Used by Lucian's Girafarig in An Elite Meet and Greet!.

Kecleon. The stripes start to glow and get unleashed.

• Used by Madison and Alexa's Reddy and Greeny in The Kecleon Caper.

Mothim. A multicolored beam is created from Mothim's eyes.

• Used by Cheryl's Mothim in An Angry Combeenation!.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

• French: Rafale Psy.
• German: Psystrahl.
• Italian: Psicoraggio.
• Spanish: Psicorrayo.

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