Psybeam (move)

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Psybeam
サイケこうせん Psyche-beam

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%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
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

Target

Foe	Foe
Self	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

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

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 (Japanese: サイケこうせん Psyche-beam) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

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

Psybeam can't confuse a target that is already confused.

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

Generation II and on

Same as before, but with a 10% chance of causing confusion.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
012	Butterfree	Bug	Flying	32^RG ^B
012	Butterfree	Bug	Flying	34^Y
048	Venonat	Bug	Poison	35
049	Venomoth	Bug	Poison	38
064	Kadabra	Psychic		27
065	Alakazam	Psychic		27
137	Porygon	Normal		--^Y
137	Porygon	Normal		23
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
012	Butterfree	Bug	Flying	34
048	Venonat	Bug	Poison	33
049	Venomoth	Bug	Poison	36
064	Kadabra	Psychic		21
065	Alakazam	Psychic		21
137	Porygon	Normal		12
196	Espeon	Psychic		36
200	Misdreavus	Ghost		27
203	Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	41
223	Remoraid	Water		22
224	Octillery	Water		22
233	Porygon2	Normal		12
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
046	Paras	Bug	Grass	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth
054	Psyduck	Water		Espeon Girafarig Remoraid, Octillery
109	Koffing	Poison		Misdreavus
118	Goldeen	Water		Remoraid, Octillery
165	Ledyba	Bug	Flying	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth
167	Spinarak	Bug	Poison	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth
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
012	Butterfree	Bug	Flying	34
048	Venonat	Bug	Poison	33
049	Venomoth	Bug	Poison	36
064	Kadabra	Psychic		21
065	Alakazam	Psychic		21
122	Mr. Mime	Psychic		29
137	Porygon	Normal		12
196	Espeon	Psychic		36
200	Misdreavus	Ghost		27
203	Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	41
223	Remoraid	Water		22
224	Octillery	Water		22
233	Porygon2	Normal		12
269	Dustox	Bug	Poison	24
325	Spoink	Psychic		16
326	Grumpig	Psychic		-- 16
327	Spinda	Normal		16
343	Baltoy	Ground	Psychic	11
344	Claydol	Ground	Psychic	11
352	Kecleon	Normal		17
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
046	Paras	Bug	Grass	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth Dustox
054	Psyduck	Water		Espeon Girafarig Remoraid, Octillery Spoink, Grumpig Spinda Kecleon
109	Koffing	Poison		Misdreavus
118	Goldeen	Water		Remoraid, Octillery
165	Ledyba	Bug	Flying	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth Dustox
167	Spinarak	Bug	Poison	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth Dustox
283	Surskit	Bug	Water	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth Remoraid, Octillery Dustox
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
012	Butterfree	Bug	Flying	24
048	Venonat	Bug	Poison	25
049	Venomoth	Bug	Poison	25
064	Kadabra	Psychic		24
065	Alakazam	Psychic		24
096	Drowzee	Psychic		26
097	Hypno	Psychic		28
122	Mr. Mime	Psychic		25
137	Porygon	Normal		7
196	Espeon	Psychic		36
200	Misdreavus	Ghost		23
203	Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	19
223	Remoraid	Water		10
224	Octillery	Water		-- 10
226	Mantine	Water	Flying	--
233	Porygon2	Normal		7
269	Dustox	Bug	Poison	24
325	Spoink	Psychic		14
326	Grumpig	Psychic		-- 14
327	Spinda	Normal		19
343	Baltoy	Ground	Psychic	11
344	Claydol	Ground	Psychic	11
352	Kecleon	Normal		15^DP
352	Kecleon	Normal		18^Pt ^HGSS
413	Wormadam Plant Cloak	Bug	Grass	32
413	Wormadam Sandy Cloak	Bug	Ground	32
413	Wormadam Trash Cloak	Bug	Steel	32
414	Mothim	Bug	Flying	32
439	Mime Jr.	Psychic		25
474	Porygon-Z	Normal		7
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
046	Paras	Bug	Grass	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth Dustox Mothim
054	Psyduck	Water		Espeon Girafarig Remoraid, Octillery Spoink, Grumpig Spinda Kecleon
109	Koffing	Poison		Misdreavus
118	Goldeen	Water		Remoraid, Octillery
165	Ledyba	Bug	Flying	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth Dustox Mothim
167	Spinarak	Bug	Poison	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth Dustox Mothim
170	Chinchou	Water	Electric	Remoraid, Octillery
283	Surskit	Bug	Water	Butterfree Venonat, Venomoth Remoraid, Octillery Dustox Mothim
456	Finneon	Water		Remoraid, Octillery
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

Pokémon	Method

Kadabra	Espeon	Mismagius	Drowzee
The Pokémon creates a multicolored beam and releases it into the opponent.
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Kadabra	Kadabra's eyes glow red. Then, multicolored circles are released and shot towards the foe.
Sabrina's Kadabra	Haunter Versus Kadabra		Debut
Venonat	A multicolored beam is created from Venonat's eyes.
Aya's Venonat	The Ninja Poké-Showdown!		None
Alakazam	Alakazam crosses its spoons and a multicolored beam is released from them.
Alakazam (Giant)	The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis		None
Eusine's Alakazam	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Girafarig	A multicolored beam is created and released from between Girafarig's horns.
Lisa's Girafarig	Spell of the Unown		None
Cherry's Girafarig	The Psychic Sidekicks!		None
Lucian's Girafarig	An Elite Meet and Greet!		None
Kecleon	The stripe on Kecleon's stomach glows rainbow and it releases a multicolored beam from its mouth.
Madison's Reddy	The Kecleon Caper		None
Alexa's Greeny	The Kecleon Caper		None
Harrison's Kecleon	Playing with Fire!		None
Espeon	The red gem on Espeon's forehead shines and it releases a multicolored beam from the gem.
Sakura's Espeon	Espeon, Not Included		None
Annie's Espeon	Pokémon Heroes		None
Misdreavus	Misdreavus releases a multicolored beam from its eyes.
Marina's Little Miss	Legend of Thunder!		None
Nelson's Misdreavus	Entei at Your Own Risk		None
Venomoth	Venomoth releases two multicolored beams from its eyes.
Chaz's Venomoth	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		None
Spoink	A multicolored beam is created and released from the ball on spoink's head.
Spoink	Clamperl of Wisdom!		None
Dustox	A multicolored beam is fired from Dustox's eyes.
Jessie's Dustox	Seeing is Believing!		None
Mothim	A multicolored beam is created from Mothim's eyes.
Cheryl's Mothim	Some Enchanted Sweetening!		None
Mismagius	A multicolored beam is fired from Mismagius's eyes.
Fantina's Mismagius	Barry's Busting Out All Over!		None
Drowzee	A multicolored beam is fired from the middle of its hands.
Atsuki's Drowzee	DP135		None