Psycho Shift (move)

Psycho Shift サイコシフト Psycho Shift

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0   Points equal 4 minus voltage of judge

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0   Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Psycho Shift on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Psycho Shift on Eevee's Movedex

Psycho Shift (Japanese: サイコシフト Psycho Shift) is a Psychic-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Psycho Shift transfers any non-volatile status ailment from the user to the target, curing the user in the process. It will not transfer volatile status ailments (confusion, etc.), and will fail if the target is immune to the status ailment via type or Ability, or is affected by a status ailment already.

In Generation V, if the target has an Ability that activates in response to the status ailment, Psycho Shift will cure the user after that Ability is activated. Therefore, Synchronize will fail to reflect status conditions when Psycho Shift is used. In Generation IV, Synchronize would cause the user of Psycho Shift to also be affected by the status ailment if it wasn't immune to it.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSSBWB2W2 Using its psychic power of suggestion, the user transfers its status problems to the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying	41				49
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying	47				57
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	33				33
178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	37				37
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	50				50
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	50				50
386		Deoxys	Psychic		Psychic	57				57
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	75				75
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
175		Togepi	Normal		Normal
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Cresselia
The user gives the opponent its current status ailment.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Cresselia	Cresselia raises its head, letting out a loud cry. It is then healed from its current status ailment, while the opponent gains the status ailment Cresselia was just healed from.
Palmer's Cresselia	Alternate Dimension Showdown VIII		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

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 幻象轉移 Huànxiàng Zhuǎnyí French Échange Psy German Psybann Greek Τηλεμεταβίβαση Italian Psicotrasfer Korean 사이코시프트 Psycho Shift Serbian Psihička Smena Spanish Psico-cambio

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