Psystrike (move)

Psystrike サイコブレイク Psycho Break

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

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

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

Contests Category  [[{{{category}}} Contest|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Category  [[{{{category}}} Contest|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Psystrike on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Psystrike on Eevee's Movedex

Psystrike (Japanese: サイコブレイク Psycho Break) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation V. It is the signature move of Mewtwo.

Effect

Psystrike inflicts physical damage. Despite being classified as Special move, this move calculates damage using the user's Special Attack and the opponent's Defense stat (similar to Psyshock and Secret Sword).

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This attack does physical damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	100
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 150 MewtwoLv.70 Psychic Pokémon Smash! Mewtwo Mighty Mewtwo 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 games

Pokémon Conquest

Psystrike is the only move of Mewtwo.

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

Trivia

• Despite being Mewtwo's signature move, it was introduced four generations after Mewtwo was introduced.
• In Pokémon Rumble Blast, the charging animation of this move is similar to the animation of a Pokémon charging up a healing move.

In other languages

Language Title French Frappe Psy German Psychostoß Italian Psicobotta Korean 사이코브레이크 Psycho Break Spanish Onda Mental

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.