Psycho Shift (move)
Psycho Shift サイコシフト Psycho Shift | ||||||||||||
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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
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||
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IV | V | VI | ||||||||
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 | 57 | 57 | ' | |||||
488 | Cresselia | 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. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Type | Father | |||||||
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IV | V | VI | ||||||||
175 | Togepi | 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. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user gives the opponent its current status ailment. | |||
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Cresselia sends any current status ailment to the opponent, healing itself in the process. | |||
Palmer's Cresselia | Different Dimension Battle VIII | Debut |
In other generations
In other languages
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