Terrain

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Terrain (Japanese: フィールド field) is a type of field effect in the Pokémon games that affects Pokémon on the ground. The mechanic was introduced in Generation VI. In battle, there is often no initial terrain, but it can be changed by Pokémon's moves and Abilities. Only one type of terrain may be present at a time, with any new terrain put in place overwriting the previous terrain.

There are four types of terrain: Electric Terrain, Grassy Terrain, Misty Terrain, and Psychic Terrain.

In the core series games

Causing terrain

Each terrain has a corresponding move, Max Move, and Ability that will create it. Psychic Terrain can be invoked by a certain Z-Move as well.

Electric Terrain Grassy Terrain Misty Terrain Psychic Terrain
Terrain move Electric Terrain Grassy Terrain Misty Terrain Psychic Terrain
Z-Move /
Max Move
Max Lightning Max Overgrowth Max Starfall Genesis Supernova
Max Mindstorm
Ability Electric Surge Grassy Surge Misty Surge Psychic Surge

Terrain normally lasts for 5 turns regardless of how it is created, but if the Pokémon with that move or Ability held a Terrain Extender when the terrain was put into effect, it lasts 8 turns.

Removing terrain

Terrain can be removed using certain moves.

Moves

A terrain can be removed using any of the following moves.

Move Type Category Power Accuracy Notes
Defog Flying Status —% Generation VIII onwards only. Lowers the target's evasion one stage. Also removes the effects of fog, screen-creating moves, and entry hazards
G-Max Wind Rage Flying Varies —% Exclusive G-Max Move of Gigantamax Corviknight
Also removes the effects of screen-creating moves and entry hazards
Splintered Stormshards Rock Physical 190 —% Exclusive Z-Move of Lycanroc
Steel Roller Steel Physical 130 100% Fails when there is no terrain

Effects

Pokémon that are in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move are considered to not be on the ground for the purposes of terrain.

Natural objects disappear and cannot be destroyed while terrain is in effect.

All effects can also be displayed in this table:

Terrain Damage Additional effect on grounded Pokémon
Increase
By grounded Pokémon
by 50% (Gen. VI-VII)/
30% (Gen. VIII)
Decrease
To grounded Pokémon
by 50%
Electric Terrain Electric-type moves - Prevents Pokémon from falling asleep or becoming drowsy
Grassy Terrain Grass-type moves Bulldoze
Earthquake
Magnitude
Restores 1/16 HP each turn
Misty Terrain - Dragon-type moves Prevents Pokémon from being afflicted by status conditions or becoming confused (Gen. VII+)
Psychic Terrain Psychic-type moves - Prevents Pokémon from being hit by moves with increased priority

Effect on moves

Some moves can have their effects changed depending on the terrain.

Move Type Category Power Accuracy Notes
Expanding Force Psychic Special 80 100% Power is increased and hits all opposing Pokémon if used on Psychic Terrain
Floral Healing Fairy Status 100% Restores up to ⅔ of the target's maximum HP if used on Grassy Terrain
Grassy Glide Grass Physical 70 100% Increased priority if used on Grassy Terrain
Misty Explosion Fairy Special 100 100% Base power is increased by 50% if used on Misty Terrain
Rising Voltage Electric Special 70 100% Power doubles when the target is on Electric Terrain
Terrain Pulse Normal Special 50 100% Power doubles and changes type depending on the terrain
Environment-based moves

Terrain causes moves that vary with environment to ignore the current location and determine their effect based on the terrain, regardless of whether the move's user is on the ground.

Electric Terrain Grassy Terrain Misty Terrain Psychic Terrain
Nature Power Thunderbolt Energy Ball Moonblast Psychic
Secret Power May cause paralysis
(Thunder Shock animation)
May cause sleep
(Vine Whip animation)
May lower Special Attack one stage
(Fairy Wind animation)
May lower Speed one stage
(Confusion animation)
Camouflage Electric Grass Fairy Psychic

Effect on Abilities

Certain Abilities are activated under certain terrains.

Name Effect Generation
introduced
Grass Pelt While Grassy Terrain is active, the Defense of the Pokémon with this Ability is increased by 50% VI
Mimicry Changes the Pokémon's type depending on the terrain VIII
Surge Surfer While Electric Terrain is active, doubles the Speed of Pokémon with this Ability VII

Items

If a Pokémon is holding one of these four held items when the appropriate terrain is created, or switches in while the appropriate terrain is in effect, the item will be consumed and boost one of the holder's stats by one stage. The item will activate regardless of whether or not the Pokémon is grounded.

Electric Terrain Grassy Terrain Misty Terrain Psychic Terrain
Dream Electric Seed Sprite.png
Electric Seed
Dream Grassy Seed Sprite.png
Grassy Seed
Dream Misty Seed Sprite.png
Misty Seed
Dream Psychic Seed Sprite.png
Psychic Seed
boosts Defense boosts Special Defense

In the spin-off games

In Pokémon Masters EX

Creating terrain

There are five means to apply terrain effects; only Electric, Grassy, and Psychic Terrain are available in these ways:

By Pokémon-using move
Terrain Move Playable Users Time-Limited Sync Pair?
Psychic Terrain Bianca & Musharna No
Electric Terrain Volkner & Luxray No
Grassy Terrain Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi Yes
By Trainer-using move
Trainer Move Terrain Playable Users Time-Limited Sync Pair?
Psychic Wish Psychic Terrain May (Anniversary 2022) & Latias Yes
By Max Move
Max Move Terrain Playable Users Time-Limited Sync Pair?
Max Lightning Electric Terrain Elesa (Classic) & Emolga Yes
Max Mindstorm Psychic Terrain Bede & Hatterene Yes
By skill
Skill Name Skill Type Terrain Description Playable Users Time-Limited Sync Pair? Recurring Opponents
Conductive Sync Passive Electric Terrain Turns the field of play’s terrain into Electric Terrain the first time the user's sync move is used each battle. Volkner (New Year's 2022) & Electivire Yes -
Green Thumb Passive Grassy Terrain Turns the field of play’s terrain into Grassy Terrain after using a sync move. - - Will & Exeggutor (Champion Stadium: Johto Challenge)
Tapu Bulu (Legendary Arena/Gauntlet)
Special Case

In Legendary Arena/Gauntlet, Tapu Bulu instantly sets Grassy Terrain every time it gets a new HP bar, including when its battle starts. These instances do not fall into any of the previous four categories.

Removing terrain

Only Defog can clear terrain effects.

Name Category Move Gauge MP Base Power Max Power Accuracy Target Effect Tag Description
Defog Status 2 2 —% An opponent Clears the entire field of terrain and zone effects. Clears all field effects from the opponents' field of play. Lowers the target's evasiveness by one stat rank.

Effects

  • Electric Terrain: Increases the damage of Electric-type attacks by 50% and prevents afflictions of Sleep (though it does not cure Pokémon who were already asleep before that terrain takes effect).
  • Grassy Terrain: Increases the damage of Grass-type attacks by 50% and restores HP of the Pokémon that uses a Grass-type move by 1/16 of their maximum HP (unless they hit themselves in confusion).
  • Psychic Terrain: Increases the damage of Psychic-type attacks by 50%.

All effects are also in this table:

Terrain Attacks That Receive the 50%-Damage Increase Additional Effect
Electric Terrain Electric-type attacks Prevents Pokémon from falling asleep (but does not awaken those already sleeping).
Grassy Terrain Grass-type attacks Restores 1/16 HP to Pokémon after they use a Grass-type move (unless they hit themselves in confusion).
Psychic Terrain Psychic-type attacks -
Differences

Terrain effects function similarly in Pokémon Masters EX as they do in the core series. Yet, here are their differences:

  • All terrain impact all Pokémon on the field. The concept of being (un)grounded is absent in this game except for Pokémon using Fly or Bounce.
  • Grassy Terrain does not reduce the damage of Bulldoze or Earthquake.
  • Psychic Terrain does not prevent moves with increased priority from hitting Pokémon because such moves don't exist in this game.
  • All terrain last for 45 seconds excluding time that sync pairs spend performing Sync Moves or Max Moves but including time that they spend to use regular moves. (This accommodates for this game having real-time battles instead of turn-based ones.)
Effects on attack moves

Some attack moves can have their effects changed depending on the terrain. Thus far, only Grassy Glide falls in this category.

Name Category Move Gauge MP Base Power Max Power Accuracy Target Effect Tag Description
Grassy Glide Physical 3 100 120 100% An opponent Will not consume the move gauge when the terrain is Grassy Terrain.
Effects on skills

In addition, there are skills that are active only under certain terrains:

Terrain Skill Effect
Electric Terrain Electrorepulsion 3 Reduces damage that the user takes from attack moves by 30%.
Power Induction 3 Powers up the user's attack moves by 30%.
Shock Recovery 1 Restores 1/10 of the user's maximum HP when their Pokémon takes an action.
Sync Induction 5 Powers up the user's sync moves by 50%.
Turbo Charge 2 Quickly charges the user's move gauge.
Grassy Terrain Turbo Turf 2 Quickly charges the user's move gauge.
Verdant Immunity Prevents status conditions from afflicting the user.
Verdant Recovery 1 Restores 1/10 of the user's maximum HP when their Pokémon takes an action.
Psychic Terrain Precognition 2 Quickly charges the user's move gauge.
Precognition 3 Quickly charges the user's move gauge.
Premonition 2 Reduces damage that the user takes from attack moves by 20%.
Psychic Freebie 9 Grants the user the Free Move Next effect after their attack move is successful.
Psychic Stasis Prevents the user's stats from getting lowered.
Weird Immunity Prevents status conditions from afflicting the user.
Weird Recovery 1 Restores 1/10 of the user's maximum HP when their Pokémon takes an action.
Weird Shield Increases the user's Special Defense by 50%.
Weird Vibes 1 Powers up the user's attack moves by 10%.

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 場地 Chèuhngdeih *
Mandarin 場地 / 场地 Chǎngdì *
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Veld
France Flag.png French Champ
Germany Flag.png German Feld
Italy Flag.png Italian Campo
South Korea Flag.png Korean 필드 Field
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Terreno
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Campo
Russia Flag.png Russian Поле Pole
Spain Flag.png Spanish Campo


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