Mirror Coat (move)
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Mirror Coat (Japanese: ミラーコート Mirror Coat) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.
Effect
If the last amount of damage done to the user before the use of Mirror Coat is greater than 0 and was dealt by a Special move, Mirror Coat will do twice as much damage as taken by that attack to the opponent. Although Mirror Coat deals Psychic-type damage, its type does not alter the amount of damage it inflicts; although, it will not work against Dark-type Pokémon.
Mirror Coat is a decreased priority move. If the opponent does not use a decreased priority move during the round that it is used, Mirror Coat will go last regardless of the user's or opponent's speed. If the opponent also uses a decreased priority move during the same round, the attack order of the users will be determined normally.
Learnset
Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0007
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| colspan="6" | 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.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0007
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola, Feebas, Milotic
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0345
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Lileep
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| colspan="6" | 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.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0007
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola, Mantine, Feebas, Milotic,
Shellos, Gastrodon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0203
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Lopunny, Glaceon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0226
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Mantine
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Corsola,
Feebas, Milotic, Shellos, Gastrodon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0325
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Spoink
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Lopunny, Glaceon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0345
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Lileep
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Wobbuffet,
Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert,
Feebas, Milotic
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Wobbuffet,
Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert,
Feebas, Milotic
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0458
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Mantyke
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Corsola,
Feebas, Milotic,
Shellos, Gastrodon
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| colspan="6" | 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.
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Special move
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Generation V
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0007
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola, Mantine, Feebas, Milotic,
Shellos, Gastrodon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0203
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Lopunny, Glaceon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0226
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Mantine
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Corsola,
Feebas, Milotic, Shellos, Gastrodon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0325
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Spoink
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Lopunny, Glaceon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0345
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Lileep
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Wobbuffet,
Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert,
Feebas, Milotic
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Wobbuffet,
Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert,
Feebas, Milotic
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0458
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Mantyke
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Corsola,
Feebas, Milotic,
Shellos, Gastrodon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0495
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Snivy
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Lopunny, Glaceon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0574
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Gothimu
| style="background: #FFF" | Gothimu
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Lopunny
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0594
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Mamanbou
| style="background: #FFF" | Mamanbou
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
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| colspan="6" | 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.
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In the anime
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| A retaliation move that counters any special attack, inflicting double the damage taken. | |||
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Wobbuffet becomes coated in a glowing reflective substance. On occasion, it looks similar to a Counter attack. | ||
| Duplica's Mini-Dit in the form of Wobbuffet | Imitation Confrontation | Debut | |
| Jessie's Wobbuffet | Imitation Confrontation | None | |
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Corsola's body glows yellow-orange and a Special attack is then reflected back to the opponent. | ||
| Misty's Corsola | A Corsola Caper! | None | |
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Suicune releases a blue energy shield around its body, reflecting all special attacks. | ||
| A wild Suicune | For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll | None | |
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Tentacruel becomes coated in a glowing reflective substance that reflects all special attacks. | ||
| Juan's Tentacruel | The Great Eight Fate! | None | |
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Glaceon's body becomes surrounded in a glowing reflective substance, blocking all special attacks. | ||
| May's Glaceon | Strategy with a Smile! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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| The user reflects an opponent's special attack back at them. | |||
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When Suicune gets hit by a special attack, it forms multiple ice mirrors around the opponent. The mirrors causes the opponent to see illusions, and when they touch the mirrors, they shatter and the opponent gets hurt by the same amount of damage that Suicune took, but several times stronger, or Suicune creates an ice mirror in front of it that repels special attacks. | ||
| Crys's Suicune | Misdreavus Misgivings | Debut | |
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Feebas wiggles its body around and a glowing glass wall forms in front of it. The glass wall absorbs an attack and it then shatters, damaging the opponent who used the attack. | ||
| Ruby's Mimi | VS. Zangoose & Seviper II | None | |
Trivia
- Both Mirror Coat and its counterpart Counter do not affect one type of Pokémon each; Mirror Coat does not affect Dark types and Counter does not affect Ghost types.
In other languages
- Dutch: Spiegellaag
- Finnish: Peilipinta
- French: Voile Miroir
- German: Spiegelcape
- Greek: Αντανάκλαση
- Italian: Specchiovelo
- Korean: 미러코트 Mirror Coat
- Spanish: Manto Espejo
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