Psychic Fangs (move)

	Psychic Fangs; サイコファング Psycho Fang
Type	Psychic
Category	Physical
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	85
Accuracy	100%
Priority	0
	Makes contact; Affected by Protect; Not affected by Magic Coat; Not affected by Snatch; Affected by Mirror Move; Affected by King's Rock;
	Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Introduced	Generation VII
	TR97 in Pokémon Sword and Shield; TM063 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet; TM124 in Pokémon Legends: Z-A;
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Appeal	0
Jam	0
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	On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII; Generation VIII; Generation IX; ;

Psychic Fangs (Japanese: サイコファング Psycho Fang) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation VII. Prior to Generation VIII, it was the signature move of Bruxish, but other Pokémon could still inherit it via breeding.

It is:

Effect

Psychic Fangs removes Light Screen, Reflect, and Aurora Veil from the target's side of the field, then inflicts damage. It will not remove Light Screen, Reflect, or Aurora Veil if Psychic Fangs misses or the target is immune to or protected from Psychic Fangs.

Description

Games	Description
SM USUM PE SwSh LA	The user bites the target with its psychic capabilities. This can also destroy Light Screen and Reflect.
BDSP	This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.
SV	The user attacks by biting the target with its psychic capabilities. This move can also break barriers, such as Light Screen and Reflect.
ZA	The user attacks by biting targets using psychic power. This move can also break barriers such as Light Screen and Reflect.
Champs	Removes the Light Screen, Reflect, and Aurora Veil statuses on the target's side.

Learnset

By leveling up

#		Egg Groups	Level
			VII	IX
			SM USUM	SV
0779	Bruxish	Water 2	41	41
0985	Scream Tail	No Eggs Discovered		56
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 TM/TR

#		Egg Groups	Compatibility
			VIII	IX
			SwSh TR97	SV TM063	ZA TM124
0023	Ekans	Field Dragon		✔	✔
0024	Arbok	Field Dragon		✔	✔
0058	Growlithe	Field	✔	✔
0058	Growlithe Hisuian Form	Field		✔
0059	Arcanine	Field	✔	✔
0059	Arcanine Hisuian Form	Field		✔
0142	Aerodactyl	Flying	✔		✔
0151	Mew	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
0158	Totodile	Monster Water 1		−	✔
0159	Croconaw	Monster Water 1		✔	✔
0160	Feraligatr	Monster Water 1		✔	✔
0169	Crobat	Flying	−		✔
0196	Espeon	Field	✔	✔	✔
0203	Girafarig	Field		✔
0207	Gligar	Bug		✔
0208	Steelix	Mineral	✔		✔
0209	Snubbull	Field Fairy		✔
0210	Granbull	Field Fairy		✔
0228	Houndour	Field		✔	✔
0229	Houndoom	Field		✔	✔
0261	Poochyena	Field		✔
0262	Mightyena	Field		✔
0303	Mawile	Field Fairy	✔		✔
0309	Electrike	Field	✔		✔
0310	Manectric	Field	✔		✔
0318	Carvanha	Water 2	✔		✔
0319	Sharpedo	Water 2	✔		✔
0336	Seviper	Field Dragon		✔	✔
0373	Salamence	Dragon	−	✔	✔
0376	Metagross	Mineral	−	✔	✔
0403	Shinx	Field	✔	✔
0404	Luxio	Field	✔	✔
0405	Luxray	Field	✔	✔
0472	Gliscor	Bug		✔
0506	Lillipup	Field	✔
0507	Herdier	Field	✔
0508	Stoutland	Field	✔
0510	Liepard	Field	−		✔
0528	Swoobat	Field Flying	✔
0550	Basculin Red- and Blue-Striped Forms	Water 2	✔	✔
0550	Basculin White-Striped Form	Water 2		✔
0604	Eelektross	Amorphous		−	✔
0667	Litleo	Field		✔	✔
0668	Pyroar All forms	Field		✔	✔
0676	Furfrou All forms	Field			✔
0696	Tyrunt	Monster Dragon	✔		✔
0697	Tyrantrum	Monster Dragon	✔		✔
0718	Zygarde All forms	No Eggs Discovered	−		✔
0720	Hoopa All forms	No Eggs Discovered		−	✔
0734	Yungoos	Field		✔
0735	Gumshoos	Field		✔
0744	Rockruff	Field	−	✔
0745	Lycanroc Midday Form	Field	✔	✔
0745	Lycanroc Midnight Form	Field	✔	✔
0745	Lycanroc Dusk Form	Field	✔	✔
0773	Silvally All forms	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0779	Bruxish	Water 2		✔
0791	Solgaleo	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
0800	Necrozma All forms	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
0820	Greedent	Field	✔	✔
0836	Boltund	Field	✔
0846	Arrokuda	Water 2	✔	✔
0847	Barraskewda	Water 2	✔	✔
0877	Morpeko	Field Fairy	✔	✔	✔
0882	Dracovish	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0883	Arctovish	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0886	Drakloak	Amorphous Dragon	✔	✔
0887	Dragapult	Amorphous Dragon	✔	✔
0888	Zacian All forms	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
0889	Zamazenta All forms	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
0902	Basculegion All forms	Water 2		✔
0926	Fidough	Field Mineral		✔	✔
0927	Dachsbun	Field Mineral		✔	✔
0942	Maschiff	Field		✔	✔
0943	Mabosstiff	Field		✔	✔
0971	Greavard	Field		✔	✔
0972	Houndstone	Field		✔	✔
0976	Veluza	Water 2		✔
0981	Farigiraf	Field		✔
0985	Scream Tail	No Eggs Discovered		✔
0998	Baxcalibur	Dragon Mineral		−	✔
1002	Chien-Pao	No Eggs Discovered		✔
1014	Okidogi	No Eggs Discovered		✔
1020	Gouging Fire	No Eggs Discovered		✔
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

#		Egg Groups	Egg Move
			VII
			SM USUM
0203	Girafarig	Field	✔^USUM
0318	Carvanha	Water 2	✔
0506	Lillipup	Field	✔
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 other games

Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, Psychic Fangs is a Charged Attack that was made available on November 21, 2021.

Psychic Fangs

Charged Attack

Gyms & Raids

Power

30

Energy cost

33

Duration

1.2 seconds

Damage window

0.4-1.1 seconds

Trainer Battles

Power

40

Energy cost

35

Secondary effect

1 Opponent Defense

Effect chance

100%

Eligible Pokémon:

Standard eligibility

By Elite Charged TM

In other generations

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Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

In other languages


Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	精神之牙 Jīngsàhn jī Ngàh
Chinese	Mandarin	精神之牙 Jīngshén zhī Yá
French		Psycho-Croc
German		Psychobeißer
Hindi		साइकिक फैंग्स Psychic Fangs
Indonesian		Psychic Fang
Italian		Psicozanna
Korean		사이코팽 Saikopaeng
Brazilian Portuguese		Caninos Psíquicos
Russian		Психоклыки Psikhoklyki
Spanish		Psicocolmillo
Thai		ไซโคแฟงก์ Psycho Fang
Turkish		Psişik Dişler

Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99
BDSP
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99

Generation IX TMs
SV
001 • 002 • 003 • 004 • 005 • 006 • 007 • 008 • 009 • 010 • 011 • 012 • 013 • 014 • 015 • 016 • 017 • 018 • 019 020 • 021 • 022 • 023 • 024 • 025 • 026 • 027 • 028 • 029 • 030 • 031 • 032 • 033 • 034 • 035 • 036 • 037 • 038 039 • 040 • 041 • 042 • 043 • 044 • 045 • 046 • 047 • 048 • 049 • 050 • 051 • 052 • 053 • 054 • 055 • 056 • 057 058 • 059 • 060 • 061 • 062 • 063 • 064 • 065 • 066 • 067 • 068 • 069 • 070 • 071 • 072 • 073 • 074 • 075 • 076 077 • 078 • 079 • 080 • 081 • 082 • 083 • 084 • 085 • 086 • 087 • 088 • 089 • 090 • 091 • 092 • 093 • 094 • 095 096 • 097 • 098 • 099 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160 • 161 • 162 • 163 • 164 • 165 • 166 • 167 • 168 • 169 • 170 • 171
Added in SV 2.0.1
172 • 173 • 174 • 175 • 176 • 177 • 178 • 179 • 180 • 181 • 182 • 183 • 184 • 185 • 186 187 • 188 • 189 • 190 • 191 • 192 • 193 • 194 • 195 • 196 • 197 • 198 • 199 • 200 • 201
Added in SV 3.0.0
202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 • 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229
ZA
001 • 002 • 003 • 004 • 005 • 006 • 007 • 008 • 009 • 010 • 011 • 012 • 013 • 014 • 015 • 016 • 017 • 018 • 019 020 • 021 • 022 • 023 • 024 • 025 • 026 • 027 • 028 • 029 • 030 • 031 • 032 • 033 • 034 • 035 • 036 • 037 • 038 039 • 040 • 041 • 042 • 043 • 044 • 045 • 046 • 047 • 048 • 049 • 050 • 051 • 052 • 053 • 054 • 055 • 056 • 057 058 • 059 • 060 • 061 • 062 • 063 • 064 • 065 • 066 • 067 • 068 • 069 • 070 • 071 • 072 • 073 • 074 • 075 • 076 077 • 078 • 079 • 080 • 081 • 082 • 083 • 084 • 085 • 086 • 087 • 088 • 089 • 090 • 091 • 092 • 093 • 094 • 095 096 • 097 • 098 • 099 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107
Added in ZA 2.0.0
108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152 • 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160

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