Ruination (move)

Ruination カタストロフィ Catastrophe

Battles Type  Dark Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Ruination (Japanese: カタストロフィ Catastrophe) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature move of the treasures of ruin.

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• Effect
• Description
• Learnset
  • By leveling up
• In animation
  • Pokémon animated series
• In other languages

Effect

Ruination deals damage equal to 50% of the opponent's remaining HP, rounded down. It always deals at least 1 HP of damage.

Description

Games Description SV The user summons a ruinous disaster. This cuts the target’s HP in half.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Level
					IX
					SV
1001		Wo-Chien		No Eggs Discovered	50
1002		Chien-Pao		No Eggs Discovered	50
1003		Ting-Lu		No Eggs Discovered	50
1004		Chi-Yu		No Eggs Discovered	50
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 animation

Pokémon animated series

Ting-Lu Chien-Pao Chi-Yu Wo-Chien
The user summons a ruinous disaster.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Ting-Lu stomps its forelegs on the ground until its body becomes surrounded by a black and red aura. Then, it slams its forelegs on the ground and fires the aura as a red beam at the opponent; or, Ting-Lu smashes the ground with its vessel, causing parts of the ground or a wave of soil surrounded by black and red energy to burst from the ground and strike the opponent.
A wild Ting-Lu	HZ153		Debut
	Chien-Pao raises its front paws, and red snow with black and red wisps of energy bursts from underneath it and rushes towards the opponent. As it travels, the snow becomes white.
A wild Chien-Pao	HZ153		None
	Chi-Yu creates a ring of red flames with black wisps around its body. Then, it releases the flames at the opponent as multiple streams of red fire.
A wild Chi-Yu	HZ153		None
	Wo-Chien's underside becomes surrounded by a ring of black and red energy, which it then fires at the opponent. As it rushes through the ground, the ring causes the grass to wilt.
A wild Wo-Chien	HZ155		None

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	大災難 Daaih Jōinaahn
	Mandarin	大災難 / 大灾难 Dà Zāinàn
French		Cataclysme
German		Verderben
Italian		Catastrofe
Korean		카타스트로피 Catastrophe
Spanish		Calamidad

Variations of the move Super Fang
Super Fang Nature's Madness • Ruination

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