Generation I Move
Light Screen
Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns.
- —Power
- —Accuracy
- 30PP
- 0Priority
Light Screen Battle Data
- Type
- Psychic
- Category
- Status
- Power
- —
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 30
- Priority
- 0
- Target
- User’s field
- Introduced
- Generation I
- Contest type
- Beauty
Light Screen Effect
Erects a barrier around the user’s side of the field that reduces damage from special attacks by half for five turns. In double battles, the reduction is 1/3. Critical hits are not affected by the barrier. If the user is holding Light Clay, the barrier lasts for eight turns. Brick Break or Defog used by an opponent will destroy the barrier.
“A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special moves for five turns.”
Target: The user’s side of the field. Affects the user and its ally (if any).
Light Screen TM / HM
Taught by these machines:
- TM16Ruby & SapphireEmeraldFireRed & LeafGreenDiamond & PearlPlatinumHeartGold & SoulSilverBlack & WhiteColosseumXdBlack 2 & White 2X & YOmega Ruby & Alpha SapphireSun & MoonUltra Sun & Ultra Moon
- TM17Sword & Shield
- TM75Scarlet & Violet
Pokémon That Learn Light Screen
312 Pokémon can learn Light Screen.
Learn by Level Up
Learn by TM / HM
Light Screen Questions & Answers
- What type is Light Screen?
- Light Screen is a Psychic-type status move.
- What does Light Screen do?
- Erects a barrier around the user’s side of the field that reduces damage from special attacks by half for five turns. In double battles, the reduction is 1/3. Critical hits are not affected by the barrier. If the user is holding Light Clay, the barrier lasts for eight turns. Brick Break or Defog used by an opponent will destroy the barrier.
- How many Pokémon can learn Light Screen?
- 312 Pokémon can learn Light Screen.
- What Pokémon can learn Light Screen?
- Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Pikachu, and Raichu, and 307 more Pokémon can learn Light Screen — the full list is above.