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Mirror Move

Not in Pokémon ChampionsGen INot in Scarlet & Violet
Game

Sun & Moon and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon

FlyingStatus

User uses the target's last used move against it.

Power
–
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user

Changes over time

How Mirror Move changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen V

    The user uses the last move dropped: that successfully targeted added: used by the dropped: user. added: target. The copied move is used dropped: with no specific target. added: against that target, if possible. Fails if dropped: no move added: the target has dropped: targeted the user, if the move was called by another added: not made a move, dropped: if the move is Encore, or if the added: last move added: used cannot be copied by this move.

  2. Gen IV

    … targeted the user, if the move dropped: missed, failed, or had no effect on added: was called by another move, if the dropped: user, added: move is Encore, or if the move cannot be copied by this move.

  3. Gen III

    Before: The user uses the last move used by the target. Fails if the target has not made a move since the user switched in, or if the last move used was Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Transform, or any move the user knows.

    Now: The user uses the last move that successfully targeted the user. The copied move is used with no specific target. Fails if no move has targeted the user, if the move missed, failed, or had no effect on the user, or if the move cannot be copied by this move.

  4. Gen II

    … if the last move used was added: Metronome, Mimic, Mirror dropped: Move. added: Move, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Transform, or any move the user knows.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Gen VII

The user uses the last move used by the target. The copied move is used against that target, if possible. Fails if the target has not made a move, or if the last move used cannot be copied by this move.

“The user counters the target by mimicking the target’s last move.”

In-game text, Sun & Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon and Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee

Good to know

Who learns Mirror Move

It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.

All 25 Pokémon that learn it in any game →