Psyshield Bash
Pokémon Champions
100% chance to raise the user's Defense by 1.
- Power
- 90 Scarlet & Violet: 70
- Accuracy
- 90%
- PP
- 10
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Psyshield Bash changed from game to game, newest first.
- Champions
Power 70 → 90 Buffed
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 Champions
Has a 100% chance to raise the user's Defense by 1 .
- Makes contact
“Cloaking itself in psychic energy, the user slams into the target. This also boosts the user’s Defense stat.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
- Has a secondary effect: Sheer Force boosts it and removes the effect, Serene Grace doubles the chance, and Shield Dust and Covert Cloak block it.Moves with a secondary effect
Who runs Psyshield Bash on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
On the ladder today
Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Psyshield Bash among their most used moves.
Who learns Psyshield Bash
1 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
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