Reversal

きしかいせい Reversal

Generation:	II

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	Varies
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	15, max: 24
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Reversal (Japanese: きしかいせい, Hepburn: Reversal) is a Fighting-type move introduced in Generation II.

Description[]

Games	Description
GS C	Stronger if the user's HP is low.
RS E	Inflicts more damage when the user's HP is down.
FRLG DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP LA SV	An all-out attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has.

Effect[]

In Battle[]

An all-out attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has. Has a maximum of 200 Base Power at 1 HP.

Contests[]

The appeal works great if performed last.

Super Contests[]

Earns double the score on the final performance.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon	Type	Egg groups	Level
II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Growlithe	fire	Field			25	25^BW 19^B2W2	19	19	52	52
	Growlithe	fire/rock	Field								52
	Arcanine	fire	Field							1	1
	Arcanine	fire/rock	Field								1
	Hitmonlee	fighting	Human-Like	51	51	57	61	1, 61	1, 61	40	40
	Kangaskhan	normal	Monster	49	49	49	55	50	50	44
	Zapdos	fighting/flying	Undiscovered							70	70
	Sentret	normal	Field							42^BDSP
	Furret	normal	Field							50^BDSP
	Heracross	bug/fighting	Bug	44	45	43	43	43^XY 46ORAS	46
	Torchic	fire	Field							36	36
	Combusken	fire/fighting	Field							50	50
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field							56	56
	Taillow	normal/flying	Flying						45	45^BDSP
	Swellow	normal/flying	Flying						57	57^BDSP
	Vigoroth	normal	Field		49	49	55	1, 55^XY 1, 43^ORAS	1, 43	1, 43^BDSP	43
	Slaking	normal	Field							1^BDSP
	Makuhita	fighting	Human-Like		49	43	43	43	43	43^BDSP	43
	Hariyama	fighting	Human-Like		55	57	57	57^XY 50ORAS	50	50BDSP	50
	Meditite	fighting/psychic	Human-Like		42^RSE 41^FRLG	43	46	46^XY 39^ORAS	39	39^BDSP	39
	Medicham	fighting/psychic	Human-Like		46^RSE 47^FRLG	49	55	55^XY 42^ORAS	42	42^BDSP	42
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered			19	19^BW 29^B2W2	29	29	56^SwShBDSP	56
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like							1^SwShBDSP	1
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered				33	33	33	56
	Lillipup	normal	Field				33	33	33	36
	Herdier	normal	Field				38	38	38	48
	Stoutland	normal	Field				42	42	42	50
	Throh	fighting	Human-Like				53	50	45	50
	Sawk	fighting	Human-Like				53	50	45	56
	Escavalier	bug/steel	Bug				49	49	49	24
	Mienfoo	fighting	Field/Human-Like				57	57	57	10	10
	Mienshao	fighting	Field/Human-Like				63	1, 63	1, 63	1	1
	Bouffalant	normal	Field				46	46	46	30
	Malamar	dark/psychic	Water 1/Water 2					1	1	1	1
	Crabrawler	fighting	Water 3						33		33
	Crabominable	fighting/ice	Water 3						33		33
	Lycanroc	rock	Field						1	1	1
	Lycanroc	rock	Field							1	1
	Passimian	fighting	Field						46	55	55
	Buzzwole	bug/fighting	Undiscovered						1	30
	Wooloo	normal	Field							32
	Dubwool	normal	Field							38
	Clobbopus	fighting	Water 1/Human-Like							40
	Grapploct	fighting	Water 1/Human-Like							40
	Falinks	fighting	Fairy/Mineral							30	30
	Squawkabilly	normal/flying	Flying								52
	Maschiff	dark	Field								39
	Mabosstiff	dark	Field								43
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR[]

Pokémon	Type	Egg groups	Machine
II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Pikachu	electric	Field/Fairy					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Raichu	electric	Field/Fairy					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Diglett	ground	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Diglett	ground/steel	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Dugtrio	ground	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Dugtrio	ground/steel	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Mankey	fighting	Field						TM134
	Primeape	fighting	Field						TM134
	Growlithe	fire	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Growlithe	fire/rock	Field						TM134
	Arcanine	fire	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Arcanine	fire/rock	Field						TM134
	Poliwrath	water/fighting	Water 1					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Machop	fighting	Human-Like					TR21^SwSh
	Machoke	fighting	Human-Like					TR21^SwSh
	Machamp	fighting	Human-Like					TR21^SwSh
	Hitmonlee	fighting	Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Rhyhorn	ground/rock	Monster/Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Rhydon	ground/rock	Monster/Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Kangaskhan	normal	Monster					TR21^SwSh
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Pinsir	bug	Bug					TR21^SwSh
	Tauros	normal	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Tauros	fighting	Field						TM134
	Tauros	fighting/fire	Field						TM134
	Tauros	fighting/water	Field						TM134
	Zapdos	fighting/flying	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Mewtwo	psychic	Undiscovered						TM134
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Cyndaquil	fire	Field						TM134
	Quilava	fire	Field						TM134
	Typhlosion	fire	Field						TM134
	Typhlosion	fire/ghost	Field						TM134
	Sentret	normal	Field						TM134
	Furret	normal	Field						TM134
	Pichu	electric	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Yanma	bug/flying	Bug						TM134
	Pineco	bug	Bug						TM134
	Forretress	bug/steel	Bug						TM134
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy						TM134
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy						TM134
	Qwilfish	water/poison	Water 2					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Qwilfish	dark/poison	Water 2						TM134
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Shuckle	bug/rock	Bug					TR21^SwSh
	Heracross	bug/fighting	Bug					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Sneasel	dark/ice	Field						TM134
	Sneasel	fighting/poison	Field						TM134
	Swinub	ice/ground	Field						TM134
	Piloswine	ice/ground	Field						TM134
	Delibird	ice/flying	Water 1/Field						TM134
	Skarmory	steel/flying	Flying						TM134
	Houndour	dark/fire	Field						TM134
	Houndoom	dark/fire	Field						TM134
	Hitmontop	fighting	Human-Like						TM134
	Miltank	normal	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Entei	fire	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Torchic	fire	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Combusken	fire/fighting	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass						TM134
	Breloom	grass/fighting	Fairy/Grass						TM134
	Vigoroth	normal	Field						TM134
	Slaking	normal	Field						TM134
	Makuhita	fighting	Human-Like						TM134
	Hariyama	fighting	Human-Like						TM134
	Aron	steel/rock	Monster					TR21^SwSh
	Lairon	steel/rock	Monster					TR21^SwSh
	Aggron	steel/rock	Monster					TR21^SwSh
	Meditite	fighting/psychic	Human-Like						TM134
	Medicham	fighting/psychic	Human-Like						TM134
	Zangoose	normal	Field						TM134
	Seviper	poison	Field/Dragon						TM134
	Monferno	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like						TM134
	Infernape	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like						TM134
	Bastiodon	rock/steel	Monster						TM134
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like						TM134
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like						TM134
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field						TM134
	Rhyperior	ground/rock	Monster/Field					TR21^SwSh
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Yanmega	bug/flying	Bug						TM134
	Mamoswine	ice/ground	Field						TM134
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh
	Pignite	fire/fighting	Field						TM134
	Emboar	fire/fighting	Field						TM134
	Lillipup	normal	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Herdier	normal	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Stoutland	normal	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Timburr	fighting	Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Gurdurr	fighting	Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Conkeldurr	fighting	Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Throh	fighting	Human-Like					TR21^SwSh
	Sawk	fighting	Human-Like					TR21^SwSh
	Basculin	water	Water 2					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Darmanitan	fire	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Darmanitan	ice	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Scrafty	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon						TM134
	Escavalier	bug/steel	Bug					TR21^SwSh
	Axew	dragon	Monster/Dragon					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Fraxure	dragon	Monster/Dragon					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Haxorus	dragon	Monster/Dragon					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Beartic	ice	Field						TM134
	Accelgor	bug	Bug					TR21^SwSh
	Mienfoo	fighting	Field/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Mienshao	fighting	Field/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Bisharp	dark/steel	Human-Like						TM134
	Bouffalant	normal	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Braviary	normal/flying	Flying						TM134
	Braviary	psychic/flying	Flying						TM134
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Terrakion	rock/fighting	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Virizion	grass/fighting	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered						TM134
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Meloetta	normal/psychic	Undiscovered						TM134
	Chesnaught	grass/fighting	Field						TM134
	Pangoro	fighting/dark	Field/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh
	Honedge	steel/ghost	Mineral					TR21^SwSh
	Doublade	steel/ghost	Mineral					TR21^SwSh
	Aegislash	steel/ghost	Mineral					TR21^SwSh
	Malamar	dark/psychic	Water 1/Water 2					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Hawlucha	fighting/flying	Flying/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Zygarde	dragon/ground	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh
	Decidueye	grass/fighting	Flying						TM134
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Yungoos	normal	Field						TM134
	Gumshoos	normal	Field						TM134
	Crabrawler	fighting	Water 3						TM134
	Crabominable	fighting/ice	Water 3						TM134
	Oricorio	fire/flying	Flying						TM134
	Lycanroc	rock	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Lycanroc	rock	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Bewear	normal/fighting	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Passimian	fighting	Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Silvally	normal	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh
	Komala	normal	Field						TM134
	Togedemaru	electric/steel	Field/Fairy					TR21^SwSh
	Jangmo-o	dragon	Dragon					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Hakamo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Kommo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Buzzwole	bug/fighting	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh
	Marshadow	fighting/ghost	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh
	Zeraora	electric	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh
	Scorbunny	fire	Field/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Raboot	fire	Field/Human-Like					TR21SwSh	TM134
	Cinderace	fire	Field/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Rookidee	flying	Flying					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Corvisquire	flying	Flying					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Corviknight	flying/steel	Flying					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Wooloo	normal	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Dubwool	normal	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Cramorant	flying/water	Water 1/Flying					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Clobbopus	fighting	Water 1/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh
	Grapploct	fighting	Water 1/Human-Like					TR21^SwSh
	Obstagoon	dark/normal	Field					TR21^SwSh
	Falinks	fighting	Fairy/Mineral					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Pincurchin	electric	Water 1/Amorphous					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Eiscue	ice	Water 1/Field					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Morpeko	electric/dark	Field/Fairy						TM134
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Zamazenta	fighting	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Kubfu	fighting	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Urshifu	fighting/dark	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Urshifu	fighting/water	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Regidrago	dragon	Undiscovered					TR21^SwSh	TM134
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug						TM134
	Sneasler	fighting/poison	Field						TM134
	Overqwil	dark/poison	Water 2						TM134
	Quaquaval	water/fighting	Flying/Water 1						TM134
	Spidops	bug	Bug						TM134
	Lokix	bug/dark	Bug						TM134
	Squawkabilly	normal/flying	Flying						TM134
	Maschiff	dark	Field						TM134
	Mabosstiff	dark	Field						TM134
	Klawf	rock	Water 3						TM134
	Palafin	water	Field/Water 2						TM134
	Flamigo	flying/fighting	Flying						TM134
	Annihilape	fighting/ghost	Field						TM134
	Kingambit	dark/steel	Human-Like						TM134
	Great Tusk	ground/fighting	Undiscovered						TM134
	Slither Wing	bug/fighting	Undiscovered						TM134
	Iron Hands	fighting/electric	Undiscovered						TM134
	Iron Valiant	fairy/fighting	Undiscovered						TM134
	Koraidon	fighting/dragon	Undiscovered						TM134
	Iron Leaves	grass/psychic	Undiscovered						TM134
	Okidogi	poison/fighting	Undiscovered						TM134
	Ogerpon	grass	Undiscovered						TM134
	Gouging Fire	fire/dragon	Undiscovered						TM134
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

Special move[]

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H	Hammer Arm High Jump Kick

J	Jump Kick

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O	Octolock

P	Power-Up Punch

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V	Vacuum Wave Victory Dance Vital Throw

W	Wake-Up Slap

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B	Baton Pass Beat Up Belly Drum Bone Rush

C	Charm Conversion 2 Cotton Spore Cross Chop Crunch Curse

D	Destiny Bond Detect Dragon Breath Dynamic Punch

E	Encore Endure Extreme Speed

F	False Swipe Feint Attack Flail Flame Wheel Foresight Frustration Fury Cutter Future Sight

G	Giga Drain

H	Heal Bell Hidden Power

I	Icy Wind Iron Tail

L	Lock-On

M	Mach Punch Magnitude Mean Look Megahorn Metal Claw Milk Drink Mind Reader Mirror Coat Moonlight Morning Sun Mud-Slap

N	Nightmare

O	Octazooka Outrage

P	Pain Split Perish Song Powder Snow Present Protect Psych Up Pursuit

R	Rain Dance Rapid Spin Return Reversal Rock Smash Rollout

S	Sacred Fire Safeguard Sandstorm Scary Face Shadow Ball Sketch Sleep Talk Sludge Bomb Snore Spark Spider Web Spikes Spite Steel Wing Sunny Day Swagger Sweet Kiss Sweet Scent Synthesis

T	Thief Triple Kick Twister

V	Vital Throw

W	Whirlpool

Z	Zap Cannon

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