Pokédex - Move Data - Mirror Move
Red/Blue Version
| Type | Power | Accuracy | PP |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLYING | 0 | 255 | 20 |
Uses last move the opposing Pokémon used, which becomes the last move user used and the last move the user chose for use. Fails if that move is Mirror Move.
Gold/Silver Version
| Type | Power | Accuracy | PP | Effect Chance (/256) | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLYING | 0 | 255 | 20 | 0 |
Uses last move the opposing Pokémon used (that move doesn’t become the last move the user chose for use). Fails if that move is Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Transform, or any attack user knows. (A move that can’t be used because of Disable can be used this way.)
Ruby/Sapphire Version
| Type | Power | Accuracy | PP | Effect Chance (%) | Range | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLYING | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | No particular target |
Uses last move that successfully targeted user, with no particular target.
Detailed Information
Mirror Move uses a variable X. X is set to the last move that was used and that targeted the user for which all of the following are true:
- The move succeeded in affecting Mirror Move’s user (that is, it didn’t miss, fail, or be ineffective against it).
- The move has a range of "single Pokémon except user", "all opposing Pokémon", "all Pokémon except user", "opposing Pokémon selected at random", or "no particular target".
- The move has flag "e" in the List of Moves.
Special targeting cases:
- A two-turn attack targets a Pokémon on both attack segments of use.
- Snatch targets the opposing Pokémon closest to the Trainer’s left.
The variable X is set separately for each Pokémon and doesn’t change as turns end. When a Pokémon leaves the battle, its value for X is reset, as well as those of all of its opposing Pokémon.
For a move that uses another move, these variables are not modified during that move’s use even if the move being used meets the criteria.
If an effect changes an attack’s target (with Follow Me), Lightningrod, Magic Coat, or Snatch, the changed target is used instead of the old target for the purposes of whether an attack targets Mirror Move’s user.
Diamond/Pearl Version
| Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP | Effect Chance (%) | Range | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLYING | Status | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | No particular target |
Uses with no particular target the last move that targeted the user, was not prevented from being used, was not used by another move, has flag "e", and has a range of "single Pokémon except user", "all opposing Pokémon", "opposing Pokémon selected at random", "all Pokémon except user", or "no particular target". Fails if the affected move is Encore. The affected move is reset for a Pokémon when it leaves the battle or one of its opposing Pokémon leaves the battle. (A two-turn attack targets a Pokémon only on the second attack segment of use. Ignores moves taken with Magic Coat and Snatch. If an effect changes an attack’s target, the changed target is used instead of the old target. For U-turn, the move and target are set after all effects of the attack resolve.)
Black/White Version
| Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP | Effect Chance (%) | Range | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLYING | Status | 0 | 101 | 20 | 0 | Single exc. user |
[Uses against the target the last move the target used if it was not prevented from being used, was not used by another move, and has flag "e". [Fails if the affected move is Encore.]]
Pokémon that can learn Mirror Move
The following Pokémon can learn Mirror Move:
- Level 9
- Black/White Versions and Later: Pokémon Distribution: Windswept Sky (I) (with Hidden Ability)
- Level 43
- Level 37 (as Torchic)
- Ruby/Sapphire Versions and Later, but Before Diamond/Pearl: Level 32
- Ruby/Sapphire Versions and Later, but Before Diamond/Pearl: Level 31 (as Spearow)
- Diamond/Pearl Versions and Later: Level 23
- Diamond/Pearl Versions and Later: Level 21 (as Spearow)
- Level 70
- Level 64 (as Vullaby)
- Ruby/Sapphire Versions and Later, but Before Diamond/Pearl: Level 62
- Ruby/Sapphire Versions and Later: Level 52 (as Pidgeotto)
- Ruby/Sapphire Versions and Later, but Before Diamond/Pearl: Level 47 (as Pidgey)
- Diamond/Pearl Versions and Later: Level 56
- Diamond/Pearl Versions and Later: Level 45 (as Pidgey)
- Ruby/Sapphire Versions and Later: Level 52
- Ruby/Sapphire Versions and Later, but Before Diamond/Pearl: Level 47 (as Pidgey)
- Diamond/Pearl Versions and Later: Level 45 (as Pidgey)
- Ruby/Sapphire Versions and Later, but Before Diamond/Pearl: Level 47
- Diamond/Pearl Versions and Later: Level 45
- Ruby/Sapphire Versions and Later, but Before Diamond/Pearl: Level 31
- Diamond/Pearl Versions and Later: Level 21
- Before Diamond/Pearl: Level 38
- Diamond/Pearl Versions and Later: Level 36
- Egg Move (as Taillow)
- Black/White Versions and Later: Pokémon Distribution: Pleasant Forest/Windswept Sky (II) (with Hidden Ability) (as Taillow)
- Egg Move
- Black/White Versions and Later: Pokémon Distribution: Pleasant Forest/Windswept Sky (II) (with Hidden Ability)
Pokémon that can learn Mirror Move in the Game Boy games
The following Pokémon can learn Mirror Move:
Crystal: Egg Move- Red/Blue; Yellow: Level 25
- Red/Blue; Yellow: Level 22 (as Spearow)
- Gold/Silver; Crystal: Level 32
- Gold/Silver; Crystal: Level 31 (as Spearow)
- Red/Blue; Yellow: Level 54
- Red/Blue; Yellow: Level 49 (as Pidgeotto)
- Red/Blue; Yellow: Level 44 (as Pidgey)
- Gold/Silver; Crystal: Level 61
- Gold/Silver; Crystal: Level 55 (as Pidgeotto)
- Gold/Silver; Crystal: Level 47 (as Pidgey)
- Red/Blue; Yellow: Level 49
- Red/Blue; Yellow: Level 44 (as Pidgey)
- Gold/Silver; Crystal: Level 55
- Gold/Silver; Crystal: Level 47 (as Pidgey)
- Red/Blue; Yellow: Level 44
- Gold/Silver; Crystal: Level 47
- Red/Blue; Yellow: Level 22
- Gold/Silver; Crystal: Level 31