Amnesia — Pokémon Move

Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.

Type: psychic; class: status; power: —; accuracy: —; PP: 20; priority: 0.

Effect notes

Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.

In-game descriptions by version

gold silver	Sharply raises the user's SPCL.DEF.
crystal	Sharply raises the user's SPCL.DEF.
ruby sapphire	Forgets about something and sharply raises SP. DEF.
emerald	Forgets about something and sharply raises SP. DEF.
firered leafgreen	Forgets about something and sharply raises SP. DEF.
diamond pearl	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. It sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
platinum	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. It sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
heartgold soulsilver	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. It sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
black white	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. It sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
black 2 white 2	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. It sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
x y	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
omega ruby alpha sapphire	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
sun moon	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
ultra sun ultra moon	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
lets go pikachu lets go eevee	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
sword shield	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
legends arceus	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply raises the user's Sp. Def stat.
scarlet violet	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply boosts the user's Sp. Def stat.

Pokémon that learn this move in scarlet-violet

venusaur — tm
sandshrew — tm
sandslash — tm
clefairy — tm
clefable — tm
jigglypuff — tm
wigglytuff — tm
meowth — tm
persian — tm
psyduck — level-up, level 34
psyduck — tm
golduck — level-up, level 36
golduck — tm
poliwag — tm
poliwhirl — tm
poliwrath — tm
slowpoke — level-up, level 27
slowpoke — tm
slowbro — level-up, level 27
slowbro — tm
snorlax — level-up, level 36
snorlax — tm
mewtwo — level-up, level 32
mewtwo — tm
mew — level-up, level 10
mew — tm
sentret — level-up, level 36
sentret — tm
furret — level-up, level 42
furret — tm
hoothoot — tm
noctowl — tm
chinchou — tm
lanturn — tm
cleffa — tm
marill — tm
azumarill — tm
politoed — tm
wooper — level-up, level 32
wooper — tm
quagsire — level-up, level 40
quagsire — tm
slowking — level-up, level 27
slowking — tm
girafarig — tm
dunsparce — tm
slugma — level-up, level 36
slugma — tm
magcargo — level-up, level 36
magcargo — tm