Light Screen — Pokémon Move

Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns.

Type: psychic; class: status; power: —; accuracy: —; PP: 30; priority: 0.

Effect notes

Erects a barrier around the user’s side of the field that reduces damage from special attacks by half for five turns. In double battles, the reduction is 1/3. Critical hits are not affected by the barrier. If the user is holding Light Clay, the barrier lasts for eight turns. Brick Break or Defog used by an opponent will destroy the barrier.

In-game descriptions by version

gold silver	Ups SPCL.DEF with a wall of light.
crystal	Ups SPCL.DEF with a wall of light.
ruby sapphire	Creates a wall of light that lowers SP. ATK damage.
emerald	Creates a wall of light that lowers SP. ATK damage.
firered leafgreen	A wall of light cuts damage from SP. ATK attacks for five turns.
diamond pearl	A wondrous wall of light is put up to suppress damage from special attacks for five turns.
platinum	A wondrous wall of light is put up to suppress damage from special attacks for five turns.
heartgold soulsilver	A wondrous wall of light is put up to suppress damage from special attacks for five turns.
black white	A wondrous wall of light is put up to suppress damage from special attacks for five turns.
black 2 white 2	A wondrous wall of light is put up to suppress damage from special attacks for five turns.
x y	A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special attacks for five turns.
omega ruby alpha sapphire	A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special attacks for five turns.
sun moon	A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special attacks for five turns.
ultra sun ultra moon	A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special attacks for five turns.
lets go pikachu lets go eevee	A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special attacks for five turns.
sword shield	A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special attacks for five turns.
legends arceus	A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special attacks for five turns.
scarlet violet	A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special moves for five turns.

Pokémon that learn this move in scarlet-violet

pikachu — level-up, level 40
pikachu — tm
raichu — level-up, level 1
raichu — tm
clefairy — tm
clefable — tm
jigglypuff — tm
wigglytuff — tm
psyduck — tm
golduck — tm
slowpoke — tm
slowbro — tm
magnemite — level-up, level 44
magnemite — tm
magneton — level-up, level 52
magneton — tm
cloyster — tm
drowzee — tm
hypno — tm
voltorb — level-up, level 29
voltorb — tm
electrode — level-up, level 29
electrode — tm
exeggcute — tm
exeggutor — tm
chansey — level-up, level 36
chansey — tm
scyther — tm
electabuzz — level-up, level 52
electabuzz — tm
jolteon — tm
articuno — tm
zapdos — level-up, level 10
zapdos — tm
dratini — tm
dragonair — tm
dragonite — tm
mewtwo — tm
mew — tm
chikorita — level-up, level 31
chikorita — tm
bayleef — level-up, level 36
bayleef — tm
meganium — level-up, level 40
meganium — tm
pichu — tm
cleffa — tm
igglybuff — tm
mareep — level-up, level 43
mareep — tm