Essentials
Summary
User receives 1/2 the damage inflicted in recoil.
Damage Dealt
Stats
- Power
- 140; percentile 91.5
- Accuracy
- 90% ≈ 126.0 power
- PP
- 5, up to 8 with PP Up
- Target
- Selected Pokémon
- Effect chance
- n/a
- Priority
- 0 (normal)
Flags
- Makes contact
- Has a charging turn
- Must recharge
- Blocked by Detect and Protect
- Reflectable
- Snatchable
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Copied by Mirror Move
A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
- Punch-based
- Sound-based
- Unusable during Gravity
- Defrosts when used
- Targets opposite side in triples
- Heals
- Ignores Substitute
- Powder-based
- Jaw-based
- Pulse-based
- Ballistics-based
- Mental effects
- Unusable during Sky Battles
- Dance
Machines
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
Effect
Inflicts regular damage. User takes 1/2 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
Flavor
Flavor Text
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Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.
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Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.
Foreign Names
- Japanese
- はめつのひかり (hametsunohikari)
- はめつのひかり
- Korean
- 파멸의빛
- Chinese
- 破滅之光
- 破灭之光
- French
- Lumière du Néant
- German
- Lux Calamitatis
- Spanish
- Luz Aniquiladora
- Italian
- Luce Nefasta
Similar moves
These moves all have the same effect as Light of Ruin.
Move | Type | Class | PP | Power | Acc | Pri | Effect |
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Head Smash | 5 | 150 | 80% | User receives 1/2 the damage inflicted in recoil. |
Pokémon
Fairy Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.
Pokémon with higher Special Attack are more suited to Light of Ruin's special damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.
Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |||
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Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | ||||||||||||||
50 | 50 | Eternal Floette |
Flower Veil
Symbiosis |
Fairy | 74 | 65 | 67 | 125 | 128 | 92 | 551 |
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