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Calm Mind

Psychic · Status · 24 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Psychic
Calm Mind
TypePsychic
CategoryStatus
Base power—
Accuracynever misses
PP20
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Sylveon 18.4% 3.2% Mega Floette 17.1% 34.9% Mega Delphox 12.8% 0.8% Primarina 3.1% 66.5% Mega Gardevoir 2.9% 8% Chandelure 1.2% 3.6% Clefable 1.1% 5.6% Drampa 0.65% 20.1% Hatterene 0.46% 4.6% Espathra 0.32% 72.2% Glaceon 0.28% 3% Vaporeon 0.24% 50.5% Mega Slowbro 0.20% 20.7% Klefki 0.19% 17.9% Mega Chimecho 0.17% 16.1% Mega Audino 0.16% 30.5% Alcremie 0.13% 13.6% Reuniclus 0.07% 7.5% Espeon 0.05% 13% Mega Meowstic F 0.05% 6.7% Slowking 0.04% 10.9% Slurpuff 0.03% 0.8% Floette-Eternal 0.02% 8.3% Florges 0.02% 18.9%

What it does

Raises the user's Special Attack and Special Defense by 1 stage.

Who carrys it

24 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Calm Mind. The one that matters most is Sylveon, which is on 18.4% of teams and carrys it on 3.2% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Psychic move it is super effective against Fighting and Poison, resisted by Psychic and Steel, and does nothing at all to Dark. 10 other Psychic moves appear in this format: Trick Room, Psychic, Light Screen, Psyshock, Reflect, Psychic Fangs and others.

Who could and does not

65 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Calm Mind at all, against the 24 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Sneasler, Sinistcha, Farigiraf, Ninetales-Alola, Vivillon and Sableye — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Calm Mind accounts for an expected 0.10 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 50th most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 6% of that comes from Sylveon alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Fairy (12), Psychic (10) and Water (4).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.

Where this goes next

Build

Open the builder with Sylveon seated — Sylveon brings Calm Mind to more teams than any of the other 23 Pokémon that carry it.

More

All 121 moves the format runs, ordered by how many copies an average team carries.