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Psychic Fangs

Psychic · Physical · 16 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Psychic
Psychic Fangs
TypePsychic
CategoryPhysical
Base power85
Accuracy100%
PP10
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Basculegion 30.2% 1.1% Farigiraf 20.2% 8.2% Mega Metagross 7.3% 90.3% Mega Mawile 5.2% 0.5% Aerodactyl 3.2% 0.5% Lycanroc-Dusk 2.7% 1.4% Houndstone 1.4% 6.9% Arcanine-Hisui 1.2% 0.9% Dragapult 0.73% 14.2% Gliscor 0.10% 9.6% Sharpedo 0.06% 62.5% Tyrantrum 0.05% 54.2% Lycanroc 0.04% 58.7% Luxray 0.04% 27.6% Morpeko 0.03% 1.5% Lycanroc-Midnight 0.01% 22.6%

What it does

If this attack does not miss, the effects of Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil end for the target's side of the field before damage is calculated.

At 85 base power it is the 16th strongest of the 42 damaging physical moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

16 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Psychic Fangs. The one that matters most is Basculegion, which is on 30.2% of teams and carrys it on 1.1% 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. 11 other Psychic moves appear in this format: Trick Room, Psychic, Light Screen, Reflect, Calm Mind, Psyshock and others.

Who could and does not

28 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Psychic Fangs at all, against the 16 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 Basculegion-F, Arcanine, Liepard, Feraligatr, Houndoom and Espeon — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Psychic Fangs accounts for an expected 0.09 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 53rd most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 4% of that comes from Basculegion alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Rock (6), Ghost (3) and Water (2).

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.