What abilities are affected by Psychic Terrain?
What abilities are affected by Psychic Terrain?
Psychic Terrain, a unique terrain introduced in the Pokémon series, possesses the ability to affect abilities in various ways. Not all abilities are affected in the same way, some are enhanced while others, like Levitate, offer immunity. Let’s examine the abilities affected by Psychic Terrain in-depth.
Psychic-type enhancements
Psychic-type attackers gain a 1.5x power boost, and their moves will deal a higher amount of damage once Psychometric’s enhancement is in effect. Any Psychic-type attacks made after the terrain has been spawned will have a higher efficiency.
Priority-boosted moves
On the other hand, those with increased-priority moves (Prioritized by abilities like Prankster,Gale Wings,and Triage) continue to be immune to Terrain’s effects, allowing Grounded Pokémon to be avoided.
Levitate immunity
LEVITATE ABILITIES’ IMMUNITY TO PSYCHIC TERRAIN: Pokémon that possess or have Levitate abilities receive no effect from Psychic Terra. They maintain their typical movement patterns, unaffected and free from constraints.
What about Flying types? Aren’t they ground-based opponents? LEVITATES’ IMMUNITY TO FLYING, yes Fly-types, maintain their semi-invulnerable duration during specific moves, similar to hovering in mid-air.
Another notable immunity concerns PSYCHIC TIDE; even though PSYCHIC TErrain is on, attacks with Psychic tide will perform as usual and not yield the usual +1% boost.
A few remaining points:
- Those with *Perish Song** move will get no benefit as it still functions normally regardless of territory.
- Protect will operate as scheduled, regardless of terrain setting.
- Triage boost is as expected; they’ll apply the standard benefits.
Regarding the specific scenarios:
**Flying Immunity to Terrain**
**LEVITATE-TYPE FLYING TRAITS REMAIN CONSISTENT, UNHAMPERED**. Despite the terrain presence, even when in air, as if they didn’t really “land,” they preserve their ability and movement status.
**TABLE: How Abilities are affected by Terrain**
| Abilities | EFFECT ON PSYCHIC TERRAIN |
|-|-|
| Psychic-based | **POWER BOOST *1.5x ** |
| Prankster, Gale Wings, Traige | IMMUNE, NO EFFECT FROM TERRAIN |
| Levitates | IMMUNITY TO PHYSICAL TERRAIN RESTRICTIONS|
| Flyers | IMMUNE TO Terrain, preserve status |
| Perish Song | ACTIVE AS USUAL, UNSUBSTANTIVABLE BY TERRAIN.|
| Protect | PRESERVES SCHEDULE PROTECTION, INSIDE|