List of Status Moves

Special Moves deal damage using elemental or energy-based attacks rather than physical contact. Read on to see the list of all Special Moves in Pokemon Legends: Z-A.

Move	Type	Power	Cooldown	Details
Acid Armor	Poison	-	9	The user boosts its Defense stat for a while by altering its cellular structure to become liquefied.
Agility (TM 047)	Psychic	-	12	The user relaxes its muscles to make its body feel lighter, increasing the user's movement speed for a short time.
Amnesia	Psychic	-	9	The user boosts its Sp. Def stat for a while by temporarily emptying its mind to forget all concerns.
Aqua Ring	Water	-	10	The user summons a ring of water that will gradually restore its HP.
Bulk Up (TM 011)	Fighting	-	18	The user boosts its Attack and Defense stats for a short time by tensing its muscles to bulk up its body.
Calm Mind (TM 006)	Psychic	-	18	The user boosts its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats for a short time by quietly focusing its mind and calming its spirit.
Charge	Electric	-	10	The user charges up to boost the power of the next Electric-type move it uses. This also boosts the user's Sp. Def stat for a short time.
Charm	Fairy	-	10	The user gazes charmingly at targets to make them less wary, which lowers their Attack stats for a while.
Confuse Ray	Ghost	-	6	The user shines a sinister ray at targets, leaving them confused.
Cotton Guard	Grass	-	10	The user boosts its Defense stat for a long while by wrapping its body in soft cotton.
Curse (TM 091)	Ghost	-	15	The user boosts its Attack and Defense stats in exchange for lowering its movement speed for a short time. When Ghost types use this move, the effect is different.
Detect	Fighting	-	13	The user takes on a protective stance that prevents incoming attacks from landing.
Double Team (TM 032)	Normal	-	15	The user moves so quickly that it creates illusory copies of itself, allowing the user to evade incoming attacks.
Eerie Impulse	Electric	-	10	The user generates an eerie impulse from its body, which lowers targets' Sp. Atk stats for a while.
Endure (TM 035)	Normal	-	12	The user takes a ready stance to endure any attack. While in this stance, the user will be able to take a hit and be left with at least 1 HP without fail.
Fake Tears	Dark	-	10	The user feigns crying to fluster targets, which lowers their Sp. Def stats for a while.
Feather Dance	Flying	-	10	The user buries targets in a mass of down, which lowers targets' Attack stats for a while.
Focus Energy	Normal	-	10	The user takes a deep breath and focuses, increasing the chance of its attacks landing critical hits for a while.
Forest’s Curse	Grass	-	10	The user places the curse of the forest on targets. This adds the Grass type to targets.
Geomancy	Fairy	-	30	The user absorbs energy to boost its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats and increase its movement speed for a while. This move takes some time to carry out.
Glare	Normal	-	8	The user intimidates targets with a frightful glare that will leave them paralyzed.
Growl	Normal	-	6	The user growls endearingly to make targets less wary, which lowers their Attack stats for a short time.
Growth	Normal	-	15	The user boosts its Attack and Sp. Atk stats for a short time by prompting its body to grow all at once.
Harden	Normal	-	6	The user boosts its Defense stat for a short time by tensing its muscles to stiffen its body.
Haze	Ice	-	15	The user cloaks the area in a dark haze. Pokémon touched by the haze will have their stat changes reverted.
Heal Block (TM 097)	Psychic	-	12	The user prevents targets from recovering HP through moves or items for a while.
Hypnosis	Psychic	-	10	The user employs hypnotic suggestion to make targets drowsy.
Iron Defense (TM 080)	Steel	-	9	The user boosts its Defense stat for a while by hardening the surface of its body until it becomes like iron.
King’s Shield	Steel	-	15	The user takes on a defensive stance and shields itself from incoming attacks. The shield lowers the Attack stats of attackers that make direct contact.
Leech Seed	Grass	-	12	The user plants seeds that will slowly but continually absorb HP from targets and restore the user's HP.
Leer	Normal	-	6	The user frightens targets with an intimidating leer, which lowers their Defense stats for a short time.
Light Screen (TM 016)	Psychic	-	12	The user constructs a wondrous wall of light that will reduce damage taken from special moves for a while. This effect continues even if the user is switched out.
Metal Sound	Steel	-	10	The user emits a horrible sound like screeching metal, which lowers targets' Sp. Def stats for a while.
Metronome (TM 099)	Normal	-	4	The user waggles a finger and stimulates its brain to unleash a random move from among the many moves that exist.
Mist	Ice	-	10	The user cloaks the area in a white mist. Pokémon within the mist cannot have their stats lowered by opponents.
Moonlight	Fairy	-	15	The user restores some HP by bathing in the soothing light of the moon.
Morning Sun	Normal	-	15	The user restores some HP by bathing in the pleasant rays of the sun.
Nasty Plot (TM 083)	Dark	-	15	The user boosts its Sp. Atk stat for a while by thinking bad thoughts to stimulate its brain.
No Retreat	Fighting	-	60	The user puts everything on the line and boosts all its stats for a short time. In exchange, the user temporarily loses the ability to switch out of battle.
Parting Shot	Dark	-	12	The user intimidates targets with a parting threat before rushing back to its Trainer. This lowers targets' Attack and Sp. Atk stats for a short time.
Perish Song	Normal	90	20	Any Pokémon that hears this song will faint after a while, unless they switch out of battle.
Poison Powder	Poison	-	10	The user scatters a cloud of poisonous powder that leaves targets poisoned.
Protect (TM 017)	Normal	-	15	The user takes on a protective stance that prevents incoming attacks from landing.
Recover	Normal	-	15	The user restores its own HP through cellular regeneration.
Reflect (TM 031)	Psychic	-	12	The user constructs a wondrous wall of light that will reduce damage taken from physical moves for a while. This effect continues even if the user is switched out.
Roar (TM 005)	Normal	-	6	The user lets out a mighty roar, which startles targets and drives them back a good distance.
Safeguard (TM 051)	Normal	-	12	The user creates a peculiar field that prevents status conditions for a while. This effect continues even if the user is switched out.
Screech	Normal	-	10	The user emits a horrible screech that makes targets reflexively want to cover their ears. This lowers their Defense stats for a while.
Sleep Powder	Grass	-	10	The user scatters a cloud of soporific powder that leaves targets drowsy.
Smokescreen	Normal	-	10	The user cloaks the area in a cloud of smoke or ink. Those within the cloud will be undetectable to wild Pokémon.
Spikes (TM 088)	Ground	-	7	The user lays a trap of sharp spikes in front of itself. The spikes will damage susceptible opposing Pokémon that make contact with them.
Spiky Shield	Grass	-	15	The user prevents incoming attacks from landing while also dealing damage to any attackers that make direct contact.
Splash	Normal	-	4	The user flops around instead of attacking. This move has no effect at all...
Stealth Rock (TM 037)	Rock	20	10	The user lays a trap of levitating stones in front of itself. The stones will damage opposing Pokémon that touch them.
Sticky Web	Bug	-	7	The user lays sticky webbing at targets' feet. The webbing slows the movements of susceptible opposing Pokémon that make contact with it.
String Shot	Bug	-	9	The user spits out strings of silk, which wrap around targets and make them move more slowly for a short time.
Stun Spore	Grass	-	10	The user scatters a cloud of numbing powder that leaves targets paralyzed.
Substitute (TM 085)	Normal	-	10	The user sacrifices a small amount of HP to create a substitute for itself.
Supersonic	Normal	-	6	The user generates peculiar sound waves that will leave targets confused.
Swords Dance (TM 030)	Normal	-	15	The user boosts its Attack stat for a while by performing a frenetic dance.
Synthesis	Grass	-	15	The user restores some HP by producing energy through photosynthesis.
Tail Whip	Normal	-	7	The user wags its tail cutely to make targets less wary, which lowers their Defense stats for a short time.
Taunt (TM 095)	Dark	-	12	The user taunts targets, sending them into a rage that will allow them to use only damage-dealing moves for a short time.
Teleport	Psychic	-	7	The user teleports back to its Trainer.
Thunder Wave (TM 008)	Electric	-	10	The user launches a weak jolt of electricity to leave targets paralyzed.
Topsy-Turvy	Dark	-	10	The user turns all the stat changes affecting targets topsy-turvy so that they become the opposite of what they were.
Toxic (TM 007)	Poison	-	10	The user badly poisons targets. The poison's damage worsens over time.
Toxic Spikes (TM 089)	Poison	-	7	The user lays a trap of poison spikes in front of itself. The spikes will poison susceptible opposing Pokémon that make contact with them.
Trick-or-Treat	Ghost	-	10	The user invites targets to go trick-or-treating. This adds the Ghost type to targets.
Whirlwind (TM 094)	Normal	-	7	The user creates a strong wind to drive targets back a good distance.
Will-O-Wisp (TM 057)	Fire	-	10	The user shoots a sinister flame to inflict a burn on targets.
Wish	Normal	-	12	A short time after this move is used, HP will be restored either to the user or to the Pokémon that was switched into battle in the user's place.
Work Up (TM 103)	Normal	-	15	The user boosts its Attack and Sp. Atk stats for a short time by getting worked up.

Status Moves Overview

Status Moves affect battles by altering stats, inflicting conditions like Sleep or Paralysis, or changing the battlefield through weather and terrain effects instead of dealing direct damage.