Mismagius
Magical Pokémon
The incantations Mismagius chants can ward against misfortune, so a custom exists of inviting it into one's home. Incur the Pokémon's displeasure, however, and disaster will surely ensue.
Details
Abilities
Evades Ground moves.
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Mismagius
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Mismagius can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Grudge If the user faints this turn, the PP of the move that fainted it drops to 0. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Lucky Chant Prevents the target from scoring critical hits for five turns. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Magical Leaf Never misses. | Grass | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| 1 | Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Mystical Fire Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage. | Fire | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Perish Song User and target both faint after three turns. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect. | Ghost | Physical | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Power Gem Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Rock | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Psywave Inflicts damage between 50% and 150% of the user’s level. | Psychic | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Spite Lowers the PP of the target’s last used move by 4. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 6 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 11 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 18 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Extrasensory Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 43 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Mismagius.






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Cite this page
“Mismagius”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/mismagius.
Species data from PokéAPI.