Essentials

Light of Ruin

Fairy special

Generation 6

Summary

User receives 1/2 the damage inflicted in recoil.

Damage Dealt

  • Bug 1
  • Dark 2
  • Dragon 2
  • Electric 1
  • Fairy 1
  • Fighting 2
  • Fire ½
  • Flying 1
  • Ghost 1
  • Grass 1
  • Ground 1
  • Ice 1
  • Normal 1
  • Poison ½
  • Psychic 1
  • Rock 1
  • Steel ½
  • Water 1

Stats

Power
140; percentile 91.5
Accuracy
90% ≈ 126.0 power
PP
5, up to 8 with PP Up PP Up
Target
Selected Pokémon
Effect chance
n/a
Priority
0 (normal)

Machines

Generation 6
Not a TM
Generation 7
Not a TM

Effect

Inflicts regular damage. User takes 1/2 the damage it inflicts in recoil.

Meta

This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 6
X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire

Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.

Generation 7
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon

Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.

Foreign Names

Japanese
はめつのひかり (hametsunohikari)
はめつのひかり
Korean
파멸의빛
Chinese
破滅之光
破灭之光
French
Lumière du Néant
German
Lux Calamitatis
Spanish
Luz Aniquiladora
Italian
Luce Nefasta

Similar moves

These moves all have the same effect as Light of Ruin.

Move Type Class PP Power Acc Pri Effect
Head Smash Rock physical 5 150 80%

User receives 1/2 the damage inflicted in recoil.

Pokémon

Fairy Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.

Pokémon with higher Special Attack are more suited to Light of Ruin's special damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.

Generation 6 Generation 7 Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
50 50 Eternal Floette Eternal Floette Fairy Flower Veil
Symbiosis
always female Fairy 74 65 67 125 128 92 551

1 Pokémon

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