Mirror Coat (move)

Mirror Coat (Japanese: ミラーコート Mirror Coat) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation II.
==Effect==
===Generations II and III===
If the last amount of damage done to the user before the use of Mirror Coat is greater than 0 and was dealt by a special move, Mirror Coat will do twice as much damage as taken by that attack to the opponent. If the opponent uses a physical move or does not attack at all, Mirror Coat fails. Pokémon are immune to Mirror Coat, but otherwise, Mirror Coat's type has no effect on the damage done to the target.
Mirror Coat is a decreased priority move. If the opponent does not use a decreased priority move during the round that it is used, Mirror Coat will go last regardless of the user's or opponent's speed. If the opponent also uses a decreased priority move during the same round, the attack order of the users will be determined normally.
Mirror Coat will only consider the last strike of a multistrike move. It does not counter a move absorbed by a .
Mirror Coat cannot be activated by , regardless of its actual type and damage category. It also cannot be activated by , despite moves being special in Generations II and III.
In Double Battles, Mirror Coat will hit the last opponent that dealt special damage to the attacker. Mirror Coat cannot affect allied Pokémon.
Mirror Coat can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if was used in the previous turn.
===Generation IV onwards===
Mirror Coat can no longer be copied by .
As is a special move regardless of its actual type, it can now activate Mirror Coat.
In Triple Battles, Mirror Coat can hit non-adjacent opponents provided a non-adjacent opponent was the last Pokémon to attack the user. Mirror Coat is effective against , and even though these moves use the target's Defense stat to calculate damage.
If the Pokémon using Mirror Coat is hit by a special move that deals 0 damage, Mirror Coat becomes a special move with 1 base power.
Mirror Coat can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if any of the moves , or was used in the prior turn.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By ===
===Special move===
====Generation IV====
====Generation V====
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====Generation IV====
====Generation V====
==In other games==
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Mirror Coat gives the user the status condition. With this status condition, the user will reflect any damage taken from special moves back to any adjacent opponents equal to the damage received. Oddly in Explorers of Time and Darkness, though moves are assigned as Physical or Special in game, Mirror Coat will return damage from damaging moves from types previously assigned as special prior to the Physical/Special split. The status lasts for 7-12 / 6 turns.
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In , Mirror Coat could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Mirror Coat could be seen as a move used by Boss and .
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move gauge cost	MP(uses)	Base	Max 	 	Target	Effect tag 	Description	Playable
Mirror Coat	3	— 	100 	120 	100%	An opponent	— 	The user takes up a counterattacking posture. Using this move again will cause the user to leave this posture. No other actions can be taken while in this posture. The user will leave this posture if hit by a special attack move while it is in this counterattacking posture, then attacks the opponent that made the hit. The more damage the user has taken, the greater the power of this attack.	 	
Notes:
* Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): ...The user will attack if hit by a special move while it is in this counterattacking posture, then the user leaves this posture. The more damage the user has taken from the opponent's move, the greater the power of this move.
* Description prior to Version 2.20.0 (from April 27, 2022): ...The more damage the user has taken, the greater the power of this move.
====In-depth description====
This move's power scales based on how much HP the user loses while in their counterattacking posture. The more HP lost, the higher this move's power multiplier. The power multiplier resets when the user leaves this posture.
Here is a table showing the specifics of this movePokémon Masters Damage Formula by StDk:
HP Lost While in Counterattacking Posture	Power Multiplier
0% — 33.3% 	×1
33.4% — 50% 	×1.5
50.1% — 83.3% 	×2.3
83.4% — 99.9% 	×3.37
===Pokémon GO===
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Movie adaptations===
===Pokémon Adventures===
* In Mixing It Up with Magcargo, Mirror Coat was used by an unknown Pokémon belonging to Team Aqua.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* In Generations II and III, this move cannot reflect , regardless of its type. This is because Hidden Power was always determined by the game to be , so even if it was a Special type, like or , Mirror Coat would always fail against Hidden Power, while Counter would always reflect it.
==In other languages==
Category:Decreased priority moves
Category:Moves that deal direct damage
Category:Counterattacks
Category:Moves that can fail
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
de:Spiegelcape
es:Manto espejo
fr:Voile Miroir
it:Specchiovelo
ja:ミラーコート
zh:镜面反射（招式）