User:TTEchidna/Future Psychos

Psychos, my most powerful Pokémon, have been a staple of my all-out legendary teams since Generation I, when the original among them came into being.

What is a Psycho?

The definition of what constitutes a Psycho has changed several times since I caught the original in Red. Below are the definitions of a Psycho during each generation.

Generation I

Version 1.0

Psycho is defined as Mewtwo. Required moves are Psychic, Swift, Recover, and Thunderbolt.

Generation II

Version 2.0

Psycho is defined as Mewtwo and Lugia. Required moves are Psychic and Recover.

Version 2.0.1

Psycho is defined as a legendary, 600 base stat total Pokémon that has Psychic and Recover.

Version 2.1

Psycho is defined as a Pokémon that has Psychic and Recover, Softboiled, Morning Sun, Moonlight, Synthesis, or Milk Drink.

Generation III

Version 3.0

Psycho is defined as a Pokémon that has Psychic or Psycho Boost and Recover, Softboiled, Morning Sun, Moonlight, Synthesis, Milk Drink, Slack Off, or Wish.

Generation IV

Version 4.0

Psycho is defined as a Pokémon that has Psychic, Psycho Boost, or Psycho Cut and Recover, Softboiled, Morning Sun, Moonlight, Synthesis, Milk Drink, Slack Off, Wish, Heal Order, or Roost.

List of Psychos

No. Image Psycho Moves
1 150.png Psycho Psychic Psychic
Swift Normal
Recover Normal
Thunderbolt Electric
2 249.png Neo Psycho Psycho Boost Psychic
Aeroblast Flying
Recover Normal
Surf Water
3 250.png Hot Psycho Psychic Psychic
AncientPower Rock
Recover Normal
Sacred Fire Fire
4 196.png ESP Psycho Psychic Psychic
Swift Normal
Recover Normal
Shadow Ball Ghost
5 251.png Era Psycho Psychic Psychic
Leaf Storm Grass
Recover Normal
Future Sight Psychic
6 151.png MiniPsycho Psychic Psychic
Transform Normal
Softboiled Normal
Thunderbolt Electric
7 197.png Fox Psycho Psychic Psychic
Faint Attack Dark
Moonlight Normal
Shadow Ball Ghost
8 065.png Psy Psycho Psychic Psychic
Future Sight Psychic
Recover Normal
Psybeam Psychic
9 474.png V/R Psycho Psychic Psychic
Tri Attack Normal
Recover Normal
Signal Beam Bug
10 381.png EverPsycho Psychic Psychic
Surf Water
Recover Normal
Thunderbolt Electric
11 380.png NovaPsycho Psychic Psychic
SolarBeam Grass
Recover Normal
Dragon Pulse Dragon
12 385.png Zeo Psycho Psychic Psychic
Doom Desire Steel
Wish Normal
Future Sight Psychic
13 386.png DNA Psycho Psycho Boost Psychic
ExtremeSpeed Normal
Recover Normal
Zap Cannon Electric
14 488.png LunaPsycho Psychic Psychic
Ice Beam Ice
Moonlight Normal
Energy Ball Grass
15 430.png Mob Psycho Psychic Psychic
Dark Pulse Dark
Roost Flying
Night Slash Dark
16 036.png PinkPsycho Psychic Psychic
Flamethrower Fire
Softboiled Normal
Metronome Normal
17 282.png Emo Psycho Psychic Psychic
Energy Ball Grass
Wish Normal
Focus Blast Fighting
18 242.png Egg Psycho Psychic Psychic
Copycat Normal
Softboiled Normal
Protect Normal

Pokémon with potential

These Pokémon could theoretically become Psychos, they just haven't yet, for whatever reason.

# Pokémon Psycho name Psycho moves Other moves
012 012 Butterfree MariPsycho Psychic Psychic Bug Buzz Bug
Roost Flying Giga Drain Grass
049 049 Venomoth LepiPsycho Psychic Psychic Bug Buzz Bug
Roost Flying Sludge Bomb Poison
080 080 Slowbro DumbPsycho Psychic Psychic Flamethrower Fire
Slack Off Normal Surf Water
103 103 Exeggutor CocoPsycho Psychic Psychic Giga Drain Grass
Synthesis Normal AncientPower Rock
121 121 Starmie StarPsycho Psychic Psychic Power Gem Rock
Recover Normal Ice Beam Ice
164 164 Noctowl Wol Psycho Psychic Psychic Air Slash Flying
Roost Flying Silver Wind Bug
178 178 Xatu MayaPsycho Psychic Psychic Giga Drain Grass
Roost Flying Ominous Wind Ghost
199 199 Slowking KingPsycho Psychic Psychic Trump Card Normal
Slack Off Normal Surf Water
222 222 Corsola CoraPsycho Psychic Psychic Power Gem Rock
Recover Normal Earth Power Ground
267 267 Beautifly PosaPsycho Psychic Psychic Bug Buzz Bug
Morning Sun Normal Shadow Ball Ghost
269 269 Dustox ToxiPsycho Psychic Psychic Bug Buzz Bug
Moonlight Normal Sludge Bomb Poison
302 302 Sableye Gem Psycho Psychic Psychic Dark Pulse Dark
Recover Normal Shadow Ball Ghost
308 308 Medicham YogaPsycho Psycho Cut Psychic Protect Normal
Recover Normal Detect Fighting
358 358 Chimecho DingPsycho Psychic Psychic Extrasensory Psychic
Recover Normal Shadow Ball Ghost
414 414 Mothim DudePsycho Psychic Psychic Bug Buzz Bug
Roost Flying Air Slash Flying
468 468 Togekiss TogePsycho Psychic Psychic Air Slash Flying
Softboiled Normal Metronome Normal
469 469 Yanmega MegaPsycho Psychic Psychic Air Slash Flying
Roost Flying Silver Wind Bug
492 492 Shaymin ChiaPsycho Psychic Psychic Seed Flare Grass
Recover Normal Giga Drain Grass
493 493 Arceus DeusPsycho Psychic Psychic Judgment Normal
Recover Normal Hyper Beam Normal