Light of Ruin (move)

Light of Ruin (Japanese: はめつのひかり Light of Ruin) is a damage-dealing Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of the Eternal Flower Floette, which has never been released.

Light of Ruin
はめつのひかり Light of Ruin
Type  Fairy
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  140
Accuracy  90%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation VI
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Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
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Appeal  0  
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

Effect

Generation VI to VII

Light of Ruin inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to ½ of the damage done to the target.

Generation VIII

Light of Ruin cannot be selected in a battle.

Description
Games Description
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwSh		 Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.
BDSP This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.


Learnset

By leveling up
# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII
670 Floette
Eternal Flower		 Undiscovered Undiscovered 50 50
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other generations

Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)		 Generation I
(international)		 Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)		 Generation II
(international)		 Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)		 Generation III
(international)		 RS FRLG FRLGE Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)		 Generation IV
(international)		 PtHGSS HGSS Generation V BW B2W2 Generation V
(Japanese)		 Generation V
(international)		 Generation VI XY ORAS Generation VII SMUSUM LGPE Generation VIII Stadium (JP) Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battrio MD: Red and Blue MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad MD: GTI SMD MD: RTDX Rumble Rumble Blast Masters EX

Trivia
  • In the room service minigame at Hotel Richissime, there is a food style option that selects the name of a random move, in which Light of Ruin can be mentioned. This is the only way for the move's name to be seen legitimately in any game.
  • Light of Ruin has the highest base power of all Fairy-type moves, excluding Z-Moves and Max Moves.
    • A Twinkle Tackle based on Light of Ruin has the highest base power of all Fairy-type moves.
  • Excluding Volt Tackle in Generation III, Light of Ruin is the only special move that causes recoil damage.
    • It is also the only Fairy-type move that causes recoil damage.

In other languages
Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 破滅之光 Pomiht-jī Gwōng
Mandarin 破滅之光 / 破灭之光 Pòmiè-zhī Guāng
French Lumière du Néant
German Lux Calamitatis
Italian Luce Nefasta
Korean 파멸의빛 Pamyeol-yi Bit
Spanish Luz Aniquiladora



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