Light of Ruin (move)

Move data

Type Fairy
Category Special  Special
Power 140
Accuracy 90
PP 5  (max. 8)
Makes contact? No
Introduced Generation 6

Effects

Light of Ruin deals damage, but the user receives 12 of the damage it inflicted in recoil. In other words, if the attack does 100 HP damage to the opponent, the user will lose 50 HP.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Fairium Z and uses its Z-Power, Light of Ruin turns into Twinkle Tackle and has base power 200.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Light of Ruin
Japanese はめつのひかり (Hametsu no Hikari)
German Lux Calamitatis
French Lumière du Néant
Italian Luce Nefasta
Spanish Luz Aniquiladora
Korean 파멸의빛
Chinese (Simplified) 破灭之光
Chinese (Traditional) 破滅之光

Game descriptions

X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.
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.
Sword​/​Shield Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.
Scarlet​/​Violet Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user terribly.