List of PSI abilities in EarthBound

This is a list of all PSI abilities that are learned in EarthBound.

Offense

PSI Fire

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Paula	3	6	To row of foes	Deals 60 - 100 damage	Works on a single row of enemies. One enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	Fire bursts from the fingers and a row of enemies take about 80 points of damage each.
β	Paula	19	12	To row of foes	Deals 120 - 200 damage	Works on a single row of enemies. One enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	Fire bursts from the fingers and a row of enemies take about 160 points of damage each.
γ	Paula	37	20	To row of foes	Deals 180 - 300 damage	Works on a single row of enemies. One enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	Fire bursts from the fingers and a row of enemies take about 240 points of damage each.
Ω	Paula	46	42	To row of foes	Deals 240 - 400 damage	Works on a single row of enemies. One enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	Fire bursts from the fingers and a row of enemies take about 320 points of damage each.

PSI Flash

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Ness	18	8	To all enemies	N/A	Enemies suffer from crying, numbness, feeling strange or they become unconscious.	It generates a strong flash and can make the enemy start crying uncontrollably, and in some circumstances, feel strange.
β	Ness	38	16	To all enemies	N/A	Enemies suffer from crying, numbness, feeling strange or they become unconscious.	It generates a strong flash and can make the enemy start crying uncontrollably, and in some circumstances, can make the enemy feel strange, become numb, or even be destroyed.
γ	Ness	61	24	To all enemies	N/A	Enemies suffer from crying, numbness, feeling strange or they become unconscious.	It generates a strong flash and can make the enemy start crying uncontrollably. Often, it will destroy an enemy in a single strike.
Ω	Ness	67	32	To all enemies	N/A	Enemies suffer from crying, numbness, feeling strange or they become unconscious.	It generates glorious rays that have a high probability of destroying all the enemies on the scene in a single strike.

PSI Freeze

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Paula, Poo	1, 15	4	To one enemy	Deals 125 - 235 damage	An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	Causes a very cold wind to swirl around one enemy, inflicting about 180 points of damage. May freeze the enemy completely. It may not be so effective against some enemies.
β	Paula, Poo	11, 15	9	To one enemy	Deals 270 - 450 damage	An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	Causes a very cold wind to swirl around one enemy, inflicting about 360 points of damage. May freeze the enemy completely. It may not be so effective against some enemies.
γ	Paula, Poo	31, 33	18	To one enemy	Deals 405 - 675 damage	An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	Causes a very cold wind to swirl around one enemy, inflicting about 540 points of damage. May freeze the enemy completely. It may not be so effective against some enemies.
Ω	Paula	46	28	To one enemy	Deals 540 - 900 damage	An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	Causes a very cold wind to swirl around one enemy, inflicting about 720 points of damage. May freeze the enemy completely. It may not be so effective against some enemies.

PSI Rockin (Favorite Thing)

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Ness	8	10	To all enemies	Deals 40 - 120 damage	Ness' special PSI that is named for his favorite thing. It effects all enemies on the battle screen and decreases one enemy's Psychic Shield strength by 1.	A deadly PSI attack which only Ness can use. It's a psychokinetic wave generated by concentration that deals each enemy about 50 points of damage.
β	Ness	22	14	To all enemies	Deals 90 - 270 damage	Ness' special PSI that is named for his favorite thing. It effects all enemies on the battle screen and decreases one enemy's Psychic Shield strength by 1.	A deadly PSI attack which only Ness can use. It's a psychokinetic wave generated by concentration that deals each enemy about 180 points of damage.
γ	Ness	49	40	To all enemies	Deals 160 - 480 damage	Ness' special PSI that is named for his favorite thing. It effects all enemies on the battle screen and decreases one enemy's Psychic Shield strength by 1.	A deadly PSI attack which only Ness can use. It's a psychokinetic wave generated by concentration that deals each enemy about 320 points of damage.
Ω	Ness	75	98	To all enemies	Deals 320 - 960 damage	Ness' special PSI that is named for his favorite thing. It effects all enemies on the battle screen and decreases one enemy's Psychic Shield strength by 1.	A deadly PSI attack which only Ness can use. It's a psychokinetic wave generated by concentration that deals each enemy about 640 points of damage.

PSI Starstorm

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Poo	Event	24	To all enemies	Deals 270 - 450 damage	Impossible to avoid. An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	The method of "shaking off the stars" which Poo learned in his training. It deals about 360 points of damage to each enemy.
Ω	Poo	Event	42	To all enemies	Deals 540 - 900 damage	Impossible to avoid. An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	The method of "shaking off the stars" which Poo learned in his training. It deals about 720 points of damage to each enemy.

PSI Thunder

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Paula, Poo	8, 15	3	To enemy	Deals 60 - 180 damage	An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	The enemy is thunder struck for about 120 points of damage. You may miss when there are few enemies. Eliminates a psychic or psychic power shield.
β	Paula, Poo	25, 15	7	To enemy	Deals 60 - 180 damage (×2)	An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	The enemy is thunder struck for about 120 points of damage two separate times. You may miss when there are few enemies. Eliminates a psychic or psychic power shield.
γ	Paula, Poo	57, 41	16	To enemy	Deals 100 - 300 damage (×3)	An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	The enemy is thunder struck for about 200 points of damage three separate times. You may miss when there are few enemies. Eliminates a psychic or psychic power shield.
Ω	Poo	55	20	To enemy	Deals 100 - 300 damage (×4)	An enemy's Psychic Shield strength is decreased by 1.	The enemy is thunder struck for about 200 points of damage four separate times. You may miss when there are few enemies. Eliminates a psychic or psychic power shield.

Recover

Healing

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Ness, Poo	10, 15	5	To one party member	N/A	Recover from a sunstroke, cold or sleepiness.	Cures a cold, sunstroke or sleep conditions.
β	Ness, Poo	24, 15	8	To one party member	N/A	Also cures poison, nausea, crying and feeling strange.	In addition to the effects of Healing α, this cures poisonings, nausea, feeling strange and uncontrollable crying.
γ	Ness, Poo	53, 36	20	To one party member	N/A	Also cures numbness, diamondize and unconsciousness.	In addition to the effects of Healing β, this cures being diamondized and paralysis. It also has a 75% chance to revive an unconscious friend, but their HP is not maxed out.
Ω	Poo	52	38	To one party member	N/A	Also cures unconsciousness.	In addition to the effects of Healing γ, this revives a friend who has become unconscious, and it completely maxes out that person's HP when revived.

Lifeup

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Ness, Poo	2, 15	5	To one party member	Heals 75 - 125 hit points.	Recover lost HP.	Restores 100 HP to one person.
β	Ness, Poo	20, 15	8	To one party member	Heals 225 - 375 hit points.	Recover lost HP.	Restores 300 HP to one person.
γ	Ness, Poo	39, 46	13	To one party member	Fully heals hit points.	Recover lost HP.	Completely restores the HP of one person.
Ω	Ness	70	24	To all party members	Heals 300 - 500 hit points.	Recover lost HP.	Restores 400 HP to everyone.

PSI Magnet

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Paula, Poo	15	0	To one enemy	N/A	Absorb some of an enemy's PP.	Grabs 2-8 points of PP from one enemy and adds it to your own.
Ω	Paula, Poo	24	0	To all enemies	N/A	Absorb some PP from all enemies on the battle screen.	Grabs 2-8 points of PP from each enemy and adds it to your own.

Assist

Brainshock

Type	! Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Poo	24	10	To one enemy	N/A	Causes an enemy to feel strange.	Makes one enemy feels strange.
Ω	Poo	44	30	To all enemies	N/A	Causes an enemy to feel strange.	Makes all the enemies feel strange.

Defense down

Type	! Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Paula	29	6	To one enemy	N/A	Decreases an enemy's Defense.	Decrease the Defense of one enemy for the duration of the current battle. It is most effective if you use this power multiple times to "layer" the effect.
Ω	Paula	54	18	To all enemies	N/A	Decreases all enemies' Defense levels.	Decrease the Defense of all enemies for the duration of the current battle. It is most effective if you use this power multiple times to "layer" the effect.

Hypnosis

Type	! Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Ness	4	6	To one enemy	N/A	Puts enemies to sleep, though smart ones can avoid it.	Puts one enemy to sleep.
Ω	Ness	27	18	To all enemies	N/A	Puts enemies to sleep, though smart ones can avoid it.	Puts all of the enemies to sleep.

Offense up

Type	! Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Paula	21	10	To one of us	N/A	Offense increases for the duration of the battle.	Increase one person's Offense for the duration of the current battle. It is most effective if you use this power multiple times to "layer" the effect.
Ω	Paula	30	30	To all of us	N/A	Everyone's Offense increases to a maximum of twice the original amount.	Increase everyone's Offense for the duration of the current battle. It is most effective if you use this power multiple times to "layer" the effect.

Paralysis

Type	! Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Ness	14	8	To one enemy	N/A	Stops an enemy from moving.	Forces one enemy into "numbed" condition.
Ω	Ness	29	24	To all enemies	N/A	Stops all enemies from moving.	Forces all enemies into "numbed" condition.

PSI Shield

Type	Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Paula	6	8	To one of us	N/A	Reduces the effects of an enemy's PSI attacks by half.	Protects one person with a psychic shield. It blocks an enemy's PSI attack. Using a different shield will cancel these effects.
Σ	Paula, Buzz Buzz	26	24	To all of us	N/A	PSI Shield covers everyone in the group.	Protects everyone with a psychic shield. It blocks an enemy's PSI attack. Using a different shield will cancel these effects.
β	Paula	51	14	To one of us	N/A	"Psychic Power Shield." PSI Shield α plus reflection.	Protects one person with a psychic power shield. It reflects an enemy's PSI attack back at the attacker. Using a different shield will cancel these effects.
Ω	Paula	60	30	To all of us	N/A	"Psychic Power Shield" covers everyone in the group.	Protects everyone with a psychic power shield. It reflects an enemy's PSI attack back at the attacker. Using a different shield will cancel these effects.

Shield

Type	! Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Ness, Poo	12, 15	6	To one of us	N/A	Reduces damage by half.	Protect one person with the shield of light. It reduces the damage caused by an enemy's attack by 50%. Using a different shield will cancel these effects.
Σ	Poo	15	18	To all of us	N/A	Shields everyone in the group.	Protect everyone with the shield of light. It reduces the damage caused by an enemy's attack by 50%. Using a different shield will cancel these effects.
β	Ness, Poo	34, 16	10	To one of us	N/A	"Power Shield." Shield α. Reflects damage at enemy.	Protect one person with a power shield. Cuts damage in half and some of the blocked damage is dealt back to the enemy. Using a different shield will cancel these effects.
Ω	Poo	51	30	To all of us	N/A	"Power Shield" covers everyone in the group.	Protect everyone with a power shield. Cuts damage in half and some of the blocked damage is dealt back to the enemy. Using a different shield will cancel these effects.

Other

Teleport

Type	! Users	Level	PP Cost	Target	Effect	Comments	Description
α	Ness, Poo	Event, 17	2	To all of us	N/A	Teleport to a place where you've previously been.	Allows you to immediately return to a place where you have already been. You need a good running approach for this to work.
β	Ness, Poo	N/A, 18	8	To all of us	N/A	Requires less acceleration room than Teleport α.	Allows you to immediately return to a place where you have already been. You don't need a running approach to use this. It is also called the "Tornado Teleport."