Muddy Water (move)

Muddy Water (Japanese: だくりゅう Muddy River) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III where it was Marshtomp's and Swampert's signature move.

Effect

Muddy Water inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's accuracy. Muddy Water hits both opposing Pokémon in double battles.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 37 0260 Swampert Water Ground 39 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0134 Vaporeon Water 78 0194 Wooper Water Ground 47 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 53 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 37 0260 Swampert Water Ground 39 0382 Kyogre Water 20 0422 Shellos Water 37 0422 Shellos Water 37 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 41 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 41 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0007 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0108 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Marshtomp, Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0116 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0366 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Clamperl
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0369 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Relicanth
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Shellos, Gastrodon

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0116 Horsea Water Pokéwalker - Winner's Path Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0134 Vaporeon Water 78 0194 Wooper Water Ground 47 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 53 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 37 0260 Swampert Water Ground 39 0382 Kyogre Water 20 0422 Shellos Water 37 0422 Shellos Water 37 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 41 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 41 0535 Tympole Water 27 0536 Palpitoad Water Ground 28 0537 Seismitoad Water Ground 28 0618 Stunfisk Ground Electric 40 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Gastrodon West Muddy Water.png Gastrodon West File:Gastrodon Muddy Water.png Gastrodon East
The user attacks by shooting out muddy water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gastrodon releases spiraling brown water from its body.
Cynthia's Gastrodon	Double Team Turnover!		Debut
	Gastrodon releases spirialing brown water from its body, or Gastrodon releases multiple streams of water from its body at the opponent.
Paul's Gastrodon	Familiarity Breeds Strategy!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Zuzu Muddy Water.png Swampert
The user releases a stream of muddy water at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Swampert opens its mouth and releases a wave of muddy water from its mouth at the opponent, or Swampert opens its mouth and releases a stream of mud from its mouth at the opponent.
Ruby's Zuzu	VS. Kyogre & Groudon X		Debut

Trivia

• Marshtomp and Swampert have never been seen using this move in the anime, despite it being their signature move in Generation III. Only Gastrodon has been seen using the move.
• Of all the signature moves of the Hoenn starters, Muddy Water was the only one that remained a Special move from Generations III to IV.
• Stunfisk is the only Pokémon who learns Muddy Water and doesn't obtain STAB from it.

In other languages

• Chinese: 濁流 Zhuó​liú​
• French: Ocroupi
• German: Lehmbrühe
• Greek: Λασπόνερο
• Italian: Fanghiglia
• Korean: 탁류 Takryu
• Spanish: Agua Lodosa
• Serbian: Blatnjava Voda

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.