Vacuum Wave (move): Difference between revisions

Vacuum Wave しんくうは Vacuum Wave

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Special PP  30 (max. 48) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  +1 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Vacuum Wave (Japanese: しんくうは Vacuum Wave) is a damage dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Vacuum Wave inflicts damage, and is an increased priority move. If the target does not use an increased priority move during the round that it is used, Vacuum Wave will go first regardless of the user's or target's speed. If the target also uses a move with an increased priority of +1 during the same round that the user uses Vacuum Wave, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that Vacuum Wave is (or attempts to be) used, Vacuum Wave's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting	26				26			''''
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying			--	--			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
236		Tyrogue	Fighting		Fighting
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0151 Mew Psychic 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0236 Tyrogue Fighting 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0447 Riolu Fighting 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 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:Chrissy Vacuum Wave Gather Air.png Croagunk gathering air File:Chrissy Vacuum Wave.png Croagunk File:Gallade Vacuum Wave1.png Arms glow File:Gallade Vacuum Wave2.png Gallade
It spins around to gather air. It then releases it by punching the gathered air in the form of a shape.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Croagunk jumps into the air and spins around, causing pink wind to appear and surround it. It then turns towards the opponent and puts its arms around its head, firing the wind from around its body in the shape of a heart.
Nurse Joy's Chrissy	Cream of the Croagunk Crop!		Debut
	Gallade jumps into the air and its forearms glow white. Then, it spins around with its head and its arms extended facing the opponent and it fires a horzontal tornado from its body at the opponent.
Zoey's Gallade	A Grand Fight for Winning!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Riolu Vacuum Wave Adventures.png Riolu Empoleon
The user creates a powerful tornado by punching.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Riolu waves both of its arms above its body and back down to one side, creating a cyclone of energy from its hand and firing it at the opponent.
Maylene's Riolu	VS. Meditite and Riolu II		Debut
	Empoleon waves one of its wings at the opponent, firing a powerful wave of energy from its wing at the opponent.
Platinum's Empoleon	VS. Floatzel		Empoleon cannot legally learn Vacuum Wave

Trivia

• Chimchar and Mew are the only non-Template:Type2s to learn the move through the move tutor in Pokémon Platinum. However, Chimchar evolves into Monferno, which is part Fighting, and Mew can learn almost all tutorable moves.
• Vacuum Wave is currently the only special increased priority move.
• Although Scyther is capable of learning this move from the move relearner, neither it nor its evolution can learn it from the move tutor.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 真空波 Zhēnkōng Bō Dutch Vacuum Golf French Onde Vide German Vakuumwelle Greek Κυματοκενό Italian Vuotonda Norwegian Vacum Bølge Portuguese Onda de Vácuo Spanish Onda Vacío

Variations of the move Quick Attack
Quick Attack • Mach Punch • Bullet Punch Ice Shard • Shadow Sneak Vacuum Wave

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.