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Dive (Japanese: ダイビング Diving) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation III as HM08. It lost this status in Generation IV, but regained it in Generation V as HM06.
Effect
In battle
Generation III
On the first turn, the user will dive down for one turn and become invulnerable to most attacks, with the exception of Surf and Whirlpool, which will do twice the damage to the submerged Pokémon. The user can also be hit underwater if it was previously targeted by Lock-On or Mind Reader. Sandstorm, Hail, and Shadow Sky will not cause damage during the semi-invulnerable turn.
Pokémon can be caught during the semi-invulnerable stage of Dive.
Dive's base power is 60.
In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, Dive cannot be used unless the user is standing on water.
Generation IV
Dive's base power was raised to 80. All other effects are the same.
Pokémon can no longer be caught during the semi-invulnerable stage of Dive.
The user may now be hit while underwater if it is attacked by a Pokémon with No Guard, or if the user has No Guard themselves.
Due to the lack of diving areas in Sinnoh, Johto and Kanto, this move has been relieved of its HM status.
If a Power Herb is held by the user, Dive can be executed in one turn.
Generation V
Dive has returned to HM status, this time as HM06.
Outside of battle
Dive allows players to go underwater in dark patches of water while they are Surfing. The only regions in which these spots (and the HM itself) have been seen are Hoenn and Unova.
Description
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Description
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| RSEColo.XD
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Dives underwater the first turn and strikes next turn.*
Dives underwater the 1st turn, then attacks next turn.*
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| FRLG
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The user dives underwater on the first turn and strikes next turn.
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| DPPtHGSS
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A two-turn attack. The user dives underwater on the first turn, then hits on the next turn.
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| BWB2W2
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Diving on the first turn, the user floats up and attacks on the second turn. It can be used to dive deep in the ocean.
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Learnset
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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Relicanth
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Method
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Notes
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 Relicanth
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Relicanth dives underwater while letting passengers hold onto its head fin. While diving, an aura of energy surrounds Relicanth's body and it can swim extremely fast.
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| Sapphire's Relo
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VS. Kyogre & Groudon VI
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Debut
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In other generations
Outside of battle
Trivia
- Unlike Whirlpool and Defog, which can be freely known by a Pokémon sent forward to Generation V when said Pokémon is transferred from a game they are not an HM in, a Pokémon with Dive will be prevented from being migrated to Generation IV even in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, where Dive is neither usable, required, nor available to the player without trading.
- Lorelei's Cloyster knows this move, despite the fact that the only way for a Cloyster in FireRed or LeafGreen to know the move legitimately would be to trade one from Ruby, Sapphire or Emerald which knows it.
- Dive is the only HM move not to be featured in the anime.
In other languages
