Hydro Cannon (move)

Hydro Cannon ハイドロカノン Hydro Cannon

The foe is hit with a watery blast. The user must rest on the next turn, however.

Battles Type  Water Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  150 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move tutor in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Move tutor in Pokémon Platinum

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Hydro Cannon on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Hydro Cannon on Eevee's Movedex

Hydro Cannon (Japanese: ハイドロカノン Hydro Cannon) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Hydro Cannon inflicts damage and then forces the user to recharge during the next turn. Unless this attack misses, the user will always have to recharge.

Learnset

Generation III

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, an elderly woman on Cape Brink will teach Blastoise Hydro Cannon. Like Frenzy Plant and Blast Burn, the Pokémon must have a very high happiness rating.

#		Pokémon	Type
009		Blastoise	Water
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained in
158		Totodile	Water		Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
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 move tutor

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum

An elderly man, much like the woman on Cape Brink, appears on Route 228 in the Battle Zone, and will teach it to the three fully evolved Water starters of the previous generations, as well as Empoleon. It is also required for each Pokémon to have high happiness rating in order for it to learn Hydro Cannon.

#		Pokémon	Type
009		Blastoise	Water
160		Feraligatr	Water
260		Swampert	Water	Ground
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel
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

Blastoise	Empoleon charging	Empoleon shooting
Energy is gathered to form a powerful blast of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Blastoise	Blastoise shoots two powerful blast of water from the cannons in its shell.
Gary's Blastoise	Ill-Will Hunting!		Debut
Empoleon	Empoleon gathers energy to form a large water ball and shoots it from its mouth.
Barry's Empoleon	Barry's Busting Out All Over!		None

Trivia

• Smeargle is the only Pokémon that is not a Water-type starter Pokémon able to learn Hydro Cannon, due to Sketch.
• Mew, though repeatedly said on the Pokédex to be able to learn any move, is not able to learn Hydro Cannon because it can only be taught to Water-type starter Pokémon.

In other languages

• French: Hydroblast
• German: Aquahaubitze
• Italian: Idrocannone
• Spanish: Hidrocañón

Variations on the move Hyper Beam
	Giga Impact | Rock Wrecker
	Hyper Beam | Blast Burn | Frenzy Plant Hydro Cannon | Roar of Time

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