Hydro Pump (move)

Hydro Pump ハイドロポンプ Hydro Pump

The foe is blasted by a huge volume of water launched under great pressure.

Battles Type  Water Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  80% 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 I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0 A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

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

Hydro Pump (Japanese: ハイドロポンプ Hydro Pump) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Hydro Pump inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 42 008 Wartortle Water 47 009 Blastoise Water 52 054 Psyduck Water 52 055 Golduck Water 59 060 Poliwag Water 45 061 Poliwhirl Water 49 072 Tentacool Water Poison 48 073 Tentacruel Water Poison 50 116 Horsea Water 45 117 Seadra Water 52 120 Staryu Water 45 130 Gyarados Water Flying 41 131 Lapras Water Ice 46 134 Vaporeon Water 54RGB 134 Vaporeon Water 52Y 138 Omanyte Rock Water 49 139 Omastar Rock Water 53 140 Kabuto Rock Water 49 141 Kabutops Rock Water 53 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 47 008 Wartortle Water 53 009 Blastoise Water 68 054 Psyduck Water 50 055 Golduck Water 58 060 Poliwag Water 43 061 Poliwhirl Water 51 072 Tentacool Water Poison 49 073 Tentacruel Water Poison 55 116 Horsea Water 43 117 Seadra Water 51 120 Staryu Water 50 130 Gyarados Water Flying 40 131 Lapras Water Ice 57 134 Vaporeon Water 52 138 Omanyte Rock Water 55 139 Omastar Rock Water 65 158 Totodile Water 52 159 Croconaw Water 55 160 Feraligatr Water 58 170 Chinchou Water Electric 41 171 Lanturn Water Electric 53 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 41 230 Kingdra Water Dragon 51 245 Suicune Water 71 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 44 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 118 Goldeen Water Gyarados Chinchou, Lanturn Qwilfish 158 Totodile Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr 226 Mantine Water Flying Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr 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.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 147 DratiniLv 5 Dragon New York City Pokémon Center 183 MarillLv 5 Water New York City Pokémon Center 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 47 008 Wartortle Water 53 009 Blastoise Water 68 054 Psyduck Water 50 055 Golduck Water 58 060 Poliwag Water 43 061 Poliwhirl Water 51 072 Tentacool Water Poison 49 073 Tentacruel Water Poison 55 116 Horsea Water 43 117 Seadra Water 51 120 Staryu Water 46 130 Gyarados Water Flying 40 131 Lapras Water Ice 49 134 Vaporeon Water 52 138 Omanyte Rock Water 55 139 Omastar Rock Water 65 158 Totodile Water 52 159 Croconaw Water 55 160 Feraligatr Water 58 170 Chinchou Water Electric 41 171 Lanturn Water Electric 50 183 Marill Water 45 184 Azumarill Water 57 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 46RSE 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 37FRLG 230 Kingdra Water Dragon 51 245 Suicune Water 71 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 44 258 Mudkip Water 42 271 Lombre Water Grass 49 279 Pelipper Water Flying 61 320 Wailmer Water 50 321 Wailord Water 59 350 Milotic Water 40 367 Huntail Water 50 368 Gorebyss Water 50 369 Relicanth Water Rock 64 382 Kyogre Water 45 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 118 Goldeen Water Gyarados Chinchou, Lanturn Qwilfish Wailmer, Wailord Relicanth 158 Totodile Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Marill, Azumarill Mudkip Lombre Pelipper Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Relicanth 226 Mantine Water Flying Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Marill, Azumarill Mudkip Lombre Pelipper Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Relicanth 283 Surskit Bug Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Marill, Azumarill Mudkip Lombre Pelipper Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Relicanth 318 Carvanha Water Dark Gyarados Chinchou, Lanturn Qwilfish Wailmer, Wailord Relicanth 371 Bagon Dragon Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Milotic 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 37DP 007 Squirtle Water 40PtHGSS 008 Wartortle Water 44DP 008 Wartortle Water 48PtHGSS 009 Blastoise Water 53DP 009 Blastoise Water 60PtHGSS 054 Psyduck Water 48 055 Golduck Water 56 060 Poliwag Water 38 061 Poliwhirl Water 48 072 Tentacool Water Poison 40 073 Tentacruel Water Poison 49 116 Horsea Water 35 117 Seadra Water 40 120 Staryu Water 55 130 Gyarados Water Flying 41 131 Lapras Water Ice 49 134 Vaporeon Water 71 138 Omanyte Rock Water 52 139 Omastar Rock Water 67 158 Totodile Water 43DP 158 Totodile Water 48PtHGSS 159 Croconaw Water 51DP 159 Croconaw Water 57PtHGSS 160 Feraligatr Water 63DP 160 Feraligatr Water 71PtHGSS 170 Chinchou Water Electric 42 171 Lanturn Water Electric 52 183 Marill Water 42 184 Azumarill Water 54 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 57 226 Mantine Water Flying 49 230 Kingdra Water Dragon 40 245 Suicune Water 71 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 29DPPt 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 37HGSS 258 Mudkip Water 42 271 Lombre Water Grass 43DP 271 Lombre Water Grass 45PtHGSS 279 Pelipper Water Flying 57 320 Wailmer Water 47 321 Wailord Water 62 350 Milotic Water 37 367 Huntail Water 51 368 Gorebyss Water 51 369 Relicanth Water Rock 71 382 Kyogre Water 45DPPt 382 Kyogre Water 90HGSS 393 Piplup Water 43 394 Prinplup Water 51 395 Empoleon Water Steel 59 458 Mantyke Water Flying 49 484 Palkia Water Dragon 42HGSS 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 118 Goldeen Water Gyarados Chinchou, Lanturn Qwilfish Wailmer, Wailord Relicanth 158 Totodile Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Marill, Azumarill Mantine Mudkip Lombre Pelipper Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Relicanth Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon 226 Mantine Water Flying Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Marill, Azumarill Mantine Mudkip Lombre Pelipper Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Relicanth Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon 283 Surskit Bug Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Marill, Azumarill Mudkip Lombre Pelipper Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Relicanth Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon 318 Carvanha Water Dark Gyarados Chinchou, Lanturn Qwilfish Wailmer, Wailord Relicanth 339 Barboach Water Ground Gyarados Chinchou, Lanturn Qwilfish Wailmer, Wailord Relicanth 371 Bagon Dragon Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Milotic 393 Piplup Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Marill, Azumarill Mantine Mudkip Lombre Pelipper Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Relicanth Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon 458 Mantyke Water Flying Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Marill, Azumarill Mantine Mudkip Lombre Pelipper Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Relicanth Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon 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 in 479 Rotom Wash Rotom Electric Ghost Pokémon Platinum 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 other games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Squirtle uses Hydro Pump as part of Pokémon Trainer's Final Smash; Triple Finish.
Kyogre also uses Hydro Pump to push enemies away without damaging them when released from a Poké Ball.

In the anime

Piplup	Empoleon	Squirtle	Rotom
The user blasts a powerful jet of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Blastoise	Blastoise blasts powerful jets of water out from the cannons in its shell.
A wild Blastoise	Beach Blank-Out Blastoise		Debut
Neesha's Shellshocker	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
Cissy's Blastoise	Fit to be Tide		None
Team Blastoise	Pokémon Water War		None
A Blastoise Jessie borrowed from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!		None
Gary's Blastoise	The Ties That Bind		None
Sid's Blastoise	Destiny Deoxys		None
Jimmy's Blastoise	Judgement Day!		None
Unknown Trainer's Blastoise	Eight Ain't Enough		None
Squirtle	Squirtle retreats into its shell and rapidly spins while it fires powerful jets of water from its mouth through all the shell's openings.
Ash's Squirtle	Misty Meets Her Match		None
Gyarados	Gyarados blasts a powerful jet of water out of its mouth.
A wild Gyarados	Houndoom's Special Delivery		None
Trinity's Gyarados	The Perfect Match!		None
Lance's Gyarados	Takin' 'Bout an Evolution		None
Clair's Gyarados	Beauty is Skin Deep		None
Misty's Gyarados	Cerulean Blues		None
A wild Gyarados	A Six Pack Attack!		None
Feraligatr	The red spikes on Feraligatr's head starts to glow light red and it releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth.
Raiden's Feraligatr	Ring Masters		None
Unknown Trainer's Feraligatr	A Claim to Flame!		None
Unknown Trainer's Feraligatr	Gonna Rule the School!		None
A Coordinator's Feraligatr	New Plot, Odd Lot!		None
Kingdra	Kingdra blasts a powerful spiraling jet of water from its mouth.
Christopher's Kingdra	Dueling Heroes		None
Clair's Kingdra	Fangs for Nothin'		None
Croconaw	Croconaw blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Ranger Mason's Croconaw	Mother of All Battles		None
Bryan's Croconaw	The Champ Twins!		None
Khoury's Croconaw	DP147		None
Tentacruel	Tentacruel blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Kail's Tentacruel	Cerulean Blues		None
Carvanha	Carvanha blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Shelly's Carvanha	A Three Team Scheme!		None
Swampert	Swampert blast a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Tommy's Swampert	Abandon Ship!		None
Morrison's Swampert	Choose it or Lose it!		None
Golduck	Golduck blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Unknown Trainer's Golduck	A Double Dilemma		None
Unknown Trainer's Golduck	Saved by the Beldum		None
Katie's Golduck	Shocks and Bonds		None
Pelipper	Pelipper blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Winona's Pelipper	Sky High Gym Battle!		None
Relicanth	Relicanth blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Multiple wild Relicanth	The Relicanth Really Can		None
Kyogre	Kyogre blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
A wild Kyogre	The Scuffle of Legends		None
Milotic	Milotic blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Juan's Milotic	Eight Ain't Enough		None
Lucy's Milotic	Queen of the Serpentine!		None
An illusion created by Mismagius	Malice in Wonderland!		None
Wallace's Milotic	Staging a Heroes' Welcome!		None
Psyduck	Psyduck blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Emily's Psyduck	Sitting Psyduck		None
Vaporeon	Vaporeon blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Galea's Vaporeon	On Olden Pond		None
Azumarill	Azumarill blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Paul's Azumarill	Shapes of Things to Come!		None
Lanturn	Lanturn blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Kyle's Lanturn	Pruning a Passel of Pals!		None
Empoleon	Empoleon blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Barry's Empoleon	Jumping Rocket Ship!		None
Rotom	Rotom blasts a powerful jet of water from its pipe.
Wild Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None
Omanyte	Omanyte blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Canalave Gym's Omanyte	Dealing With Defensive Types!		None
Omastar	Omastar blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Canalalve Gym's Omastar	Dealing With Defensive Types!		None
Mantyke	Mantyke blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Wild Mantyke	Cheers on Castaways Isle!		None
Piplup	Piplup blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth.
Piplup of Team Poképals	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The foe is blasted by a huge volume of water launched under great pressure.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Gyarados	Gyarados blasts a powerful stream of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Red's Gyara	Gyarados Splashes In!		Debut
Wartortle	Wartortle stomps its two hands on the ground and geysers of water shoot up from the ground all around the opponent.
Green's Blasty	The Jynx Jinx		None

In other languages

• Dutch: Hydropomp
• French: Hydrocanon
• German: Hydropumpe
• Italian: Idropompa
• Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese: Hidrobomba
• European Portuguese: Bomba de Água

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