Muddy Water (move)

Muddy Water だくりゅう Muddy River

The user attacks by shooting out muddy water. It may also lower the foe's accuracy.

Battles Type  Water Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  95 Accuracy  85% 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 Affects both foes

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥  ???

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Muddy Water on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Muddy Water on Eevee's Movedex

Muddy Water (Japanese: だくりゅう Muddy River) is a damage-dealing Water-type 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 259 Marshtomp Water Ground 37 260 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 134 Vaporeon Water 78PtHGSS 194 Wooper Water Ground 47 195 Quagsire Water Ground 53 259 Marshtomp Water Ground 37 260 Swampert Water Ground 39 382 Kyogre Water 20HGSS 422 Shellos West Sea Water 37 422 Shellos East Sea Water 37 423 Gastrodon West Sea Water Ground 41 423 Gastrodon East Sea 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 007 Squirtle Water Wooper, Quagsire Marshtomp, Swampert Shellos, Gastrodon 072 Tentacool* Water Poison Omanyte, OmastarHGSS 108 Lickitung Normal Marshtomp, SwampertHGSS 116 Horsea Water Wooper, Quagsire Marshtomp, Swampert Shellos, GastrodonHGSS 138 Omanyte Rock Water Wooper, Quagsire Marshtomp, Swampert Shellos, GastrodonHGSS 366 Clamperl Water Wooper, Quagsire Marshtomp, Swampert Shellos, GastrodonHGSS 369 Relicanth Water Rock Wooper, Quagsire Marshtomp, Swampert Shellos, GastrodonHGSS 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.

In the anime

	Gastrodon
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Gastrodon	Gastrodon shoots brown water in a tornado-like fashion from its entire body.
Cynthia's Gastrodon	Double Team Turnover!		Debut

In other languages

• French: Ocroupi
• German: Lehmbrühe
• Italian: Fanghiglia

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