Torrent (Ability)

Torrent	げきりゅう
	Raging Rapids
Flavor text Generation III Ups Water move in a pinch. Generation IV Powers up Water-type moves in a pinch. Generation V Powers up Water-type moves in a pinch.

Torrent (Japanese: げきりゅう Raging Rapids) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Seventeen Pokémon have this Ability, all of which are Water-type and a majority of them Water-type starter Pokémon.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Torrent uses a Water-type move, the power will increase by 1.5× if the user has less than or equal to ⅓ of its maximum HP remaining.

Outside of battle

Torrent has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Torrent will deal double the damage if the Pokémon using it is below 25% of its HP.

Pokémon Conquest

In Pokémon Conquest, Torrent will increase user's Attack if the Pokémon using it is below ⅓ of its HP.

Pokémon with Torrent

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Squirtle	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Rain Dish
	Wartortle	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Rain Dish
	Blastoise	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Rain Dish
	Totodile	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Sheer Force
	Croconaw	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Sheer Force
	Feraligatr	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Sheer Force
	Mudkip	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Damp
	Marshtomp	Water	Ground	Torrent	None	Damp
	Swampert	Water	Ground	Torrent	None	Damp
	Piplup	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Defiant
	Prinplup	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Defiant
	Empoleon	Water	Steel	Torrent	None	Defiant
	Oshawott	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Shell Armor
	Dewott	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Shell Armor
	Samurott	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Shell Armor
	Panpour	Water		Water	Gluttony	None	Torrent
	Simipour	Water		Water	Gluttony	None	Torrent
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation V games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

	Empoleon
The user's Water-type attacks are powered up when it gets weakened.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Empoleon	When Empoleon becomes weak or tired, its body becomes surrounded by a light blue aura for a few moments. Then, its eyes flash light blue as well. Empoleon's Water-type moves then get powered up.
Barry's Empoleon	Casting a Paul on Barry!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

	Piplup
When the user is weakened or tired, their Water-type attacks receive a power up.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Piplup	When Piplup becomes weak or tired, its Water-type moves get powered up.
Hareta's Piplup	In Search of the Legendary Pokémon Dialga!!		Debut

Trivia

• Torrent is the only variation of the Ability Overgrow that none of Ash's Pokémon has activated in the anime yet.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 激流 Jīliú Dutch Overvloed Finnish Virtaus French Torrent German Sturzbach Indonesian Arus Deras Italian Acquaiuto Korean 급류 Geupryu Polish Strumień Portuguese Brazil Torrente Portugal Torrente Spanish Latin America Torrente Spain Torrente

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.