Vacuum Wave (move)

Vacuum Wave しんくうは Vacuum Wave

The user whirls its fists to send a wave of pure vacuum at the foe. This move always goes first.

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Special PP  30 (max. 48) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  +1 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 IV Move tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  0 Jam  0

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Vacuum Wave on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Vacuum Wave on Eevee's Movedex

Vacuum Wave (Japanese: しんくうは Vacuum Wave) is a damage dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Vacuum Wave inflicts damage, and is an increased priority move. If the target does not use an increased priority move during the round that it is used, Vacuum Wave will go first regardless of the user's or target's speed. If the target also uses a move with an increased priority of +1 during the same round that the user uses Vacuum Wave, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that Vacuum Wave is (or attempts to be) used, Vacuum Wave's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 26 123 Scyther Bug Flying --PtHGSS 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 236 Tyrogue Fighting Machop, Machoke, Machamp Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop Makuhita, Hariyama Meditite, Medicham Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Lucario Croagunk, Toxicroak 447 Riolu Fighting Mankey, Primeape Machop, Machoke, Machamp Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop Combusken, Blaziken Makuhita, Hariyama Meditite, Medicham Lucario Croagunk, Toxicroak 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting Machop, Machoke, Machamp Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop Makuhita, Hariyama Meditite, Medicham Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Lucario Croagunk, Toxicroak 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 move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 056 Mankey Fighting 057 Primeape Fighting 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 066 Machop Fighting 067 Machoke Fighting 068 Machamp Fighting 106 Hitmonlee Fighting 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 151 Mew Psychic 214 Heracross Bug Fighting 236 Tyrogue Fighting 237 Hitmontop Fighting 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 286 Breloom Grass Fighting 296 Makuhita Fighting 297 Hariyama Fighting 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 390 Chimchar Fire 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 447 Riolu Fighting 448 Lucario Fighting Steel 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 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

Croagunk gathering air	Croagunk uses Vacuum Wave on Team Rocket's robot
It spins around to gather air. It then releases it by punching the gathered air in the form of a shape.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Croagunk	It spins around to gather air. It then releases it by punching the gathered air in the form of a shape.
Nurse Joy's Chrissy	Cream of the Croagunk Crop!		Debut

Trivia

• Scyther and Scizor are currently the only Bug-types that can learn Vacuum Wave, not counting Heracross because it is part Fighting-type.
• Chimchar and Mew are the only non-Fighting-types to learn the move through the move tutor in Pokémon Platinum. However, Chimchar evolves into Monferno, which is part Fighting, and Mew can learn almost all tutorable moves.
• Vacuum Wave is currently the only special increased priority move.

In other languages

• Spanish: Onda Vacío
• German: Vakuumwelle
• Italian: Vuotonda
• Brazilian Portuguese: Onda de Vácuo
• Dutch: Vacuum Golf

Variations on the move Quick Attack
	Quick Attack | Mach Punch | Aqua Jet Bullet Punch | Ice Shard | Shadow Sneak
	Vacuum Wave

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