Vacuum Wave (move)
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||
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Vacuum Wave (Japanese: しんくうは Vacuum Wave) is a damage dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV.
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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.
In the anime
 Croagunk gathering air. |
 Croagunk uses Vacuum Wave on Team Rocket's robot. |
Pokémon
Croagunk. It spins around to gather air. It then releases it by punching the gathered air in the form of a shape.
- Used by Nurse Joy's Croagunk, Chrissy in Cream of the Croagunk Crop!. Debut
Learnset
Generation IV
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 
| Hitmonchan | Fighting | 26 | |
| 123 | 
| Scyther | Bug | Flying | --Pt |
| 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
| # | 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. | |||||
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
| Variations on the move Quick Attack | |
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| Quick Attack | Mach Punch | Aqua Jet Bullet Punch | Ice Shard | Shadow Sneak |
| Vacuum Wave |
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |
