Water Pulse (move)
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| Water Pulse みずのはどう Water Pulse | ||||||||||||
| The user attacks the foe with a pulsing blast of water. It may also confuse the foe. | ||||||||||||
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Water Pulse (Japanese: みずのはどう Water Pulse) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation III.
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Effect
Water Pulse inflicts damage, and has a 20% chance of confusing the target.
Learnset
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
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| 226 | 
| Mantine | Water | Flying | 43 |
| 320 | 
| Wailmer | Water | 28 | |
| 321 | 
| Wailord | Water | 28 | |
| 350 | 
| Milotic | Water | 20 | |
| 367 | 
| Huntail | Water | 22 | |
| 368 | 
| Gorebyss | Water | 22 | |
| 382 | 
| Kyogre | Water | -- | |
| 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 TM03
Generation IV
By leveling up
By TM03
In the anime
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| Aggron | Ball forming | Buizel | Shellos |
| A ball of water from the user becomes a wave that attacks the foe. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Episode Used In | Notes | |
 Crawdaunt
| Pulses come out from its pincers. | ||
| Team Aqua Grunt's Crawdaunt | On a Wingull and a Prayer! | None | |
 Whiscash
| A ball of water is created in front of its mouth. Whiscash then points its mouth toward its foe and releases a ball of water from its mouth. | ||
| Nero | Whiscash and Ash | None | |
 Lairon
| Lairon's eyes glow blue and then pulses are shown to appear below the target. Water comes out from the ground afterwards. | ||
| Savannah's Lairon | A Fan with a Plan | None | |
 Linoone
| A ball of water is created in between its claws. It then hurls the ball at the opponent, skipping it across any surface. | ||
| Tokin | Showdown At Linoone! | None | |
 Persian
| A blue ball of water is created in front of its mouth. Persian then closes its mouth and waves of water are released. | ||
| Vivica's Persian | Saved by the Beldum! | None | |
 Articuno
| It releases a ball of water from its mouth. | ||
| Noland's Articuno | The Symbol Life | None | |
 Aggron
| A blue ball of water is created between its horns on its head. Aggron then points its horns towards its opponent and waves of water are released. | ||
| James's Aggron | Grating Spaces! | None | |
 Absol
| Absol raises its head and a tornado of water surround it which spreads at the foe. | ||
| Drew's Absol | Channeling the Battle Zone | None | |
 Shellos
| A ball of water is created in front of its mouth. Shellos then points its mouth toward its foe and releases a stream of water from its mouth. | ||
| Zoey's Shellos | Dawn's Early Night! | None | |
 Buizel
| A ball of water is created in between its paws. Buizel then hurls the ball at the opponent, skipping it across any surface. | ||
| Ash's Buizel | A Triple Fighting Chance! | None | |
Trivia
- In Generation III, only a handful of Water-type Pokémon could learn Water Pulse from leveling up. However, in Generation IV, Water-type Pokémon that do not learn this move by leveling up are rarer.
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Pulsação de Água
- French: Vibraqua
- German: Aquawelle
- Italian: Idropulsar
- Spanish: Hidropulso
- Dutch: Waterpuls
- Hindi: Paani Ki Dhaar
| Generation III TMs | |
|---|---|
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | |
| Generation III HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | |
| Generation IV TMs | |
|---|---|
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | |
| 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | |
| 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | |
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |
