The Water-type (Japanese: みずタイプ Mizu type) is one of the seventeen elemental types.
Some notable Pokémon trainers that specialize in the Water-type include Misty of Cerulean City, Wallace and Juan of Sootopolis City and Crasher Wake of Pastoria City.
Statistical averages
| HP:
| 69
|
|
| Attack:
| 70
|
|
| Defense:
| 73
|
|
| SpAtk:
| 69
|
|
| SpDef:
| 67
|
|
| Speed:
| 62
|
|
Battle properties
Water-type moves:
- Are super effective against: Fire, Ground, Rock
- Are not very effective against: Dragon, Grass, Water
- Have no effect against: None
Water-type Pokémon:
Characteristics
Defensively, the Water-type is very strong when combined with high defensive stats. It has no weaknesses to any types which usually use physical moves, Grass-type attacks are rare and a Water-type Pokémon can simply switch away from any Electric-type attacks. However, switching is unnecessary if the Pokémon in question are part Ground like Quagsire, Swampert, Whiscash, and Gastrodon.
The Water-type is also useful offensively. A good amount of Water-type Pokémon can learn Ice Beam to deal with Dragon and Grass-types, which would make their resistance to Water-type attacks irrelevant. It can be extremely useful to be super-effective against Ground- and Rock-types when traveling through caves, etc. As a result of these advantages, as well as having to get through water routes using Surf, most trainers usually have at least one Water-type in their party.
Pokémon
Pure Water-type Pokémon
Half Water-type Pokémon
Primary Water-type Pokémon
Secondary Water-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
| Name
| Category
| Contest
| Power
| Accuracy
| PP
| Target
| Notes
|
| Aqua Jet
| 
| 
| 40
| 100%
| 20
| One foe
| Always attacks first.
|
| Aqua Tail
|
| 
| 90
| 90%
| 10
| One foe
|
|
| Brine
| 
| 
| 65
| 100%
| 10
| One foe
| Does double damage when the target's HP is 50% or less.
|
| Bubble
|
|
| 20
| 100%
| 30
| Both foes
| Has a 10% chance of lowering the opponent's Speed.
|
| BubbleBeam
|
|
| 65
| 100%
| 20
| One foe
| Has a 10% chance of lowering the opponent's Speed.
|
| Clamp
|
| 
| 35
| 75%
| 10
| One foe
| Attacks for two to five turns.
|
| Crabhammer
|
|
| 90
| 85%
| 10
| One foe
| Has a high critical hit ratio.
|
| Dive
|
|
| 80
| 100%
| 10
| One foe
| User dives underwater on the first turn, then attacks in the second turn.
|
| Hydro Cannon
|
|
| 150
| 90%
| 5
| One foe
| Attacks on the first turn but must rest on the second turn.
|
| Hydro Pump
|
|
| 120
| 80%
| 5
| One foe
|
|
| Muddy Water
|
|
| 95
| 85%
| 10
| Both foes
| May lower target's accuracy by one stage.
|
| Octazooka
|
|
| 65
| 85%
| 10
| One foe
| May lower target's accuracy by one stage.
|
| Surf
|
|
| 95
| 100%
| 15
| Everyone else
| In battle: Does damage.
Out of battle: Allows the user to travel on water.
|
| Water Gun
|
|
| 40
| 100%
| 25
| One foe
|
|
| Water Pulse
|
|
| 60
| 100%
| 20
| One foe
| May confuse opponent.
|
| Water Spout
|
|
| 150
| 100%
| 5
| Both foes
| The lower the user's HP, the lower the power of the move.
|
| Waterfall
|
|
| 80
| 100%
| 15
| One foe
| In battle: Does damage.
Out of battle: Allows the user to climb waterfalls.
|
| Whirlpool
|
|
| 15
| 70%
| 15
| One foe
| In battle: Attacks for two to five turns.
Out of battle: Clears whirlpools.
|
Non-damaging moves
| Name
| Category
| Contest
| Power
| Accuracy
| PP
| Target
| Notes
|
| Aqua Ring
| 
|
| —
| —%
| 20
| User
| The user envelops itself in a veil made of water. It regains some HP on every turn.
|
| Rain Dance
|
|
| —
| —%
| 5
| All
| The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type moves.
|
| Water Sport
|
|
| —
| —%
| 15
| User
| Weakens Fire-type moves while the user is in the battle.
|
| Withdraw
|
|
| —
| —%
| 40
| User
| Increases the user's Defense by 1 level.
|
Trivia
- Of all seventeen types, the Water-type is the most abundant, with 92 Pokémon species, nearly 19% of the entire known Pokédex, being of the Water-type. This probably reflects all the different species of lifeforms that inhabit the real world's oceans, lakes and rivers.
- All Generation I Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric moves because there were no dual Dragon-, Electric-, or Grass-types to neutralize the weakness and dual Water/Ground-type Pokémon were not introduced until Generation II.
- Every main protagonist in the anime (with the obvious exception of Max) has had at least one Water-type Pokémon. Ash has Squirtle, Kingler, Totodile, Corphish and Buizel, all of Misty's Pokémon except Togetic and Azurill are Water-types, Brock has Ludicolo and Marshtomp, Tracey has Marill, May has Wartortle, and Dawn has Piplup and used to have Buizel.
In other languages
- French: Eau
- German: Wasser
- Italian: Acqua
- Spanish: Agua
- Korean: 물 mul
- Hebrew: מים mayim
