Waterfall (move)

Waterfall たきのぼり Waterfall Climb

Battles Type  Water Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock Usable outside of battle

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I HM07 in Generation II HM07 in Generation III HM07 in Generation IV HM05 in Generation V

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   The appeal works great if performed last.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Waterfall on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Waterfall on Eevee's Movedex

Waterfall (Japanese: たきのぼり Waterfall Climb) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I. It is HM07 in Generations II, III and IV, and HM05 in Generation V.

Prior to Generation II, it was the signature move of the Goldeen evolution family.

Effect

In battle

Generation I-III

Waterfall does damage and has no secondary effect.

Generation IV-V

Along with damage, Waterfall now also has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Outside of battle

Generation II and on

Waterfall has effect outside battle, that allow players to climb waterfalls. Note that in Generations II and III, the HM move Waterfall is not required to go down waterfalls, whereas in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum versions, it is required. This is probably to prevent players from getting stuck from accidentally going down a waterfall and being unable to get back up. Despite this, in HeartGold and SoulSilver versions, it is no longer required to go down waterfalls, likely because of a lack of accessible down falls without first climbing up one.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	37			38			38			37				37
119		Seaking	Water		Water	39			41			41			40				40
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By HM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II HM07		III HM07		IV HM07		V HM05
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
055		Golduck	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	✔			✔			✔				✔
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison				✔			✔				✔
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison				✔			✔				✔
086		Seel	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	✔			✔			✔				✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
119		Seaking	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
120		Staryu	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	✔			✔			✔				✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice				✔			✔				✔
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water				✔			✔				✔
139		Omastar	Rock	Water				✔			✔				✔
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water				✔			✔				✔
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water				✔			✔				✔
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔			✔				✔
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔			✔				✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔			✔				✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	✔			✔			✔				✔
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	✔			✔			✔				✔
183		Marill	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
184		Azumarill	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
186		Politoed	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
194		Wooper	Water	Ground				✔			✔				✔
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground				✔			✔				✔
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔
223		Remoraid	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	✔			✔			✔				✔
245		Suicune	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔
258		Mudkip	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground				✔			✔				✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground				✔			✔				✔
271		Lombre	Water	Grass				✔			✔				✔
272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass				✔			✔				✔
298		Azurill	Normal		Normal				✔			✔				✔
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark				✔			✔				✔
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark				✔			✔				✔
320		Wailmer	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
321		Wailord	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
339		Barboach	Water	Ground				✔			✔				✔
340		Whiscash	Water	Ground				✔			✔				✔
341		Corphish	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark				✔			✔				✔
349		Feebas	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
350		Milotic	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
363		Spheal	Ice	Water				✔			✔				✔
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water				✔			✔				✔
365		Walrein	Ice	Water				✔			✔				✔
366		Clamperl	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
367		Huntail	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock				✔			✔				✔
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic				✔			✔				✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic				✔			✔				✔
382		Kyogre	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying				✔			✔				✔
393		Piplup	Water		Water							✔				✔
394		Prinplup	Water		Water							✔				✔
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel							✔				✔
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water							✔				✔
418		Buizel	Water		Water							✔				✔
419		Floatzel	Water		Water							✔				✔
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground							✔				✔
456		Finneon	Water		Water							✔				✔
457		Lumineon	Water		Water							✔				✔
458		Mantyke	Water		Water							✔				✔
489		Phione	Water		Water							✔				✔
490		Manaphy	Water		Water							✔				✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal							✔				✔
501		Oshawott	Water		Water											✔
502		Dewott	Water		Water											✔
503		Samurott	Water		Water											✔
515		Panpour	Water		Water											✔
516		Simipour	Water		Water											✔
550		Basculin	Water		Water											✔
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock											✔
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock											✔
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost											✔
593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost											✔
594		Alomomola	Water		Water											✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Squirtle using Waterfall.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Waterfall is Squirtle's Special Up move. It can be used by Squirtle as a recovery move and offers high knockback at the very end of the move.

In the anime

	Eyes glowing	Finneon
The user charges the foe at an awesome speed. It can also be used to climb a waterfall.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Finneon	Finneon's eyes glow light blue and a column of water rises from the water, and Finneon swims up the column in a fast, spiraling motion.
Zoey's Finneon	Staging a Heroes' Welcome!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Goldeen	Ludicolo
The user fires a blast of water from their mouth at the opponent. The water also stays in the air long enough for the user to ride on it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Goldeen	Goldeen releases a stream of water at the opponent from its mouth. The water can stay in the air long enough for Goldeen to swim across the top of it as well.
Misty's Goldeen	Punching Poliwrath		Debut
Kingdra	Kingdra swims up the middle of a waterfall and staying at the top, opening a hole in the middle of it.
Silver's Kingdra	Curious Kingdra		None
Lanturn	Lanturn swims up a waterfall while its Trainer holds onto its back.
Misty's Lanturn	Lovely Lanturn		None
Ludicolo	Ludicolo motions its hands up into the air and a geyser of water comes out of the ground and over the opponent.
Dahlia's Ludicolo	VS. Empoleon		None

In other generations

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Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Waterfall is one of four HM moves that Pokémon can learn by level-up. Fly has been a level-up move of Salamence and Rayquaza since Generation III, while Whirlpool and Dive were able to be learned by level-up after their HM status was revoked, and continued to be able to be learned in this way even when their HM status was reinstated.
• In Generation I, Waterfall was Goldeen and Seaking's signature move. These Pokémon remain the only ones to learn the move by level-up.
• Waterfall was the first move to gain HM status in a generation after it was introduced, doing so in Generation II. Only Rock Smash shares this trait, though it is no longer an HM.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 魚躍龍門 Yú Yuè Lóngmén Dutch Waterval French Cascade German Kaskade Greek Καταρράκτης Italian Cascata Korean 폭포오르기 Pokpo Oreugi Portuguese Brazil Cascata Portugal Cachoeira Serbian Vodopad Spanish Cascada

Variations of the move Waterfall
Iron Head • Poison Jab • Waterfall Scald • Dark Pulse • Discharge • Lava Plume

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