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Waterfall たきのぼり
The user charges the foe at an awesome speed. It can also be used to climb a waterfall.
Battles
Type	Water
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	80
Accuracy	100%
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock
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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 Cascade Ascent) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I. It was the first move to gain HM status in a generation after it was introduced, doing so in Generation II.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 In battle 1.1.1 Generation I-III 1.1.2 Generation IV 1.2 Outside of battle 1.2.1 Generation II and on 2 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 3 Learnset 3.1 Generation I 3.1.1 By leveling up 3.2 Generation II 3.2.1 By leveling up 3.2.2 By HM07 3.3 Generation III 3.3.1 By leveling up 3.3.2 By HM07 3.4 Generation IV 3.4.1 By leveling up 3.4.2 By HM07 4 Trivia 5 In other languages

Effect

In battle

Generation I-III

Waterfall does damage.

Generation IV

Along with damage, Waterfall also has a 10% chance of causing flinching.

Outside of battle

Generation II and on

Allows players to climb waterfalls. Note that in Generations II and III, the HM move Waterfall is not required to go down waterfalls, whereas Generation IV requires the HM.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Waterfall is Squirtle's Special Up move.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

Trivia

• Since Waterfall is a physical move in Generation IV, the Pokémon with the strongest Waterfall is Gyarados (Rayquaza and Dragonite have a higher Attack, but they don't get STAB).
• Waterfall is one of the two HM moves learned by some Pokémon by leveling them up.

In other languages

• French: Cascade
• German: Kaskade
• Spanish: Cascada
• Italian: Cascata

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.

Variations on the move Waterfall
Waterfall | Extrasensory | Dark Pulse | Iron Head

Generation II TMs
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Generation II HMs
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Generation III TMs
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Generation III HMs
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Generation IV TMs
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Generation IV HMs
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