Waterfall (move)

Waterfall たきのぼり Waterfall Climb

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% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock Usable outside of battle

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

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

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 starting in Generation II.

Effect

In battle

Generation I-III

Waterfall does damage.

Generation IV

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

Outside of battle

Generation II and on

Waterfall in Pokémon Emerald

Allows players to climb waterfalls. Note that in Generations II and III, the HM move Waterfall is not required to go down waterfalls, whereas Diamond and Pearl require the HM. The HM regained its original behavior in Pokémon Platinum and onward.

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.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 118 Goldeen Water 37 119 Seaking Water 39 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 118 Goldeen Water 38 119 Seaking Water 41 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 HM07

#   Pokémon Type 007 Squirtle Water 008 Wartortle Water 009 Blastoise Water 054 Psyduck Water 055 Golduck Water 060 Poliwag Water 061 Poliwhirl Water 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 086 Seel Water 087 Dewgong Water Ice 116 Horsea Water 117 Seadra Water 118 Goldeen Water 119 Seaking Water 120 Staryu Water 121 Starmie Water Psychic 130 Gyarados Water Flying 134 Vaporeon Water 147 Dratini Dragon 148 Dragonair Dragon 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 151 Mew Psychic 170 Chinchou Water Electric 171 Lanturn Water Electric 183 Marill Water 184 Azumarill Water 186 Politoed Water 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 226 Mantine Water Flying 230 Kingdra Water Dragon 245 Suicune Water 249 Lugia Psychic Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 118 Goldeen Water 38 119 Seaking Water 41 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 HM07

#   Pokémon Type 007 Squirtle Water 008 Wartortle Water 009 Blastoise Water 054 Psyduck Water 055 Golduck Water 060 Poliwag Water 061 Poliwhirl Water 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 072 Tentacool Water Poison 073 Tentacruel Water Poison 086 Seel Water 087 Dewgong Water Ice 116 Horsea Water 117 Seadra Water 118 Goldeen Water 119 Seaking Water 120 Staryu Water 121 Starmie Water Psychic 130 Gyarados Water Flying 131 Lapras Water Ice 134 Vaporeon Water 138 Omanyte Rock Water 139 Omastar Rock Water 140 Kabuto Rock Water 141 Kabutops Rock Water 147 Dratini Dragon 148 Dragonair Dragon 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 151 Mew Psychic 158 Totodile Water 159 Croconaw Water 160 Feraligatr Water 170 Chinchou Water Electric 171 Lanturn Water Electric 183 Marill Water 184 Azumarill Water 186 Politoed Water 194 Wooper Water Ground 195 Quagsire Water Ground 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 223 Remoraid Water 224 Octillery Water 226 Mantine Water Flying 230 Kingdra Water Dragon 245 Suicune Water 249 Lugia Psychic Flying 258 Mudkip Water 259 Marshtomp Water Ground 260 Swampert Water Ground 271 Lombre Water Grass 272 Ludicolo Water Grass 298 Azurill Normal 318 Carvanha Water Dark 319 Sharpedo Water Dark 320 Wailmer Water 321 Wailord Water 339 Barboach Water Ground 340 Whiscash Water Ground 341 Corphish Water 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 349 Feebas Water 350 Milotic Water 363 Spheal Ice Water 364 Sealeo Ice Water 365 Walrein Ice Water 366 Clamperl Water 367 Huntail Water 368 Gorebyss Water 369 Relicanth Water Rock 370 Luvdisc Water 380 Latias Dragon Psychic 381 Latios Dragon Psychic 382 Kyogre Water 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 118 Goldeen Water 37 119 Seaking Water 40 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 HM07

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

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Finneon	When underwater, its eyes glow blue and a large, swirling column of water rises up from water's surface.
Zoey's Finneon	Staging a Heroes' Welcome!		Debut

Trivia

• Waterfall is one of two HM moves that Pokémon can learn by level-up. The other is Fly.
• 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.
• In the short, Pikachu's Vacation, Pikachu and Raichu push their cheeks together and run up a waterfall. While not classified as the move, this is very similar to in-game descriptions of Waterfall.

In other languages

• Dutch: Waterval
• French: Cascade
• German: Kaskade
• Spanish: Cascada
• Italian: Cascata
• Brazilian Portuguese: Cascata or Cachoeira

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

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