Hydro Cannon (move)
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Hydro Cannon ハイドロカノン Hydro Cannon | ||||||||||||
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Hydro Cannon (Japanese: ハイドロカノン Hydro Cannon) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation III. Only Water-type fully evolved starter Pokémon can learn this move.
Effect
Hydro Cannon inflicts damage and then forces the user to recharge during the next turn. Unless this attack misses, the user will always have to recharge.
Hydro Cannon can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra four appeal points if the move Rain Dance was used in the prior turn.
Description
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Learnset
By Move Tutor
Various Move Tutors will teach Hydro Cannon to a fully evolved Water-type starter Pokémon or Silvally if its friendship rating is maximized. The Move Tutors are:
- FRLG: an elderly woman on Cape Brink.
- DPPt: an elderly man on Route 228.
- HGSS: an elderly woman in the Move Deleter/Move Reminder's house in Blackthorn City.
- BW: a Roughneck in a house on Route 13.
- B2W2: a man outside the Pokémon World Tournament building.
- XY: a man in the southwestern house in Snowbelle City.
- ORAS: a man in the southeast of Mauville City's first floor.
- SM: a man on the second level of Hau'oli City's mall.
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Game | |||||||||||
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FRLG | DP | Pt | HGSS | BW | B2W2 | XY | ORAS | SM | USUM | ||||||
0009 | Monster | Water 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0160 | Monster | Water 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0260 | |
Monster | Water 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0395 | |
Water 1 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0503 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
0658 | |
Water 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
0730 | |
Water 1 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||
0773 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ||||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
Special move
Generation III
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0158 | Monster | Water 1 | Mt. Battle TotodileXD | |||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By event
Generation V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0007 | Monster | Water 1 | Sticker Promotional Egg Squirtle Kanto Starter Egg Squirtle | |||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
Generation VI
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0493 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | Dahara City Arceus | |||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Blastoise can learn Hydro Cannon at level 99 if it has at least 333 IQ points. If this requirement is not met until after reaching level 99, Hydro Cannon can be relearned at the Gulpin Link Shop.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Blastoise, Feraligatr, Swampert, and Empoleon can learn Hydro Cannon at level 72 if it has at least 300 IQ points. If this requirement is not met until after level 72, Hydro Cannon can be relearned at Electivire Link Shop.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Oshawott can learn Hydro Cannon once Paradise reaches Perfect Rank.
Description
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In the anime
Energy is gathered to form a powerful blast of water. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Blastoise fires two powerful orbs of water from each of its cannons at the opponent. | |||
Gary's Blastoise | Ill-Will Hunting! | Debut | |
Tierno's Blastoise | Valuable Experience for All! | None | |
Empoleon opens its beak and a blue flash of light appears in front of it. Then, a glowing light blue ball of water appears in front of Empoleon's beak where the flash was and Empoleon fires it at the opponent. Sometimes, Empoleon fires three light blue balls of water, one after the other. | |||
Barry's Empoleon | Barry's Busting Out All Over! | None | |
Kenny's Empoleon | Last Call - First Round! | None | |
Samurott opens its mouth. Then, a glowing light blue ball of water appears in front of Samurott's mouth and Samurott fires it at the opponent. | |||
Cameron's Samurott | The Road to Humilau! | None |
In the manga
In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga
The user fires a strong blast of water at the foe. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Samurott opens its mouth and fires a strong blast of water. | |||
Bianca's Samurott | The Birth of the Best Pokémon Trainer! | Debut |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user fires a powerful stream of water from its body at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Blastoise points its cannons at the opponent and fires an extremely powerful stream of water from each of the cannons and its mouth at the opponent. | |||
Green's Blasty | Red, Green, Blue and Mewtwo Too | Debut | |
Swampert releases a powerful stream of water from its mouth at the opponent. | |||
Ruby's Mumu | The Final Battle III | Swampert could not legally learn Hydro Cannon at the time | |
Feraligatr releases a powerful stream of water from its mouth at the opponent. | |||
Silver's Feraligatr | The Final Battle VII | None |
In other generations
Core series games
Generation V | XY |
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Spin-off series games
Trivia
- This move has so far only been used in the anime by Pokémon belonging to rivals: Gary's and Tierno's Blastoise, Barry's and Kenny's Empoleon, and Cameron's Samurott.
- Hydro Cannon is tied with Water Spout for having the highest base power of all Water-type attacks.
In other languages
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