Revision as of 03:43, 30 July 2007

Move variations are moves that are identical to each other in terms of damage, PP, and accuracy, but have different Elemental types or secondary effects. Below are the various move archetypes and the moves that fall into their categories.

"Move archetypes" are listed by base damage. Within each archetype table, moves are listed by generation first, to show the original basis of the move, and then listed alphabetically.

Variations of Bullet Seed

30 PP, 10 Power, 100% Accuracy, multiple hits
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	III
Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	III

Variations of Barrage

20 PP, 15 Power, 85% Accuracy, multiple hits
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Barrage	Normal	Physical	I
DoubleSlap	Normal	Physical	I
Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	I
Arm Thrust	Fighting	Physical	III

Variations of Fire Spin

20 PP, 15 Power, 70% Accuracy, traps
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Fire Spin	Fire	Special	I
Whirlpool	Water	Special	II
Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	III

Variations of Bone Rush

10 PP, 25 Power, 80% Accuracy, multiple hits
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Bone Rush	Ground	Physical	II
Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	III

Variations of Rollout

20 PP, 30 Power, 90% Accuracy, damage doubles each turn it hits
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Rollout	Rock	Physical	II
Ice Ball	Ice	Special/Physical	III

Variations of Pound

35 PP, 40 Power, 100% Accuracy
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Pound	Normal	Physical	I
Scratch	Normal	Physical	I

Variations of Quick Attack

30 PP, 40 Power, 100% Accuracy, attacks first
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	I
Mach Punch	Fighting	Physical	II
Aqua Jet	Water	Physical	IV
Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	IV
Ice Shard	Ice	Physical	IV
Shadow Sneak	Ghost	Physical	IV
Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	IV

Variations of Ember

25 PP, 40 Power, 100% Accuracy, may cause non-volatile status on target
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Ember	Fire	Special	I
Powder Snow	Ice	Special	II

Variations of Razor Leaf

25 PP, 55 Power, 95% Accuracy, high critical-hit ratio
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Razor Leaf	Grass	Special/Physical	I
Air Cutter	Flying	Physical/Special	III

Variations of Swift

20 PP, 60 Power, always hits
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Swift	Normal	Physical/Special	I
Faint Attack	Dark	Physical	II
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	III
Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	III
Shadow Punch	Ghost	Physical	III
Shock Wave	Electric	Special	III
Magnet Bomb	Steel	Physical	IV

Variations of SmellingSalt

10 PP, 60 Power, 100% Accuracy, double damage on target with non-volatile status, cures non-volatile status on target
Name	Type	Category	Generation
SmellingSalt	Normal	Physical	III
Wake-Up Slap	Fighting	Physical	IV

Variations of AncientPower

5 PP, 60 Power, 100% Accuracy, may raise all of user's stats
Name	Type	Category	Generation
AncientPower	Rock	Special	II
Silver Wind	Bug	Special	III
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	IV

Elemental fangs

15 PP, 65 Power, 95% Accuracy, may cause non-volatile status or make the target flinch
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	IV
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	IV
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	IV

Variations of Night Slash

15 PP, 70 Power, 100% Accuracy, high critical-hit ratio
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	IV
Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	IV

Variations of Mist Ball

5 PP, 70 Power, 100% Accuracy, lowers target's stats
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Mist Ball	Psychic	Special	III
Luster Purge	Psychic	Special	III

Elemental Punches

15 PP, 75 Power, 100% Accuracy, Special Effect
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Fire Punch	Fire	Special/Physical	I
Ice Punch	Ice	Special/Physical	I
ThunderPunch	Electric	Special/Physical	I

Variations of Hyper Fang

15 PP, 80 Power, 90% Accuracy, may make the target flinch
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Hyper Fang	Normal	Physical	I
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	IV

Variations of Waterfall

15 PP, 80 Power, 100% Accuracy, may make the target flinch
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Waterfall	Water	Special/Physical	I
Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	IV
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	IV

Variations of Shadow Ball

10 or 15 PP, 80 Power, 100% Accuracy, may lower opponent's Special Defense
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Shadow Ball	Ghost	Physical/Special	II
Energy Ball	Grass	Special	IV
Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	IV

Variations of Discharge

15 PP, 80 Power, 100% Accuracy, hits everyone else, may cause non-volatile status on target
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Discharge	Electric	Special	IV
Lava Plume	Fire	Special	IV

Variations of Dig

10 PP, 80 Power, 100% Accuracy, two-turn move
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Dig	Ground	Physical	I
Dive	Water	Special/Physical	III

Variations of Petal Dance

20 PP, 90 Power, 100% Accuracy, lasts 2-3 turns, user becomes confused
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Petal Dance	Grass	Special	I
Thrash	Normal	Physical	I

Variations of Psychic

10 PP, 90 Power, 100% Accuracy, may lower opponent's Special Defense
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Psychic	Psychic	Special	I
Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	IV
Earth Power	Ground	Special	IV

Variations of Flamethrower

15 PP, 95 Power, 100% Accuracy, may cause non-volatile status on target
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Flamethrower	Fire	Special	I
Surf	Water	Special	I
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	I

Variations of Aeroblast

5 PP, 100 Power, 95% Accuracy, high critical-hit ratio
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Aeroblast	Flying	Physical/Special	II
Spacial Rend	Dragon	Special	IV

Variations of Blizzard

5 PP, 120 Power, 70% Accuracy, Special Effect
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Blizzard	Ice	Special	I
Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	IV
Magma Storm	Fire	Special	IV
Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	IV

Variations of Double-Edge

15 PP, 120 Power, 100% Accuracy, recoil damage
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	I
Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	III
Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	IV
Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	IV
Wood Hammer	Grass	Physical	IV

Variations of Megahorn

10 PP, 120 Power, 85% Accuracy
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Megahorn	Bug	Physical	II
Power Whip	Grass	Physical	IV

Variations of Superpower

5 PP, 120 Power, 100% Accuracy, lowers user's stats
Name	Type	Category	Generation	Stats Lowered
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	III	Def and Atk
Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	IV	Def and Sp. Def

Variations of Overheat

5 PP, 140 Power, 90% Accuracy, lowers user's Sp. Attack sharply
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Overheat	Fire	Special	III
Psycho Boost	Psychic	Special	III
Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	IV
Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	IV

Variations of Hyper Beam

5 PP, 150 Power, 90% Accuracy, user must rest turn after use
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Hyper Beam	Normal	Physical/Special	I
Blast Burn	Fire	Special	III
Frenzy Plant	Grass	Special	III
Hydro Cannon	Water	Special	III
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	IV
Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	IV
Rock Wrecker	Rock	Physical	IV

Variations of Eruption

5 PP, 150 Power, 100% Accuracy, lesser damage from less healthy user
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Eruption	Fire	Special	III
Water Spout	Water	Special	III

Variations of Low Kick

20 PP, varying Power, 100% Accuracy, greater damage on heavier target
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	III (I with set damage)
Grass Knot	Grass	Special	IV

Variations of Flail

15 PP, varying Power, 100% Accuracy, greater damage from less healthy user
Name	Type	Category	Generation
Flail	Normal	Physical	II
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	II

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