Vacuum Wave (move)

Vacuum Wave (Japanese: しんくうは Vacuum Wave) is a damage dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Vacuum Wave inflicts damage, and is an increased priority move. If the target does not use an increased priority move during the round that it is used, Vacuum Wave will go first regardless of the user's or target's speed. If the target also uses a move with an increased priority of +1 during the same round that the user uses Vacuum Wave, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that Vacuum Wave is (or attempts to be) used, Vacuum Wave's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 26 0123 Scyther Bug 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.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop
Makuhita, Hariyama
Meditite, Medicham
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Lucario
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0447 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Riolu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey, Primeape
Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop
Combusken, Blaziken
Makuhita, Hariyama
Meditite, Medicham
Lucario
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0453 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Croagunk
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#FF8000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop
Makuhita, Hariyama
Meditite, Medicham
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Lucario
Croagunk, Toxicroak

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0151 Mew Psychic 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0236 Tyrogue Fighting 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0447 Riolu Fighting 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 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

File:Chrissy Vacuum Wave1.jpg Croagunk gathering air File:Chrissy Vacuum Wave2.jpg Croagunk File:Gallade Vacuum Wave1.png Arms glow File:Gallade Vacuum Wave2.png Gallade
It spins around to gather air. It then releases it by punching the gathered air in the form of a shape.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Croagunk jumps into the air and spins around, causing pink wind to appear and surround it. It then turns towards the opponent and puts its arms around its head, firing the wind from around its body in the shape of a heart.
Nurse Joy's Chrissy	Cream of the Croagunk Crop!		Debut
	Gallade jumps into the air and Gallade's arms glow white. He then crosses them above his head creating a tornado which is fired at the opponent.
Zoey's Gallade	A Grand Fight for Winning!		None

Trivia

• Chimchar and Mew are the only non-Template:Type2s to learn the move through the move tutor in Pokémon Platinum. However, Chimchar evolves into Monferno, which is part Fighting, and Mew can learn almost all tutorable moves.
• Vacuum Wave is currently the only special increased priority move.
• Although Scyther is capable of learning this move from the move relearner, neither it nor its evolution can learn it from the move tutor.

In other languages

• Spanish: Onda Vacío
• German: Vakuumwelle
• Italian: Vuotonda
• Brazilian Portuguese: Onda de Vácuo
• Dutch: Vacuum Golf
• Norwegian: Vacum Bølge

Variations of the move Quick Attack
Quick Attack • Mach Punch • Bullet Punch Ice Shard • Shadow Sneak Vacuum Wave

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