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.

In the anime

• Chrissy Vacuum Wave1.jpg

  Croagunk gathering air.

• Chrissy Vacuum Wave2.jpg

  Croagunk uses Vacuum Wave on Team Rocket's robot.

Pokémon

Croagunk. It spins around to gather air. It then releases it by punching the gathered air in the form of a shape.

• Used by Nurse Joy's Croagunk, Chrissy in Cream of the Croagunk Crop!. Debut

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.
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By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum

#   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.

Trivia

• Scyther and Scizor are currently the only Bug-types that can learn Vacuum Wave, not counting Heracross because it is part Fighting-type.
• Chimchar and Mew are the only non-Fighting-Types to learn the move through the move tutor in Pokémon Platinum. However, Chimchar evolves into a part-Fighting-Type, and Mew can learn almost all tutorable moves.
• Vacuum Wave is currently the only Special-based, first-hit priority move.

In other languages

• Spanish: Onda Vacío
• German: Vakuumwelle
• Italian: Vuotonda

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

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