Vacuum Wave

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Vacuum Wave

しんくうは Vacuum Wave

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	40
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	30, max: 48
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	+1
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Vacuum Wave is a Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Description[]

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSS	The user whirls its fists to send a wave of pure vacuum at the foe. This move always goes first.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP LA SV	The user whirls its fists to send a wave of pure vacuum at the target. This move always goes first.

Effects[]

In battle[]

Vacuum Wave deals damage. The move always goes first.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Hitmonchan	fighting	Human-Like	26	26	26	26	1	8
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug	1^PtHGSS	1	1	1
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered						24
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like						1
	Kartana	grass/steel	Undiscovered				1	1
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Psyduck	water	Water 1/Field						TM184
	Golduck	water	Water 1/Field						TM184
	Primeape	fighting	Field						TM184
	Poliwrath	water/fighting	Water 1						TM184
	Hitmonlee	fighting	Human-Like						TM184
	Hitmonchan	fighting	Human-Like						TM184
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug						TM184
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered						TM184
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug						TM184
	Heracross	bug/fighting	Bug						TM184
	Sneasel	fighting/poison	Field						TM184
	Tyrogue	fighting	Undiscovered						TM184
	Hitmontop	fighting	Human-Like						TM184
	Grovyle	grass	Monster/Dragon						TM184
	Sceptile	grass	Monster/Dragon						TM184
	Combusken	fire/fighting	Field						TM184
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field						TM184
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass						TM184
	Gardevoir	psychic/fairy	Human-Like/Amorphous						TM184
	Makuhita	fighting	Human-Like						TM184
	Hariyama	fighting	Human-Like						TM184
	Medicham	fighting/psychic	Human-Like						TM184
	Flygon	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon						TM184
	Chimchar	fire	Field/Human-Like						TM184
	Monferno	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like						TM184
	Infernape	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like						TM184
	Empoleon	water/steel	Water 1/Field						TM184
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered						TM184
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like						TM184
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like						TM184
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like						TM184
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous						TM184
	Oshawott	water	Field						TM184
	Dewott	water	Field						TM184
	Samurott	water	Field						TM184
	Samurott	water/dark	Field						TM184
	Lilligant	grass/fighting	Grass						TM184
	Mienshao	fighting	Field/Human-Like						TM184
	Braviary	psychic/flying	Flying						TM184
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered						TM184
	Virizion	grass/fighting	Undiscovered						TM184
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered						TM184
	Passimian	fighting	Field						TM184
	Hakamo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon						TM184
	Kommo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon						TM184
	Inteleon	water	Water 1/Field						TM184
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug						TM184
	Ursaluna	ground/normal	Field						TM184
	Sneasler	fighting/poison	Field						TM184
	Ceruledge	fire/ghost	Human-Like						TM184
	Annihilape	fighting/ghost	Field						TM184
	Iron Valiant	fairy/fighting	Undiscovered						TM184
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

Move Tutor[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Games
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

Pokémon Adventures

v · d · e List of Generation IX TMs

#001–050	001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050

#051–100	051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100

#101–150	101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

#151–200	151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200

#201–229	201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs TRs

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation IV

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Acupressure Air Slash Aqua Jet Aqua Ring Aqua Tail Assurance Attack Order Aura Sphere Avalanche

B	Brave Bird Brine Bug Bite Bug Buzz Bullet Punch

C	Captivate Charge Beam Chatter Close Combat Copycat Cross Poison Crush Grip

D	Dark Pulse Dark Void Defend Order Defog Discharge Double Hit Draco Meteor Dragon Pulse Dragon Rush Drain Punch

E	Earth Power Embargo Energy Ball

F	Feint Fire Fang Flare Blitz Flash Cannon Fling Focus Blast Force Palm

G	Gastro Acid Giga Impact Grass Knot Gravity Guard Swap Gunk Shot Gyro Ball

H	Hammer Arm Head Smash Heal Block Heal Order Healing Wish Heart Swap

I	Ice Fang Ice Shard Iron Head

J	Judgment

L	Last Resort Lava Plume Leaf Storm Lucky Chant Lunar Dance

M	Magma Storm Magnet Bomb Magnet Rise Me First Metal Burst Miracle Eye Mirror Shot Mud Bomb

N	Nasty Plot Natural Gift Night Slash

O	Ominous Wind

P	Payback Pluck Poison Jab Power Gem Power Swap Power Trick Power Whip Psycho Cut Psycho Shift Punishment

R	Roar of Time Rock Climb Rock Polish Rock Wrecker Roost

S	Seed Bomb Seed Flare Shadow Claw Shadow Force Shadow Sneak Spacial Rend Stealth Rock Stone Edge Sucker Punch Switcheroo

T	Tailwind Thunder Fang Toxic Spikes Trick Room Trump Card

U	U-turn

V	Vacuum Wave

W	Wake-Up Slap Wood Hammer Worry Seed Wring Out

X	X-Scissor

Z	Zen Headbutt

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation IV

v · d · e List of Fighting-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Arm Thrust Aura Sphere Axe Kick

B	Body Press Brick Break Bulk Up

C	Circle Throw Close Combat Coaching Collision Course Combat Torque Counter Cross Chop

D	Detect Double Kick Drain Punch Dynamic Punch

F	Final Gambit Flying Press Focus Blast Focus Punch Force Palm

H	Hammer Arm High Jump Kick

J	Jump Kick

K	Karate Chop

L	Low Kick Low Sweep

M	Mach Punch Mat Block Meteor Assault

N	No Retreat

O	Octolock

P	Power-Up Punch

Q	Quick Guard

R	Revenge Reversal Rock Smash Rolling Kick

S	Sacred Sword Secret Sword Seismic Toss Sky Uppercut Storm Throw Submission Superpower

T	Thunderous Kick Triple Arrows Triple Kick

U	Upper Hand

V	Vacuum Wave Victory Dance Vital Throw

W	Wake-Up Slap

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves