Water · Status move · Gen 4
Aqua Ring
Aqua Ring is a Water-type status move introduced in Generation 4. It never misses and has 20 PP (32 with PP Max). 65 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Water
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
User recovers 1/16 max HP per turn. The user has 1/16 of its maximum HP, rounded down, restored at the end of each turn while it remains active. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded half down. If the user uses Baton Pass, the replacement will receive the healing effect.
- Targets
- The user
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (42 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (11 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (10 Pokémon)
Pokémon that learn Aqua Ring
65 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
| Water/Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Ice | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Ice | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
| Water/Electric | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water/Electric | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Water/Rock | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4 | ||||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | ||||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
| Ice/Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Ice/Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Ice/Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Flying | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Dragon | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7 | ||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Bug | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water/Bug | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Water/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Flying/Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 8–9 |
Aqua Ring FAQ
What does Aqua Ring do?
Aqua Ring is a Water-type status move. The user has 1/16 of its maximum HP, rounded down, restored at the end of each turn while it remains active. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded half down. If the user uses Baton Pass, the replacement will receive the healing effect.
Which Pokémon can learn Aqua Ring?
65 Pokémon and forms can learn Aqua Ring in at least one game: 42 in Scarlet & Violet, 11 in Pokémon Champions and 10 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Tentacool, Tentacruel and Seel.
Is Aqua Ring in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 11 Pokémon can use Aqua Ring in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.