Water · Special move · Gen 4
Brine
Brine is a Water-type special move introduced in Generation 4. It has 65 base power and 100% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 115 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Water
Category
Special
Power
65
Accuracy
100%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
Power doubles if the target's HP is 50% or less. Power doubles if the target has less than or equal to half of its maximum HP remaining.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (16 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Water attack
2× vsFireGroundRock
½× vsWaterGrassDragon
Pokémon that learn Brine
115 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 | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–5, 8 | ||||
| Water | 4–5, 8 | ||||
| Water/Poison | 4, 6–8 | ||||
| Water/Poison | 4, 6–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 4–5, 8 | ||||
| Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 4–5, 8 | ||||
| Poison/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Ice | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Ice | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 4, 8–9 | |||
| Water/Ice | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water | 4, 8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 4, 8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 4, 8 | ||||
| Psychic | 4, 8 | ||||
| Water/Electric | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Electric | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 4–5, 8 | ||||
| Poison/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Water/Poison | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Dark/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water/Rock | 4, 6–8 | ||||
| Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Water | 4–5, 8 | ||||
| Water | 4–5, 8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 4, 8 | ||||
| Water/Dragon | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4, 8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 4, 8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 4–8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Dark | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Dark | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Grass | 6–8 | ||||
| Rock/Grass | 6–8 | ||||
| Rock/Bug | 6–8 | ||||
| Rock/Bug | 6–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice/Water | 4, 6–8 | ||||
| Ice/Water | 4, 6–8 | ||||
| Ice/Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4, 8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Steel | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | 4 | ||||
| Water | 4 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water/Dragon | 4, 8 | ||||
| Water | 4 | ||||
| Water | 4 | ||||
| Normal | 4 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Dark | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Ghost | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ghost | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water | 8 | ||||
| Water | 8 | ||||
| Water/Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Water | 8 | ||||
| Poison/Water | 8 | ||||
| Ghost/Ground | 8 | ||||
| Ghost/Ground | 8 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | 8 | ||||
| Water/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Electric | 8 | ||||
| Ice | 8 | ||||
| Water/Dragon | 8 | ||||
| Water/Ice | 8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Fighting/Water | 8 | ||||
| Dark/Poison | ✓ | 9 |
Brine FAQ
What does Brine do?
Brine is a Water-type special move with 65 power. Power doubles if the target has less than or equal to half of its maximum HP remaining.
Which Pokémon can learn Brine?
115 Pokémon and forms can learn Brine in at least one game: 16 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Psyduck, Golduck and Tentacool.
Is Brine in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Brine in Pokémon Champions.
What is Brine super effective against?
As a Water-type attack, Brine is super effective against Fire, Ground and Rock, not very effective against Water, Grass and Dragon (unless its effect says otherwise).
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.