Steel · Physical move · Gen 4
Gyro Ball
Gyro Ball is a Steel-type physical move introduced in Generation 4. It has variable or fixed damage and 100% accuracy, with 5 PP (8 with PP Max). 133 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Steel
Category
Physical
Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
5 (max 8)
Priority
0
Effect
More power the slower the user than the target. Power is equal to (25 * target's current Speed / user's current Speed) + 1, rounded down, but not more than 150. If the user's current Speed is 0, this move's power is 1.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact · Ball/bomb move (Bulletproof)
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (88 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (30 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Steel attack
2× vsIceRockFairy
½× vsFireWaterElectricSteel
Pokémon that learn Gyro Ball
133 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 | ||
| Ground | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Ice/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Ice/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Steel | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Rock/Ground | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Electric | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Ground | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Electric | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Ground | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Electric | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Electric/Steel | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Electric/Steel | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Rock/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Electric/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Electric/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Poison/Fairy | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Rock/Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Fire/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Bug | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Bug/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Steel/Ground | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Water/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Dark/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Bug/Rock | 4–8 | ||||
| Fire/Rock | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Normal | 4–8 | ||||
| Dark/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Rock/Psychic | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Psychic | 4–8 | ||||
| Ground/Psychic | 4–8 | ||||
| Ground/Psychic | 4–8 | ||||
| Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Bug/Steel | 4–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Ghost/Flying | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Electric/Steel | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Normal | 4–8 | ||||
| Fire | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Psychic | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fire | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice | 8 | ||||
| Fire | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice | 8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Grass/Steel | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Steel | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Steel/Ghost | 6–8 | ||||
| Steel/Ghost | 6–8 | ||||
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Fairy | 6–8 | ||||
| Fairy | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Rock/Fairy | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Steel/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Ghost/Grass | 6–8 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | 6–8 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Ghost/Grass | 6–8 | ||||
| Ice | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Ice/Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Rock/Fairy | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Fire/Water | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Rock/Flying | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Electric/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Bug/Fighting | 7–8 | ||||
| Steel/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Steel/Fairy | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Rock/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Steel | 8 | ||||
| Steel | 8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Rock/Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Rock/Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Steel/Dragon | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Dark/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Steel/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Fairy/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 9 |
Gyro Ball FAQ
What does Gyro Ball do?
Gyro Ball is a Steel-type physical move. Power is equal to (25 * target's current Speed / user's current Speed) + 1, rounded down, but not more than 150. If the user's current Speed is 0, this move's power is 1.
Which Pokémon can learn Gyro Ball?
133 Pokémon and forms can learn Gyro Ball in at least one game: 88 in Scarlet & Violet, 30 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Sandshrew, Alolan Sandshrew and Sandslash.
Is Gyro Ball in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 30 Pokémon can use Gyro Ball in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Gyro Ball super effective against?
As a Steel-type attack, Gyro Ball is super effective against Ice, Rock and Fairy, not very effective against Fire, Water, Electric and Steel (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.