Water · Special move · Gen 5
Scald
Scald is a Water-type special move introduced in Generation 5. It has 80 base power and 100% accuracy, with 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 156 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Water
Category
Special
Power
80
Accuracy
100%
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target. Has a 30% chance to burn the target. The target thaws out if it is frozen.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (25 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (19 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (36 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Water attack
2× vsFireGroundRock
½× vsWaterGrassDragon
Pokémon that learn Scald
156 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 | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Fighting | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Poison | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Poison | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Rock/Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Water/Electric | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Electric | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Fairy | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Poison/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Water/Poison | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water/Grass | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Grass | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Grass | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Dark | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Dark | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Normal | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Steel | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Dark | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7 | ||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Ghost | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ghost | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Ground/Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ||
| Water/Fighting | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water | 6–7 | ||||
| Water | 6–7 | ||||
| Water/Dark | 6–7 | ||||
| Rock/Water | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Rock/Water | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Poison/Water | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Poison/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Water | 6–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Fire/Water | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Fighting/Ice | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Bug | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Bug | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Water | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Bug/Water | ✓ | ✓ | 7–8 | ||
| Water/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Water/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Water/Rock | 8 | ||||
| Rock/Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Rock/Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Flying/Water | 8 | ||||
| Water | 8 | ||||
| Water | 8 | ||||
| Fire/Bug | 8 | ||||
| Fire/Bug | 8 | ||||
| Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Water/Dragon | 8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Fighting/Water | 8 | ||||
| Dragon/Water | ✓ | ||||
| Water/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 9 |
Scald FAQ
What does Scald do?
Scald is a Water-type special move with 80 power. Has a 30% chance to burn the target. The target thaws out if it is frozen.
Which Pokémon can learn Scald?
156 Pokémon and forms can learn Scald in at least one game: 25 in Scarlet & Violet, 19 in Pokémon Champions and 36 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Psyduck, Golduck and Poliwag.
Is Scald in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 19 Pokémon can use Scald in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Scald super effective against?
As a Water-type attack, Scald 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.