Water · Physical move · Gen 8
Surging Strikes
Surging Strikes is a Water-type physical move introduced in Generation 8. It has 25 base power and 100% accuracy, with 5 PP (8 with PP Max). 1 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Water
Category
Physical
Power
25
Accuracy
100%
PP
5 (max 8)
Priority
0
Effect
Always results in a critical hit. Hits 3 times. Hits three times. This move is always a critical hit unless the target is under the effect of Lucky Chant or has the Battle Armor or Shell Armor Abilities.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Hits
- 3 times
- Properties
- Makes contact · Punch move (Iron Fist)
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (1 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Water attack
2× vsFireGroundRock
½× vsWaterGrassDragon
Pokémon that learn Surging Strikes
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Urshifu-Rapid-Strike | Fighting/Water | ✓ | 8–9 |
Surging Strikes FAQ
What does Surging Strikes do?
Surging Strikes is a Water-type physical move with 25 power. Hits three times. This move is always a critical hit unless the target is under the effect of Lucky Chant or has the Battle Armor or Shell Armor Abilities.
Which Pokémon can learn Surging Strikes?
1 Pokémon and forms can learn Surging Strikes in at least one game: 1 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Urshifu-Rapid-Strike.
Is Surging Strikes in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Surging Strikes in Pokémon Champions.
What is Surging Strikes super effective against?
As a Water-type attack, Surging Strikes 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.