Normal · Special move · Gen 8
Terrain Pulse
Terrain Pulse is a Normal-type special move introduced in Generation 8. It has 50 base power and 100% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 29 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Normal
Category
Special
Power
50
Accuracy
100%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
User on terrain: power doubles, type varies. Power doubles if the user is grounded and a terrain is active, and this move's type changes to match. Electric type during Electric Terrain, Grass type during Grassy Terrain, Fairy type during Misty Terrain, and Psychic type during Psychic Terrain.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Pulse move (Mega Launcher)
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (3 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (11 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Normal attack
2× vs—
½× vsRockSteel
0× vsGhost
Pokémon that learn Terrain Pulse
29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Grass/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Grass/Dragon | 8 | ||||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Fighting/Steel | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Water | 8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Rock/Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Rock/Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Ghost/Ground | 8 | ||||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Psychic/Normal | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Psychic/Normal | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Grass/Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Normal | 8 |
Terrain Pulse FAQ
What does Terrain Pulse do?
Terrain Pulse is a Normal-type special move with 50 power. Power doubles if the user is grounded and a terrain is active, and this move's type changes to match. Electric type during Electric Terrain, Grass type during Grassy Terrain, Fairy type during Misty Terrain, and Psychic type during Psychic Terrain.
Which Pokémon can learn Terrain Pulse?
29 Pokémon and forms can learn Terrain Pulse in at least one game: 3 in Scarlet & Violet, 11 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Venusaur, Blastoise, Exeggutor, Alolan Exeggutor, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.
Is Terrain Pulse in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 11 Pokémon can use Terrain Pulse in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Terrain Pulse super effective against?
As a Normal-type attack, Terrain Pulse is super effective against no types, not very effective against Rock and Steel and has no effect on Ghost (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.