Fighting · Physical move · Gen 4
Wake-Up Slap
Wake-Up Slap is a Fighting-type physical move introduced in Generation 4. It has 70 base power and 100% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 41 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Fighting
Category
Physical
Power
70
Accuracy
100%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
Power doubles if target is asleep, and wakes it. Power doubles if the target is asleep. If the user has not fainted, the target wakes up.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Not usable — it was removed in Scarlet & Violet
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Fighting attack
2× vsNormalIceRockDarkSteel
½× vsPoisonFlyingPsychicBugFairy
0× vsGhost
Pokémon that learn Wake-Up Slap
41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairy | 4–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water/Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Grass | 7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 4–7 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 4–7 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass/Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 4–7 | ||||
| Poison/Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Poison/Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass | 7 | ||||
| Ice/Ghost | 4–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Steel | 7 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 4–7 |
Wake-Up Slap FAQ
What does Wake-Up Slap do?
Wake-Up Slap is a Fighting-type physical move with 70 power. Power doubles if the target is asleep. If the user has not fainted, the target wakes up.
Which Pokémon can learn Wake-Up Slap?
41 Pokémon and forms can learn Wake-Up Slap in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Poliwag and Poliwhirl.
Is Wake-Up Slap in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Wake-Up Slap in Pokémon Champions.
What is Wake-Up Slap super effective against?
As a Fighting-type attack, Wake-Up Slap is super effective against Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark and Steel, not very effective against Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug and Fairy 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.