Water · Special move · Gen 5

Water Pledge

Water Pledge is a Water-type special move introduced in Generation 5. It has 80 base power and 100% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 31 Pokémon and forms can learn it.

Type

Water

Effect

Use with Grass or Fire Pledge for added effect. If one of the user's allies chose to use Fire Pledge or Grass Pledge this turn and has not moved yet, it takes its turn immediately after the user and the user's move does nothing. If combined with Fire Pledge, the ally uses Water Pledge with 150 power and a rainbow appears on the user's side for 4 turns, which doubles secondary effect chances and stacks with the Serene Grace Ability, except effects that cause flinching can only have their chance doubled once. If combined with Grass Pledge, the ally uses Grass Pledge with 150 power and a swamp appears on the target's side for 4 turns, which quarters the Speed of each Pokemon on that side. When used as a combined move, this move gains STAB no matter what the user's type is. This move does not consume the user's Water Gem, and cannot be redirected by the Storm Drain Ability.

Targets: One adjacent Pokémon
Scarlet & Violet: Usable (29 Pokémon)
Pokémon Champions: Not usable
Legends: Z-A: Not usable

Type matchups as a Water attack

2× vsFireGroundRock

½× vsWaterGrassDragon

Pokémon that learn Water Pledge

31 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	S/V	Gens
Squirtle	Water	✓	5–9
Wartortle	Water	✓	5–9
Blastoise	Water	✓	5–9
Mew	Psychic	✓	9
Totodile	Water	✓	5–7, 9
Croconaw	Water	✓	5–7, 9
Feraligatr	Water	✓	5–7, 9
Mudkip	Water	✓	5–9
Marshtomp	Water/Ground	✓	5–9
Swampert	Water/Ground	✓	5–9
Piplup	Water	✓	5–7, 9
Prinplup	Water	✓	5–7, 9
Empoleon	Water/Steel	✓	5–7, 9
Oshawott	Water	✓	5–7, 9
Dewott	Water	✓	5–7, 9
Samurott	Water	✓	5–7, 9
Hisuian Samurott	Water/Dark	✓	5–7, 9
Panpour	Water		7
Simipour	Water		7
Froakie	Water	✓	6–7, 9
Frogadier	Water	✓	6–7, 9
Greninja	Water/Dark	✓	6–7, 9
Popplio	Water	✓	7–9
Brionne	Water	✓	7–9
Primarina	Water/Fairy	✓	7–9
Sobble	Water	✓	8–9
Drizzile	Water	✓	8–9
Inteleon	Water	✓	8–9
Quaxly	Water	✓	9
Quaxwell	Water	✓	9
Quaquaval	Water/Fighting	✓	9

Water Pledge FAQ

What does Water Pledge do?

Water Pledge is a Water-type special move with 80 power. If one of the user's allies chose to use Fire Pledge or Grass Pledge this turn and has not moved yet, it takes its turn immediately after the user and the user's move does nothing. If combined with Fire Pledge, the ally uses Water Pledge with 150 power and a rainbow appears on the user's side for 4 turns, which doubles secondary effect chances and stacks with the Serene Grace Ability, except effects that cause flinching can only have their chance doubled once. If combined with Grass Pledge, the ally uses Grass Pledge with 150 power and a swamp appears on the target's side for 4 turns, which quarters the Speed of each Pokemon on that side. When used as a combined move, this move gains STAB no matter what the user's type is. This move does not consume the user's Water Gem, and cannot be redirected by the Storm Drain Ability.

Which Pokémon can learn Water Pledge?

31 Pokémon and forms can learn Water Pledge in at least one game: 29 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Mew, Totodile and Croconaw.

Is Water Pledge in Pokémon Champions?

No, no Pokémon can use Water Pledge in Pokémon Champions.

What is Water Pledge super effective against?

As a Water-type attack, Water Pledge 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.