Water · Physical move · Gen 8
Wave Crash
Wave Crash is a Water-type physical move introduced in Generation 8. It has 120 base power and 100% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 16 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Water
Category
Physical
Power
120
Accuracy
100%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
Has 33% recoil. If the target lost HP, the user takes recoil damage equal to 33% the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (15 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (7 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Water attack
2× vsFireGroundRock
½× vsWaterGrassDragon
Pokémon that learn Wave Crash
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Squirtle | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Wartortle | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Blastoise | Water | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed) | Fighting/Water | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Kingdra | Water/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Swampert | Water/Ground | ✓ | |||
 Empoleon | Water/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Buizel | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Floatzel | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Basculin | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Basculin-White-Striped | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Bruxish | Water/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Basculegion | Water/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Quaquaval | Water/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Palafin | Water | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Dondozo | Water | ✓ | 9 |
Wave Crash FAQ
What does Wave Crash do?
Wave Crash is a Water-type physical move with 120 power. If the target lost HP, the user takes recoil damage equal to 33% the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP.
Which Pokémon can learn Wave Crash?
16 Pokémon and forms can learn Wave Crash in at least one game: 15 in Scarlet & Violet, 7 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed), Kingdra and Swampert.
Is Wave Crash in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 7 Pokémon can use Wave Crash in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Wave Crash super effective against?
As a Water-type attack, Wave Crash 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.