Move variations

Move variations are moves that are identical to each other in terms of damage and accuracy, but have different elemental types, damage categories, or secondary effects. Below are the various move archetypes and the moves that fall into their categories.

Move archetypes are listed in alphabetical order. Within each archetype table, moves are listed by generation. Within each generation, moves are listed alphabetically.

Elemental fangs

65 power, 95% accuracy, may cause non-volatile status and/or make the target flinch
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	IV	15
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	IV	15
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	IV	15

Elemental punches

75 power, 100% accuracy, may cause non-volatile status on target
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Fire Punch	Fire	Physical*	I	15
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical*	I	15
ThunderPunch	Electric	Physical*	I	15

Oath moves

50 power, 100% accuracy, additional effect if used in combination with another move.
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Fire Oath	Fire	Special	V	10
Grass Oath	Grass	Special	V	10
Water Oath	Water	Special	V	10

One-hit knockout moves

Damage equals foe's current HP, 30% accuracy, will not affect an opponent whose level is greater than the user's level
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Fissure	Ground	Physical	I	5
Guillotine	Normal	Physical	I	5
Horn Drill	Normal	Physical	I	5
Sheer Cold	Ice	Special	III	5

Variations of Aeroblast

100 Power, 95% Accuracy, high critical hit ratio
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Aeroblast*	Flying	Special*	II	5
Spacial Rend*	Dragon	Special	IV	5

Variations of AncientPower

60 Power, 100% Accuracy, may raise all of user's stats
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
AncientPower	Rock	Special*	II	5
Silver Wind	Bug	Special*	III	5
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	IV	5

Variations of Ankle Sweep

60 Power, 100% Accuracy, lowers the target's speed
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Ankle Sweep	Fighting	Physical	V	20
Smooth Over	Ground	Physical	V	20

Variations of Aurora Beam

65 power, 100% accuracy, 10% chance to cause a special effect
Name	Type	Category	Special effect	Generation	PP
Aurora Beam	Ice	Special	Lowers Attack	I	20
BubbleBeam	Water	Special	Lowers Speed	I	20
Psybeam	Psychic	Special	Inflicts Confusion	I	20
Sludge	Poison	Special*	Inflicts Poison	I	20
Spark	Electric	Physical*	Inflicts Paralysis	II	20

Variations of Barrage

15 Power, 85% Accuracy, multiple hits
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Barrage*	Normal	Physical	I	20
DoubleSlap	Normal	Physical	I	20
Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	I	20

Variations of Blizzard

120 power, 70% accuracy, may have secondary effect
Name	Type	Category	Special effect	Generation	PP
Blizzard*	Ice	Special	Inflicts freezing	I	5
Thunder*	Electric	Special	Inflicts Paralysis	I	10
Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	Lowers Sp.Def.	IV	5
Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	Inflicts poison	IV	5
Windstorm*	Flying	Special	Inflicts Confusion	V	10

Variations of Blue Fire

130 Power, 85% Accuracy, 20% chance to inflict non-volatile status
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Blue Fire*	Fire	Special	V	5
Lightning Strike*	Electric	Physical	V	5

Variations of Bone Rush

25 Power, 90%* Accuracy, multiple hits
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Bone Rush	Ground	Physical	II	10
Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	III	10

Variations of Bulk Up

Raises two of the user's stats by one stage
Name	Type	Category	Stats raised	Generation	PP
Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	Attack and Defense	III	20
Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	Sp. Attack and Sp. Defense	III	20
Cosmic Power	Psychic	Status	Defense and Sp. Defense	III	20
Dragon Dance	Dragon	Status	Attack and Speed	III	20
Stockpile*	Normal	Status	Defense and Sp. Defense	III*	20

Variations of Bug Bite

60 Power, 100% Accuracy, gains effect of target's held Berry
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	IV	20
Pluck	Flying	Physical	IV	20

Variations of Bullet Seed

30 PP, 25 Power, 100% Accuracy, multiple hits
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical*	III	30
Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical*	III	30

Variations of Butterfly Dance

Raises three of the user's stats by one stage
Name	Type	Category	Stats raised	Generation	PP
Butterfly Dance	Bug	Status	Sp. Attack, Sp. Defense and Speed	V	20
Coil Around	Poison	Status	Attack, Defense and Accuracy	V	20

Variations of Counter

100% accuracy, Goes last and counters the move used by the foe at twice the power
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Counter	Fighting	Physical	I	20
Mirror Coat	Psychic	Special	II	20

Variations of Cross Chop

100 Power, 80% accuracy, Has a high critical hit ratio
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	II	5
Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	IV	5

Variations of Cross Flame

100 power, 100% accuracy, power increases if the target knows a specific move.
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Cross Flame*	Fire	Special	V	5
Cross Thunder*	Electric	Physical	V	5

Variations of Crush Grip

Varying Power, 100% Accuracy, greater damage on target with more HP
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Crush Grip*	Normal	Physical	IV	5
Wring Out	Normal	Special	IV	5

Variations of Crush Claw

75 Power, 95% Accuracy, 50% to lower Defense
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Crush Claw*	Normal	Physical	III	10
Shell Blade	Water	Physical	V	10

Variations of Defense Curl

Increases user's defense by one stage
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Defense Curl	Normal	Status	I	40
Withdraw	Water	Status	I	40

Variations of Dig

80* power, 100% accuracy, two-turn move
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Dig	Ground	Physical	I	10
Dive	Water	Physical*	III	10

Variations of Discharge

15 PP, 80 Power, 100% Accuracy, hits everyone else, may cause non-volatile status on target
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Discharge	Electric	Special	IV	15
Lava Plume	Fire	Special	IV	15

Variations of Double-Edge

120 Power, 100% Accuracy, recoil damage
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	I	15
Volt Tackle*	Electric	Physical*	III	15
Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	IV	15
Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	IV	15
Wood Hammer	Grass	Physical	IV	15
Afro Break*	Normal	Physical	V	15

Variations of Dragon Tail

60 Power, 90% Accuracy, goes last, target switches out after damage
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	V	10
Overhead Throw	Fighting	Physical	V	10

Variations of DynamicPunch

100 Power, 50% Accuracy, 100% chance for an aditional effect
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
DynamicPunch	Fighting	Physical	II	5
Purgatory	Fire	Special	V	5

*Zap Cannon formerly had 100 power, but was changed to 120 power in Generation IV and is therefore no longer included.

Variations of Ember

40 Power, 100% Accuracy, may cause non-volatile status on target
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Ember	Fire	Special	I	25
Thundershock	Electric	Special	II	40
Powder Snow	Ice	Special	II	25

Variations of Eruption

150 Power, 100% Accuracy, lesser damage from less healthy user
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Eruption	Fire	Special	III	5
Water Spout	Water	Special	III	5

Variations of Extremespeed

80 Power, 100% Accuracy, attacks first
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Extremespeed	Normal	Physical	II	5
Sucker Punch*	Dark	Special	IV	5

Variations of Fire Blast

120 Power, 85% Accuracy, may have secondary effect
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Fire Blast	Fire	Special	I	5
Seed Flare*	Grass	Special	IV	5

Variations of Fire Spin

35 Power, 85% Accuracy, traps
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Fire Spin	Fire	Special	I	20
Whirlpool	Water	Special	II	20
Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	III	20

Variations of Flail

Varying Power, 100% Accuracy, greater damage from less healthy user
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Flail	Normal	Physical	II	15
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	II	15

Variations of Flamethrower

95 power, 100% accuracy, may cause non-volatile status on target
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Flamethrower	Fire	Special	I	15
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	I	10
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	I	15
Slime Wave	Poison	Special	V	10

Variations of Flash

100% accuracy, lowers the target's accuracy one stage
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Flash*	Normal	Status	I	20
SmokeScreen	Normal	Status	I	20

Variations of Follow Me

Priority, forces all foes to target the user
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Follow Me	Normal	Status	III	20
Anger Powder	Bug	Status	V	20

Variations of Foresight

Removes a type immunity and negates target's evasiveness
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Foresight	Normal	Status	II	40
Odor Sleuth	Normal	Status	III	40
Miracle Eye	Psychic	Status	IV	40

Variations of Frustration

100% accuracy, power depends on Pokémon's happiness
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Frustration	Normal	Physical	II	20
Return	Normal	Physical	II	20

Variations of Giga Drain

75* Power, 100% accuracy, user restores health equal to half the damage inflicted on the opponent.
Name	Type	PP	Category	Generation
Giga Drain	Grass	10*	Special	II
Drain Punch	Fighting	10*	Physical	IV
Wood Horn*	Grass	10	Physical	V

Variations of Glare

75 accuracy, causes a non-votatile status ailment
Name	Type	Category	Status ailment	Generation	PP
Glare	Normal	Status	Paralysis	I	35
Lovely Kiss*	Normal	Status	Sleeping	I	35
Poisonpowder	Poison	Status	Poison	I	35
Sleep Powder	Grass	Status	Sleeping	I	15
Stun Spore	Grass	Status	Paralysis	I	35
Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	Burn	III	15

Variations of Gust

40 Power, 100% Accuracy
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Gust	Flying*	Special*	I	35
Pound	Normal	Physical	I	35
Scratch	Normal	Physical	I	35
Water Gun	Water	Special	I	25

Variations of Heal Bell

Heals status problems of user's party
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Heal Bell	Normal	Status	II	5
Aromatherapy	Grass	Status	III	5

Variations of Healing Wish

User faints, but fully heals the Pokémon taking its place
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Healing Wish	Psychic	Status	IV	5
Lunar Dance*	Psychic	Status	IV	5

Variations of Heavy Bomber

Power varies on how heavy is the user in comparison of target, 100% Accuracy.
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Heavy Bomber	Steel	Physical	V	10
Heat Stamp*	Fire	Physical	V	10

Variations of Hyper Beam

150 Power, 90% Accuracy, user must rest turn after use
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Hyper Beam	Normal	Special*	I	5
Blast Burn	Fire	Special	III	5
Frenzy Plant	Grass	Special	III	5
Hydro Cannon	Water	Special	III	5
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	IV	5
Roar of Time*	Dragon	Special	IV	5
Rock Wrecker*	Rock	Physical	IV	5

Variations of Hyper Fang

80 Power, 90% Accuracy, may make the target flinch
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Hyper Fang	Normal	Physical	I	15
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	IV	15

Variations of Icy Wind

55 Power, 95% Accuracy, 100% chance of lowering Target's Speed.
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	II	15
Mud Shot	Ground	Special*	III	15
ElecNet*	Electric	Special	V	15

Variations of Ice Breath

40 Power, 100% Accuracy, 100% chance of landing a critical hit.
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Ice Breath	Ice	Special	V	10
Mountain Storm*	Fighting	Physical	V	10

Variations of Ingrain

Restores 1/16 of max HP each turn.
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Ingrain*	Grass	Status	III	20
Aqua Ring	Water	Status	IV	20

Variations of Karate Chop

50 Power, 100% Accuracy, high critical hit ratio
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Karate Chop	Fighting	Physical	I	25
Poison Tail*	Poison	Physical	III	25

Variations of Leaf Blade

90 Power, 100% Accuracy, high critical hit ratio
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Leaf Blade	Grass	Physical*	III	15
Attack Order*	Bug	Physical	IV	15

Variations of Leer

Lowers target's Defense by one stage
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Leer	Normal	Status	I	30
Tail Whip	Normal	Status	I	30

Variations of Low Kick

Varying Power, 100% Accuracy, greater damage on heavier target
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	III*	20
Grass Knot	Grass	Special	IV	20

Variations of Luster Purge

70 Power, 100% Accuracy, lowers target's stats
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Luster Purge*	Psychic	Special	III	5
Mist Ball*	Psychic	Special	III	5

Variations of Mean Look

Prevents foe from escaping or switching out
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Mean Look	Normal	Status	II	5
Block	Normal	Status	III	5

Variations of Megahorn

120 Power, 85% Accuracy
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Megahorn	Bug	Physical	II	10
Power Whip	Grass	Physical	IV	10

Variations of Mirror Move

Copies the last move used by the foe
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Mirror Move	Flying	Status	I	20
Copycat	Normal	Status	IV	20

Variations of Moonlight

Heals variant amount of HP, depending on the weather
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Moonlight	Normal	Status	II	5
Morning Sun	Normal	Status	II	5
Synthesis	Grass	Status	II	5

Variations of Mud Sport

Raises resistance to a certain type of move
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Mud Sport	Ground	Status	III	15
Water Sport	Water	Status	III	15

Variations of Octazooka

65 Power, 85% Accuracy, may lower opponent's accuracy
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Octazooka*	Water	Special	II	10
Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	IV	10
Mirror Shot	Steel	Special	IV	10

Variations of Overheat

140 Power, 90% Accuracy, lowers user's Special Attack sharply
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Overheat	Fire	Special	III	5
Psycho Boost*	Psychic	Special	III	5
Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	IV	5
Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	IV	5

Variations of Petal Dance

120 Power, 100% Accuracy, lasts 2-3 turns, user becomes confused
Name	Type	PP	Category	Generation
Petal Dance*	Grass	10 *	Special	I
Thrash*	Normal	10 *	Physical	I
Outrage*	Dragon	15	Physical	II

Variations of Power Share

Averages the target's stats with the user
Name	Type	Averaged stats	Category	Generation	PP
Power Share	Psychic	Attack and Special Attack	Status	V	10
Guard Share	Psychic	Defense and Special Defense	Status	V	10

Variations of Psychic

90 Power, 100% Accuracy, may lower opponent's Special Defense
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Psychic	Psychic	Special	I	10
Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	IV	10
Earth Power	Ground	Special	IV	10

Variations of Quick Attack

40 Power, 100% Accuracy, attacks first
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	I	30
Mach Punch	Fighting	Physical	II	30
Aqua Jet	Water	Physical	IV	30
Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	IV	30
Ice Shard	Ice	Physical	IV	30
Shadow Sneak	Ghost	Physical	IV	30
Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	IV	30

Variations of Rain Dance

Changes in-battle weather conditions
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Rain Dance	Water	Status	II	5
Sunny Day	Fire	Status	II	5
Sandstorm	Rock	Status	II	10
Hail	Ice	Status	III	10

Variations of Razor Leaf

55 Power, 95% Accuracy, high critical hit ratio
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Razor Leaf	Grass	Physical*	I	25
Air Cutter	Flying	Special*	III	25

Variations of Recover

Heals Half Max. HP.
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Recover	Normal	Status	I	10 *
Softboiled	Normal	Status	I	10
Milk Drink*	Normal	Status	II	10
Slack Off	Normal	Status	III	10
Heal Order*	Bug	Status	IV	10
Roost*	Flying	Status	IV	10

Variations of Revenge

60 Power, 100% Accuracy, negative priority; power doubles if user takes damage
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Revenge*	Fighting	Physical	III	10
Avalanche	Ice	Physical	IV	10

Variations of Roar

100% Accuracy, goes last and switches target for another party member, no effect on targets that have used Ingrain or that have Suction Cups
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Roar*	Normal	Status	I	20
Whirlwind	Normal	Status	I	20

Variations of Rollout

30 Power, 90% Accuracy, damage doubles each turn it hits
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Rollout	Rock	Physical	II	20
Ice Ball*	Ice	Physical*	III	20

Variations of Screech

85% accuracy, lowers one of the target's stats by two stages, is a sound move
Name	Type	Category	Generation	Stat Lowered	PP
Screech	Normal	Status	I	Defense	40
Metal Sound	Steel	Status	III	Special Defense	40

Variations of Shadow Ball

15 PP, 80 Power, 100% Accuracy, may lower opponent's Special Defense
Name	Type	PP	Category	Generation
Shadow Ball	Ghost	15	Special*	II
Energy Ball	Grass	10	Special	IV
Flash Cannon	Steel	10	Special	IV

Variations of Sing

15 PP, 55% accuracy, puts the opponent to sleep, is a sound move
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Sing	Normal	Status	I	15
GrassWhistle	Grass	Status	III	15

Variations of Skill Swap

Switches some sort of statistic with opponent
Name	Type	Statistics switched	Category	Generation	PP
Skill Swap	Psychic	Abilities	Status	III	15
Power Swap	Psychic	Changes to Attack and Special Attack	Status	IV	15
Guard Swap	Psychic	Changes to Defense and Special Defense	Status	IV	15
Heart Swap*	Psychic	Changes to any stats	Status	IV	15

Variations of Sky Attack

140 Power, 90% accuracy, requires charging, 30% to cause status
Name	Type	Category	Status	Generation	PP
Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	Flinch	I	5
Cold Flare	Ice	Special	Burn	V	5
Freeze Bolt	Ice	Physical	Paralysis	V	5

Variations of Slash

70 Power, 100% Accuracy, high critical hit ratio
Name	Type	PP	Category	Generation
Slash	Normal	20	Physical	I
Cross Poison*	Poison	20	Physical	IV
Night Slash	Dark	15	Physical	IV
Psycho Cut	Psychic	20	Physical	IV
Shadow Claw	Ghost	15	Physical	IV

*Leaf Blade formerly had 70 power, but was changed to 90 power in Generation IV and is therefore no longer included.

Variations of Sludge Bomb

90 power, 100% accuracy
Name	Type	PP	Category	Generation
Sludge Bomb*	Poison	10	Special*	II
Hyper Voice*	Normal	10	Special*	III
Dragon Pulse	Dragon	10	Special	IV

Variations of SmellingSalt

60 Power, 100% Accuracy, double damage on target with non-volatile status, cures non-volatile status on target
Name	Type	Category	Generation	Ailment	PP
SmellingSalt	Normal	Physical	III	Paralysis	15
Wake-Up Slap	Fighting	Physical	IV	Sleep	15

Variations of Spikes

Sets up an entry hazard on the opponent's side of the battle field
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Spikes	Ground	Status	II	20
Stealth Rock*	Rock	Status	IV	20
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	IV	20

Variations of Stomp

65 Power, 100% Accuracy, 30% Flinch, power doubles if the foe has used Minimize
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Stomp	Normal	Physical	I	20
Hard Roller	Bug	Physical	V	20

Variations of Strength

80 Power, 100% accuracy, no added effect
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Strength	Normal	Physical	I	15
Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical*	III	15
Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	IV	15
X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	IV	15

Variations of Superpower

120 Power, 100% Accuracy, lowers user's stats
Name	Type	Category	Generation	Stats Lowered	PP
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	III	Def and Atk	5
Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	IV	Def and Sp. Def	5

Variations of Swift

60 Power, bypasses accuracy check
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Swift	Normal	Special*	I	20
Faint Attack	Dark	Physical*	II	20
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	III	20
Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	III	20
Shadow Punch	Ghost	Physical	III	20
Shock Wave	Electric	Special	III	20
Magnet Bomb	Steel	Physical	IV	20

Variations of Trick

Switches user's held item with foe's held item
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
Trick	Psychic	Status	III	10
Switcheroo	Dark	Status	IV	10

Variations of U-turn

70 Power, 100% accuracy, User switches out after doing damage
Name	Type	Category	Generation	PP
U-turn	Bug	Physical	IV	20
Volt Change	Electric	Special	V	20

Variations of Waterfall

15 PP, 80 Power, 100% Accuracy, may make the target flinch
Name	Type	PP	Category	Generation
Waterfall	Water	15	Physical*	I
Extrasensory	Psychic	30	Special	III
Dark Pulse	Dark	15	Special	IV
Iron Head	Steel	15	Physical	IV