Max Quake (move)

Max Quake ダイアース Dai Earth

Battles Type  Ground Category  Varies PP  — (max. —) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally 1 Other: May affect any adjacent opponent, but not allies

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

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Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII Generation IX

Max Quake (Japanese: ダイアース Dai Earth) is a damage-dealing Ground-type Max Move introduced in Generation VIII.

Effect

Max Quake inflicts damage and raises the user's and its ally's Special Defense by one stage. Its power and whether it is a special or physical move depends on the move it is based on.

Base move Power Cat. Bone Rush 130 Physical Bonemerang 130 Physical Bulldoze 110 Physical Dig 130 Physical Drill Run 130 Physical Earth Power 130 Special Earthquake 130 Physical Fissure 130 Physical High Horsepower 130 Physical Land's Wrath 130 Physical Mud Shot 110 Special Mud-Slap 90 Special Precipice Blades 140 Physical Sand Tomb 90 Physical Scorching Sands 120 Special Stomping Tantrum 130 Physical Thousand Arrows 130 Physical Thousand Waves 130 Physical

Description

Games Description SwSh This is a Ground-type attack Dynamax Pokémon use. This raises ally Pokémon's Sp. Def stats.

Learnset

Generation VIII

Any Dynamax Pokémon can use Max Quake if it knows a damaging Ground-type move.

In the anime

The Dynamaxed user attacks the opponent with a power that tears the ground apart.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gigantamax Grimmsnarl flexes its arms and releases a powerful shockwave from its body that sends pieces of the ground flying at the opponent.
Marnie's Grimmsnarl	JN099		Debut Base move is Stomping Tantrum

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 極巨大地 Gihkgeuih Daaihdeih Mandarin 極巨大地 / 极巨大地 Jíjù Dàdì Czech Max Třesení French Sismomax German Dyna-Erdstoß Italian Dynasisma Korean 다이어스 Dai Earth Spanish Maxitemblor

Max Moves
Max Strike • Max Knuckle • Max Airstream • Max Ooze • Max Quake Max Rockfall • Max Flutterby • Max Phantasm • Max Steelspike Max Flare • Max Geyser • Max Overgrowth • Max Lightning • Max Mindstorm Max Hailstorm • Max Wyrmwind • Max Darkness • Max Starfall • Max Guard Exclusive to Pokémon GO: Max Spirit
G-Max Moves
G-Max Vine Lash • G-Max Wildfire • G-Max Cannonade • G-Max Befuddle G-Max Volt Crash • G-Max Gold Rush • G-Max Chi Strike • G-Max Terror G-Max Foam Burst • G-Max Resonance • G-Max Cuddle • G-Max Replenish G-Max Malodor • G-Max Meltdown • G-Max Drum Solo • G-Max Fireball G-Max Hydrosnipe • G-Max Wind Rage • G-Max Gravitas • G-Max Stonesurge G-Max Volcalith • G-Max Tartness • G-Max Sweetness • G-Max Sandblast G-Max Stun Shock • G-Max Centiferno • G-Max Smite • G-Max Snooze • G-Max Finale G-Max Steelsurge • G-Max Depletion • G-Max One Blow • G-Max Rapid Flow

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