Hydro Pump (move)

Hydro Pump ハイドロポンプ Hydro Pump

Battles Type  Water Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  80% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Hydro Pump (Japanese: ハイドロポンプ Hydro Pump) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Hydro Pump inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Description

Games Description Stad The strongest Water-type attack. However, while it is powerful, it may miss the target. Stad2 The strongest Water-type attack. While it is powerful, it may miss the target. GSC A powerful water- type attack. RSE Blasts water at high power to strike the foe. FRLG A high volume of water is blasted at the foe under great pressure. ColoXD Blasts water at high power to strike the target. DPPtHGSS The foe is blasted by a huge volume of water launched under great pressure. BWConquest The target is blasted by a huge volume of water launched under great pressure.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	42			47			47			37		40	40			''''
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	47			53			53			44		48	48			''''
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	52			68			68			53		60	60			''''
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	52			50			50			48				53	46	''''
055		Golduck	Water		Water	59			58			58			56				63	54	''''
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	45			43			43			38				38			''''
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	49			51			51			48				48			''''
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	48			49			49			40				47			''''
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	50			55			55			49				52			''''
090		Shellder	Water		Water														61			''''
116		Horsea	Water		Water	45			43			43			35				35			''''
117		Seadra	Water		Water	52			51			51			40				40			''''
120		Staryu	Water		Water	45			50			46			55				60	52	''''
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	41			40			40			41				41			''''
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	46			57			49			49				49			''''
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	54	52	52			52			71				71	45	''''
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	49			55			55			52				55			''''
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	53			65			65			67				75			''''
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	49																''''
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	53																''''
158		Totodile	Water		Water				52			52			43		48	50			''''
159		Croconaw	Water		Water				55			55			51		57	60			''''
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water				58			58			63		71	76			''''
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric				41			41			42				45			''''
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric				53			50			52				57			''''
183		Marill	Water		Water							45			42				42	40	''''
184		Azumarill	Water		Water							57			54				54	46	''''
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison				41			46	37	57				57			''''
223		Remoraid	Water		Water															42	''''
224		Octillery	Water		Water															52	''''
226		Mantine	Water	Flying										49				49			''''
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon				51			51			40				40			''''
245		Suicune	Water		Water				71			71			71				71			''''
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying				44			44			29	37		37			'
258		Mudkip	Water		Water							42			42				42			''''
271		Lombre	Water	Grass							49			43		45	45			''''
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying							61			57				57	58	''''
320		Wailmer	Water		Water							50			47				47			''''
321		Wailord	Water		Water							59			62				62			''''
350		Milotic	Water		Water							40			37				37			''''
351		Castform	Normal		Normal														50	40	'''
367		Huntail	Water		Water							50			51				51			''''
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water							50			51				51			''''
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock							64			71				71			''''
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water														40			''''
382		Kyogre	Water		Water							45			45	90		90			''''
393		Piplup	Water		Water										43				43			''''
394		Prinplup	Water		Water										51				51			''''
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel										59				59			''''
418		Buizel	Water		Water															45	''''
419		Floatzel	Water		Water															57	''''
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying										49				49			''''
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon											42		50			''''
501		Oshawott	Water		Water														43			''''
502		Dewott	Water		Water														52			''''
503		Samurott	Water		Water														62			''''
535		Tympole	Water		Water														42			''''
536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground														47			''''
537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground														53			''''
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock														51			''''
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock														61			''''
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost														49			''''
593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost														53			''''
594		Alomomola	Water		Water														61			''''
647		Keldeo	Water	Fighting														67			''''
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
118		Goldeen	Water		Water
158		Totodile	Water		Water
226		Mantine	Water	Flying
283		Surskit	Bug	Water
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark
339		Barboach	Water	Ground
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon
393		Piplup	Water		Water
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying
515		Panpour	Water		Water
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0479 Rotom Electric Water Pokémon Black and White Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0147 Dratini Dragon New York Pokémon Center 0183 Marill Water New York Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying Saikyou Salamence Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0283 Surskit Bug Water Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0260 Swampert Water Ground JR Kyushu Event 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass JR Kyushu Event 0393 PiplupLv.15 Water Nagashima Spa Land Piplup Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. series

In Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee, Blastoise, a Poké Ball Pokémon, uses Hydro Pump to damage and push away opposing fighters. There are multiple blasts and they can not be reflected.

Squirtle using Hydro Pump as part of Triple Finish

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Kyogre using Hydro Pump in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Squirtle uses Hydro Pump as part of Pokémon Trainer's Final Smash; Triple Finish.
Kyogre also uses Hydro Pump to push enemies away without damaging them when released from a Poké Ball.

In the anime

Piplup Oshawott Palpitoad Blastoise
The user blasts a powerful jet of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Blastoise blasts powerful jets of water out from the cannons in its shell.
A wild Blastoise	Beach Blank-Out Blastoise		Debut
Neesha's Shellshocker	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
Cissy's Blastoise	Fit to be Tide		None
Team Blastoise	Pokémon Water War		None
A Blastoise Jessie borrowed from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!		None
Gary's Blastoise	The Ties That Bind		None
Sid's Blastoise	Destiny Deoxys		None
Jimmy's Blastoise	Judgment Day!		None
Unknown Trainer's Blastoise	Eight Ain't Enough		None
	Squirtle retreats into its shell and rapidly spins while it fires powerful jets of water from its mouth through all the shell's openings. It then flies like a frisbee towards the opponent, hitting them with water.
Ash's Squirtle	Misty Meets Her Match		None
	Gyarados blasts a powerful jet of water out of its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Gyarados	Houndoom's Special Delivery		None
Trinity's Gyarados	The Perfect Match!		None
Lance's Gyarados	Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution		None
Clair's Gyarados	Beauty is Skin Deep		None
Misty's Gyarados	Cerulean Blues		None
A wild Gyarados	A Six Pack Attack!		None
A mirage Gyarados merged with a mirage Mewtwo	The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon		None
	The red spikes on Feraligatr's head starts to glow light red and it releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Raiden's Feraligatr	Ring Masters		None
Unknown Trainer's Feraligatr	A Claim to Flame!		None
Unknown Trainer's Feraligatr	Gonna Rule the School!		None
A Coordinator's Feraligatr	New Plot, Odd Lot!		None
A wild Feraligatr	Pikachu's Big Sparking Search		None
	Kingdra blasts a powerful spiraling jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Christopher's Kingdra	Dueling Heroes		None
Clair's Kingdra	Fangs for Nothin'		None
	Croconaw blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Ranger Mason's Croconaw	Mother of All Battles		None
Bryan's Croconaw	The Champ Twins!		None
Khoury's Croconaw	Bagged Then Tagged!		None
	Tentacruel blasts a powerful jet of water from underneath the large blue stinger on its face at the opponent.
Kail's Tentacruel	Cerulean Blues		None
	Carvanha blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Shelly's Carvanha	A Three Team Scheme!		None
	Swampert blast a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Tommy's Swampert	Abandon Ship!		None
Morrison's Swampert	Choose It or Lose It!		None
	Golduck blasts a powerful jet of water from its bill at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Golduck	A Double Dilemma		None
Unknown Trainer's Golduck	Saved by the Beldum		None
Katie's Golduck	Shocks and Bonds		None
	Pelipper blasts a powerful jet of water from its bill at the opponent.
Winona's Pelipper	Sky High Gym Battle!		None
	Relicanth blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Relicanth	The Relicanth Really Can		None
	Kyogre blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Kyogre	The Scuffle of Legends		None
	Milotic blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Juan's Milotic	Eight Ain't Enough		None
Lucy's Milotic	Queen of the Serpentine!		None
An illusion created by Mismagius	Malice in Wonderland!		None
Wallace's Milotic	Strategy with a Smile!		None
	Psyduck blasts a powerful jet of water from its bill at the opponent.
Emily's Psyduck	Sitting Psyduck		None
	Vaporeon blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Galea's Vaporeon	On Olden Pond		None
	Azumarill blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Paul's Azumarill	Shapes of Things to Come!		None
	Lanturn blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Kyle's Lanturn	Pruning a Passel of Pals!		None
	Empoleon blasts a powerful jet of water from its beak at the opponent.
Barry's Empoleon	Jumping Rocket Ship!		None
	Rotom points the pipe on the side of its body at the opponent and blasts a powerful jet of water from it at the opponent.
A wild Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None
	Mantyke blasts a powerful jet of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Mantyke	Cheers on Castaways Isle!		None
	Piplup opens its beak and releases a powerful stream of water with white rings of water around it from it at the opponent, or Piplup opens its beak and a blue ball of water forms in front of its beak. The ball of water flattens and turns into a circle. Then, a powerful jet of water fires from the circle at the opponent. Sometimes, the inside of its beak glows light blue before it uses the attack.
Piplup of Team Poképals	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness		None
Dawn's Piplup	Piplup, Up and Away!		None
	Starmie releases a powerful blast of water from the gem on the center of its body at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Starmie	Dawn of a Royal Day!		None
	Tympole releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Tympole	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!		None
	Palpitoad releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent. When the water is about to hit the opponent, multiple rings of light blue water appear around the top of the stream of water and travels down it when it hits.
Ash's Palpitoad	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!		None
Clay's Palpitoad	Battling the King of the Mines!		None
	Frillish releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Frillish	Climbing the Tower of Success!		None
	Carracosta releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Carracosta	A Restoration Confrontation (Part 2)		None
	Jellicent releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Rinzō's two Jellicent	Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!		None
	Oshawott glows blue and moves its hands in a counterclockwise motion that creates a vortex that a powerful stream of water appears from, it then hits the opponent, or Oshawott releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Ash's Oshawott	BW087		None

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Squirtle Spinning
The foe is blasted by a huge volume of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Blastoise releases two powerful streams of water from its hydro cannons at the opponent.
Dario's two Blastoise	The Human Race and the Pokémon Race		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Omastar Gyarados Blastoise Empoleon
The foe is blasted by a huge volume of water launched under great pressure.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gyarados blasts a powerful stream of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Red's Gyara	Gyarados Splashes In!		Debut
Silver's Gyarados	Raise the Red Gyarados		None
Cyrus's Gyarados	VS. Dialga and Palkia II		None
	Wartortle stomps its two hands on the ground and geysers of water shoot up from the ground all around the opponent.
Green's Blasty	The Jynx Jinx		None
	Blastoise blasts two powerful jets of water from the hydro cannons on its back at the opponent.
Green's Blasty	The Winged Legends		None
	Seadra takes a deep breath and fires a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Yellow's Seadra	Sea Sea Seadra		None
	Golduck blasts a powerful jet of water from its bill or the palm of its hand at the opponent.
Blue's Golduck	Lapras Lazily		None
	Lanturn fires a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Misty's Lanturn	Lovely Lanturn		None
	Suicune fires a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Crys's Suicune	Lovely Lanturn		None
	Omastar releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Yellow's Omny	Butterfly Butterfree		None
	Azumarill releases a powerful blast of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Matt's Azumarill	VS. Azumarill I		None
	Pelipper releases a powerful blast of sparkling water from its mouth at the opponent.
Amber's Pelipper	VS. Pelipper I		None
	Kyogre releases a powerful blast of water with a stream of water that spirals around it at the opponent from its mouth.
Archie's Kyogre	VS. Kyogre & Groudon I		None
	Feraligatr releases a powerful stream of water from its mouth at the opponent.
Kimberly's Feraligatr	Red, Man of Failure		None
	Empoleon opens its mouth and releases a powerful and spiraling stream of water from its beak at the opponent.
Platinum's Empoleon	VS. Gallade II		None
	Rotom releases a powerful blast of water from the hose on the side of its body at the opponent.
A wild Rotom	VS. Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)		None
	Tympole releases a large and powerful stream of water from its mouth at the opponent.
N's Tympole	Listening to Pokémon		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Empoleon
The user blasts the foe with a high volume of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Piplup shoots out a high volume of water at the foe.
Hareta's Piplup	The Battle Rages On		Debut
	Empoleon shoots out a high volume of water at the foe.
Hareta's Empoleon	Will Hareta's Wish Get Through?!		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Kabuto and Kabutops learn Hydro Pump only in Generation I. As of Generation II, they are no longer able to learn this move by any means.
• Lugia is the only non-Water-type to learn Hydro Pump by level-up, with the exception of Castform who can be a Water-type.
  • Bagon is the only non-Water-type to learn Hydro Pump through breeding.
• In all 3D games, Hydro Pump is represented as a thick blast of water. When any Pokémon uses it, a single stream is shown, however, when Blastoise uses this move, two streams are fired at the target.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 水炮 Shuǐpào Dutch Hydropomp Finnish Vesipumppu French Hydrocanon German Hydropumpe Greek Υδραντλία Hindi पानी का पम्प Paani Ka Pump Indonesian Hydro Pump Italian Idropompa Korean 하이드로펌프 Hydro Pump Polish Hydropompa (original series) Pompa wodna (Diamond & Pearl) Portuguese Brazil Hidrobomba Portugal Bomba de Água (Pokémon Chronicles) Romanian Pompa Hidraulică Serbian Hidro Pumpa Spanish Hidrobomba

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