Aqua Ring (move)

Aqua Ring アクアリング Aqua Ring

Battles Type  Water Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Aqua Ring (Japanese: アクアリング Aqua Ring) is a non-damaging Water-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

The user surrounds itself with a veil of water, allowing it to restore 1/16 of its max HP at the end of every turn. The effect of Aqua Ring can be Baton Passed, and will heal any Pokémon, regardless of its type.

If a Big Root is held by the user, the amount of HP restored at the end of each turn will increase by 30%.

Generation V

Aqua Ring can now be affected by Snatch.

Pokémon Rumble Blast

The Pokémon pauses for about two seconds, then it restores HP by 2s and 3s.

Description

Games Description The user envelops itself in a veil made of water. It regains some HP on every turn. PMDTDS Gives the user the Aqua Ring status, which restores its HP every few turns.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
086		Seel	Water		Water	23				23			'
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	23				23			'
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	27				27			'
119		Seaking	Water		Water	27				27			'
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	43				43	25	'
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	39				42			'
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	47				52			'
183		Marill	Water		Water	23				23	28	'
184		Azumarill	Water		Water	27				27	31	'
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	37				37	38	'
226		Mantine	Water	Flying	46				46	39	'
350		Milotic	Water		Water	49				49			'
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water	24				24			'
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	37				46			'
382		Kyogre	Water		Water		30		30			'
456		Finneon	Water		Water	33				33			'
457		Lumineon	Water		Water	35				35			'
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	46				46	39	'
489		Phione	Water		Water	54				54			'
490		Manaphy	Water		Water	54				54			'
535		Tympole	Water		Water					20			'
536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground					20			'
537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground					20			'
580		Ducklett	Water	Flying					24			'
581		Swanna	Water	Flying					24			'
594		Alomomola	Water		Water					5			'
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
007		Squirtle	Water		Water
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	no
090		Shellder	Water		Water	no
222		Corsola	Water	Rock
278		Wingull	Water	Flying
320		Wailmer	Water		Water
363		Spheal	Ice	Water
366		Clamperl	Water		Water
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water
393		Piplup	Water		Water
418		Buizel	Water		Water	no
515		Panpour	Water		Water	no
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 event

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0245 Suicune Water 13th Movie Event GameStop Event English Winter 2011 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 0366 Clamperl Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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 the anime

Swanna Milotic Lumineon
Rings of water surround the user.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Water droplets form around Milotic's body, and they combine together to create three rings of water that surround Milotic's body, or a large ring of water appears around Milotic's body and expands, hitting the opponent.
Wallace's Milotic	Our Cup Runneth Over!		Debut
Palmer's Milotic	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
	Water droplets form around Lumineon's body and they combine together to create three rings of water that surround Lumineon's body.
Zoey's Lumineon	Last Call - First Round!		None
	Swanna creates multiple rings of water around its body. The rings heal Swanna and then disappear.
Skyla's Swanna	Cilan Takes Flight!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Milotic
The user heals itself.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Milotic glows brightly, healing any damage inflicted on it.
Palmer's Milotic	Alternate Dimension Showdown VIII		Debut

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

Trivia

• In Arceus and the Jewel of Life, Aqua Ring was shown to deal damage, or at least appeared to be an offensive move, contrary to it being a defensive status move targeting the user in the games.
  • As a defensive move, Aqua Ring appears to have multiple effects as shown in An Amazing Aerial Battle!. It can heal statuses and work like Protect.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 水柱圈 Shuǐzhù Quān French Anneau Hydro German Wasserring Greek Υδάτινος Δακτύλιος Indonesian Cincin Air Italian Acquanello Korean 아쿠아링 Aqua Ring Norwegian Vannring Polish Pierścień Wodny Portuguese Brazil Anel Restaurador Portugal Água Armilar Spanish Acua Aro

Variations of the move Ingrain
Ingrain • Aqua Ring

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