Soak (move)

This article is about the move Soak. For the Field Move in Pokémon Ranger games, see Field Move.

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Soak みずびたし Waterlog

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Battles Type  Water Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

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

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

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

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

Soak (Japanese: みずびたし Waterlog) is a non-damaging Water-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Soak changes the target's type to Water; the effect lasts until the target switches out. Soak does not affect Pokémon with the Ability Multitype. Soak fails if used on a substitute.

Description

Games Description The user shoots a torrent of water at the target and changes the target's type to Water.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	35	36	'
055		Golduck	Water		Water	37	38	'
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	51			'
119		Seaking	Water		Water	63			'
223		Remoraid	Water		Water	49	50	'
224		Octillery	Water		Water	61	64	'
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying	--			'
456		Finneon	Water		Water	54			'
457		Lumineon	Water		Water	66			'
550		Basculin	Water		Water	32			'
594		Alomomola	Water		Water	33			'
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
298		Azurill	Normal		Normal
320		Wailmer	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.

Trivia

• Soak is the only move that changes the type of a Pokémon other than the user.
• Azurill is the only non-Water-type Pokémon able to learn Soak, although the type of its evolutions are Water.

In other languages

Language Title French Détrempage German Überflutung Italian Inondazione Korean 물붓기 Moolbootgi Brazilian Portuguese Encharcar Spanish Anegar

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