Move card

Waterfall

Stats and effect

Water Physical

Power 80

Accuracy 100%

PP 15

Priority 0

Effect

Has a chance to make the target flinch.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation I (Kanto) Effect chance: 20% Learned by 181 Pokémon

Move mechanics

Flinch 20% chance The target may lose its turn — this only works if it has not moved yet.

Move properties

Contact — The user touches the target, so abilities such as Static and Rough Skin and items like Rocky Helmet activate.

Machines that teach this move

HM07 Gold/Silver, Crystal, Ruby/Sapphire, Colosseum, FireRed/LeafGreen, Emerald, XD: Gale of Darkness, Diamond/Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver, Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl
HM05 Black/White, Black 2/White 2, X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire
TM98 Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Legends: Z-A
TM25 Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee
TR16 Sword/Shield
TM77 Scarlet/Violet, Scarlet/Violet: The Indigo Disk

The same move has different numbers in different games — check the number for your version before going after the machine.

Pokémon that learn this move (181)

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The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.