Quaquaval
National: #914· Paldea: #9
Evolution chain
Evolution method (Scarlet & Violet). Methods may differ in earlier games.
Base stats
| HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Speed | BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 120 | 80 | 85 | 75 | 85 | 530 |
Abilities
Signature moves
Moves that are learned only by this Pokémon line (Gen 9).
The user toys with the target and attacks it using light and fluid dance steps. This also boosts the user's Speed stat.
Moves
Raises the user’s Attack by two stages.
User takes 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.
User falls to sleep and immediately regains all its HP. If the user has another major status effect, sleep will replace it. The user will always wake up after two turns, or one turn with early bird. This move fails if the Pokémon cannot fall asleep due to uproar, insomnia, or vital spirit. It also fails if the Pokémon is at full health or is already asleep.
Transfers 1/4 the user’s max HP into a doll that absorbs damage and causes most negative move effects to fail. If the user leaves the field, the doll will vanish. If the user cannot pay the HP cost, this move will fail. The doll takes damage as normal, using the user’s stats and types, and will break when its HP reaches zero. Self-inflicted damage from confusion or recoil is not absorbed. Healing effects from opponents ignore the doll and heal the user as normal. Moves that work based on the user’s HP still do so; the doll’s HP does not influence any move. The doll will block major status effects, confusion, and flinching. The effects of smelling salts and wake up slap do not trigger against a doll, even if the Pokémon behind the doll has the appropriate major status effect. Multi-turn trapping moves like wrap will hit the doll for their regular damage, but the multi-turn trapping and damage effects will not activate. Moves blocked or damage absorbed by the doll do not count as hitting the user or inflicting damage for any effects that respond to such, e.g., avalanche, counter, or a rowap berry. magic coat still works as normal, even against moves the doll would block. Opposing Pokémon that damage the doll with a leech move like absorb are healed as normal. It will also block acupressure, block, the curse effect of curse, dream eater, embargo, flatter, gastro acid, grudge, heal block, leech seed, lock on, mean look, mimic, mind reader, nightmare, pain split, psycho shift, spider web, sketch, swagger, switcheroo, trick, worry seed, and yawn. A Pokémon affected by yawn before summoning the doll will still fall to sleep. The doll blocks intimidate, but all other abilities act as though the doll did not exist. If the user has an ability that absorbs moves of a certain type for HP (such as volt absorb absorbing thunder wave), such moves will not be blocked. life orb and berries that cause confusion still work as normal, but their respective HP loss and confusion are absorbed/blocked by the doll. The user is still vulnerable to damage inflicted when entering or leaving the field, such as by pursuit or spikes; however, the doll will block the poison effect of toxic spikes. The doll is passed on by baton pass. It keeps its existing HP, but uses the replacement Pokémon’s stats and types for damage calculation. All other effects work as normal.
No moves will hit the user for the remainder of this turn. If the user is last to act this turn, this move will fail. If the user successfully used detect, endure, protect, quick guard, or wide guard on the last turn, this move has a 50% chance to fail. lock on, mind reader, and no guard provide a (100 – accuracy)% chance for moves to break through this move. This does not apply to one-hit KO moves (fissure, guillotine, horn drill, and sheer cold); those are always blocked by this move. thunder during rain dance and blizzard during hail have a 30% chance to break through this move. The following effects are not prevented by this move: * acupressure from an ally * curse’s curse effect * Delayed damage from doom desire and future sight; however, these moves will be prevented if they are used this turn * feint, which will also end this move’s protection after it hits * imprison * perish song * shadow force * Moves that merely copy the user, such as transform or psych up This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
The user’s HP cannot be lowered below 1 by any means for the remainder of this turn. If the user successfully used detect, endure, protect, quick guard, or wide guard on the last turn, this move has a 50% chance to fail. This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
Only usable if the user is sleeping. Randomly selects and uses one of the user’s other three moves. Use of the selected move requires and costs 0 PP. This move will not select assist, bide, bounce, chatter, copycat, dig, dive, fly, focus punch, me first, metronome, mirror move, shadow force, skull bash, sky attack, sky drop, sleep talk, solar beam, razor wind, or uproar. If the selected move requires a recharge turn—i.e., one of blast burn, frenzy plant, giga impact, hydro cannon, hyper beam, roar of time, or rock wrecker—and the user is still sleeping next turn, then it’s forced to use this move again and pay another PP for the recharge turn. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist, metronome, or sleep talk.
If the user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned, this move has double power.
Boosts the power of the target’s moves by 50% until the end of this turn. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist or metronome.
Target loses its held item. Neither the user nor the target can recover its item with recycle. If the target has multitype or sticky hold, it will take damage but not lose its item.
Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage each.
If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user.
User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
Targets the last opposing Pokémon to hit the user with a physical move this turn. Inflicts twice the damage that move did to the user. If there is no eligible target, this move will fail. Type immunity applies, but other type effects are ignored. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist or metronome.
Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers.
Destroys any light screen or reflect on the target’s side of the field, then inflicts regular damage.
User’s critical hit rate is one level higher when using this move.
Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers.
Power and type are determined by the user’s held item. The item is consumed. If the user is not holding an item, or its item has no set type and power, this move will fail. This move ignores sticky hold. If the user is under the effect of embargo, this move will fail.
If the user has no held item, this move has double power.
Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Has a 30% chance to confuse the target. This move can hit Pokémon under the effect of bounce, fly, or sky drop. During rain dance, this move has 100% accuracy. During sunny day, this move has 50% accuracy.
If the target is in the first turn of dive, this move will hit with double power.
Changes the weather to rain for five turns, during which water moves inflict 50% extra damage, and fire moves inflict half damage. If the user is holding damp rock, this effect lasts for eight turns. thunder has 100% accuracy. If the target has used detect or protect, thunder has a (100 - accuracy)% chance to break through the protection. solar beam has half power. moonlight, morning sun, and synthesis heal only 1/4 of the user’s max HP. Pokémon with swift swim have doubled original Speed. Pokémon with forecast become water. Pokémon with dry skin heal 1/8 max HP, Pokémon with hydration are cured of major status effects, and Pokémon with rain dish heal 1/16 max HP at the end of each turn.
Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.
Has a 20% chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.
For the next 2–5 turns, the target cannot leave the field and is damaged for 1/16 its max HP at the end of each turn. The user continues to use other moves during this time. If the user leaves the field, this effect ends. Has a 3/8 chance each to hit 2 or 3 times, and a 1/8 chance each to hit 4 or 5 times. Averages to 3 hits per use. If the target is in the first turn of dive, this move will hit with double power.
If a friendly Pokémon used grass pledge earlier this turn, all opposing Pokémon have halved Speed for four turns (including this one).
Has a 20% chance to confuse the target.
The user shrouds itself in water and slams into the target with its whole body to inflict damage. This also damages the user and raises the user’s action speed.
The user covers its feet in thin ice and twirls around, slamming into the target. This move's spinning motion also destroys the terrain.
The user attacks the target by showering it with water that's so cold it saps the target's power. This also lowers the target's Attack stat.
User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
User switches out, and the trainer selects a replacement Pokémon from the party. Stat changes, confusion, and persistent move effects are passed along to the replacement Pokémon. The following move effects are passed: * aqua ring * both the user’s and target’s effect of block, mean look, and spider web * the curse effect of curse * embargo * focus energy or an activated lansat berry * gastro acid * ingrain * being sapped by leech seed * being targeted by lock on or mind reader * magnet rise * perish song’s counter * power trick * substitute; the doll’s HP is unchanged The replacement Pokémon does not trigger effects that respond to Pokémon switching in.
Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s. This move cannot be copied by mirror move.
Inflicts regular damage, then the user immediately switches out, and the trainer selects a replacement Pokémon from the party. If the target faints from this attack, the user’s trainer selects the new Pokémon to send out first. If the user is the last Pokémon in its party that can battle, it will not switch out. The user may be hit by pursuit when it switches out, if it has been targeted and pursuit has not yet been used. This move may be used even if the user is under the effect of ingrain. ingrain’s effect will end.
Raises the user’s Speed by two stages.
User’s critical hit rate is two levels higher until it leaves the field. If the user has already used focus energy since entering the field, this move will fail. This effect is passed on by baton pass.
Inflicts exactly enough damage to lower the target’s HP to equal the user’s. If the target’s HP is not higher than the user’s, this move has no effect. Type immunity applies, but other type effects are ignored. This effect counts as damage for moves that respond to damage.
Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages.
User takes 1/3 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
Power varies inversely with the user’s proportional remaining HP. 64 * current HP / max HP | Power -----------------------: | ----: 0– 1 | 200 2– 5 | 150 6–12 | 100 13–21 | 80 22–42 | 40 43–64 | 20
Target is forced to only use damaging moves for the next 3–5 turns, selected at random. Moves that select other moves not known in advance do not count as damaging. assist, copycat, me first, metronome, mirror move, and sleep talk do not directly inflict damage and thus may not be used. bide, counter, endeavor, metal burst, and mirror coat are allowed.
Raises the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage each.
The next 4–8 times (selected at random) the target attempts to move, it is forced to repeat its last used move. If the selected move allows the trainer to select a target, an opponent will be selected at random each turn. If the target is prevented from using the selected move by some other effect, struggle will be used instead. This effect ends if the selected move runs out of PP. If the target hasn’t used a move since entering the field, if it tried to use a move this turn and failed, if it does not know the selected move, or if the selected move has 0 PP remaining, this move will fail. If the target’s last used move was encore, mimic, mirror move, sketch, struggle, or transform, this move will fail.
Ignores accuracy and evasion.
The user reacts to the target's movement and strikes with the heel of its palm, making the target flinch. This move fails if the target is not readying a priority move.
Power increases with the target’s weight in kilograms, to a maximum of 120. Target’s weight | Power --------------- | ----: Up to 10kg | 20 Up to 25kg | 40 Up to 50kg | 60 Up to 100kg | 80 Up to 200kg | 100 Above 200kg | 120
For five turns, protects all Pokémon on the ground from major status ailments and confusion and weakens dragon moves used against them to 0.5× their power. Changes nature power to moonblast.
Lowers the target’s Speed by one stage.
Inflicts regular damage, then lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage each.
Hits twice in one turn.
The user expels pressurized water to cut at the target like a blade. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.
The user toys with the target and attacks it using light and fluid dance steps. This also boosts the user's Speed stat.
