Soak (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Water
Category	Status
Power	—
Accuracy	100
PP	20 (max. 32)
Makes contact?	No
Introduced	Generation 5

Effects

Soak changes the target's type to Water. It does not work on Pokémon with the ability Multitype.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Waterium Z and uses its Z-Power, Soak turns into Z-Soak and raises Special Attack one stage, in addition to its usual effect as above.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English	Soak
Japanese	みずびたし (Mizubitashi)
German	Überflutung
French	Détrempage
Italian	Inondazione
Spanish	Anegar

Game descriptions

Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user shoots a torrent of water at the target and changes the target’s type to Water.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user shoots a torrent of water at the target and changes the target’s type to Water.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user shoots a torrent of water at the target and changes the target’s type to Water.
Sword/Shield	The user shoots a torrent of water at the target and changes the target’s type to Water.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Soak at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Sword & Shield and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.

Psyduck
#054 / Water
Level 27

Golduck
#055 / Water
Level 27

Goldeen
#118 / Water
Level 40

Seaking
#119 / Water
Level 44

Remoraid
#223 / Water
Level 40

Octillery
#224 / Water
Level 48

Pelipper
#279 / Water · Flying
Level 1

Wailord
#321 / Water
Level 1

Basculin
Red-Striped Form
#550 / Water
Level 28

Wishiwashi
Solo Form
#746 / Water
Level 24

Dewpider
#751 / Water · Bug
Level 28

Araquanid
#752 / Water · Bug
Level 32