Empoleon - Generation 8 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Empoleon can learn in Generation 8, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Sword
Pokémon Shield
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Pokémon Shining Pearl
Pokémon Legends: Arceus

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Empoleon artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Sword/Shield Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Legends: Arceus

Moves learnt by level up

Empoleon does not learn any level up moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

Egg moves

Empoleon does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

Moves learnt by TM

Empoleon cannot be taught any TM moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

Moves learnt by TR

Empoleon cannot be taught any TR moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

Moves learnt by level up

Empoleon learns the following moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Aqua Jet	Water	40	100
1	Charm	Fairy	—	100
1	Growl	Normal	—	100
1	Metal Claw	Steel	50	95
1	Pound	Normal	40	100
1	Tackle	Normal	40	100
4	Growl	Normal	—	100
8	Water Gun	Water	40	100
11	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
15	Peck	Flying	35	100
19	Bubble Beam	Water	65	100
24	Swagger	Normal	—	85
28	Fury Attack	Normal	15	85
33	Brine	Water	65	100
39	Whirlpool	Water	35	85
46	Mist	Ice	—	—
52	Drill Peck	Flying	80	100
59	Hydro Pump	Water	110	80

Moves learnt on evolution

Empoleon learns the following moves when it evolves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl (regardless of level).

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Aqua Jet	Water		40	100

Egg moves

Empoleon learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Agility	Psychic	—	—
Aqua Ring	Water	—	—
Double Hit	Normal	35	90
Feather Dance	Flying	—	100
Flail	Normal	—	100
Hydro Pump	Water	110	80
Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
Snore	Normal	50	100
Supersonic	Normal	—	55
Yawn	Normal	—	—

Move Tutor moves

Empoleon can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Hydro Cannon	Water		150	90

Moves learnt by TM

Empoleon is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
03	Water Pulse	Water	60	100
05	Roar	Normal	—	—
07	Hail	Ice	—	—
10	Work Up	Normal	—	—
13	Ice Beam	Ice	90	100
14	Blizzard	Ice	110	70
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
26	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
28	Dig	Ground	80	100
31	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
40	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
47	Steel Wing	Steel	70	90
49	Scald	Water	80	100
55	Brine	Water	65	100
56	Fling	Dark	—	100
58	Endure	Normal	—	—
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
68	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
72	Avalanche	Ice	60	100
75	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
76	Stealth Rock	Rock	—	—
80	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
82	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
83	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
86	Grass Knot	Grass	—	100
87	Swagger	Normal	—	85
88	Pluck	Flying	60	100
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
91	Flash Cannon	Steel	80	100
93	Cut	Normal	50	95
95	Surf	Water	90	100
96	Strength	Normal	80	100
97	Defog	Flying	—	—
98	Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100
99	Waterfall	Water	80	100
100	Rock Climb	Normal	90	85

Moves learnt by level up

Empoleon learns the following moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
?	Flash Cannon	Steel	80	100
1	Tackle	Normal	40	100
6	Bubble	Water	40	100
11	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
18	Water Pulse	Water	60	100
25	Roost	Flying	—	—
34	Liquidation	Water	85	100
43	Double-Edge	Normal	120	100
52	Hydro Pump	Water	110	80
57	Wave Crash	Water	75	100

Move Tutor moves

Empoleon can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Legends: Arceus from move tutors:

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
Baby-Doll Eyes	Fairy	—	100
Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
Flash Cannon	Steel	80	100
Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
Ice Beam	Ice	90	100
Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
Rest	Psychic	—	—
Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100
Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
Stealth Rock	Rock	—	—
Steel Beam	Steel	140	95
Water Pulse	Water	60	100

Empoleon egg move parents

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Empoleon

Empoleon's egg groups: Field, Water 1

The egg moves for Empoleon are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Empoleon with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Empoleon with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Agility

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Pikachu Raichu Sandshrew Sandslash Growlithe Arcanine Ponyta Rapidash Farfetch'd Horsea Seadra Jolteon Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Feraligatr Furret Aipom Girafarig Sneasel Mantine Kingdra Wingull Pelipper Surskit Masquerain Gorebyss Buizel Floatzel Ambipom Buneary Lopunny Weavile
Breeding	Mareep Flaaffy Ampharos Aipom Dunsparce Torchic Combusken Blaziken Wingull Pelipper Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Ambipom Lucario
Evolution	Furret
Sketch	Smeargle

Aqua Ring

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Seel Dewgong Vaporeon Marill Azumarill Corsola Mantine Milotic Gorebyss
Breeding	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Corsola Wingull Pelipper Wailmer Wailord Spheal Sealeo Walrein Clamperl Huntail Gorebyss Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Buizel Floatzel
Sketch	Smeargle

Double Hit

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Aipom Girafarig Corphish Crawdaunt Buizel Floatzel Ambipom Mamoswine
Breeding	Sneasel Zangoose Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Buneary Lopunny Weavile
Evolution	Mamoswine
Sketch	Smeargle

Feather Dance

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Torchic Combusken Blaziken
Breeding	Farfetch'd Torchic Combusken Blaziken Piplup Prinplup Empoleon
Sketch	Smeargle

Flail

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Dunsparce Swinub Piloswine Corsola Phanpy Donphan Zigzagoon Linoone Lotad Lombre Ludicolo Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Spinda Feebas Milotic Relicanth Mamoswine
Breeding	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Pikachu Raichu Sandshrew Sandslash Vulpix Ninetales Meowth Persian Farfetch'd Horsea Seadra Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Kabuto Kabutops Espeon Umbreon Remoraid Octillery Kingdra Lotad Lombre Ludicolo Torkoal Zangoose Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Pachirisu Buneary Lopunny Glameow Purugly Leafeon Glaceon
Sketch	Smeargle

Hydro Pump

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Psyduck Golduck Poliwag Poliwhirl Poliwrath Horsea Seadra Lapras Vaporeon Omanyte Omastar Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Marill Azumarill Politoed Remoraid Octillery Mantine Kingdra Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Lombre Ludicolo Pelipper Wailmer Wailord Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Relicanth Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Buizel Floatzel
Breeding	Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Mantine Surskit Masquerain Piplup Prinplup Empoleon
Sketch	Smeargle

Icy Wind

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Seel Dewgong Sneasel Swinub Piloswine Weavile Glaceon Mamoswine
Breeding	Kabuto Kabutops Delibird Spinda Piplup Prinplup Empoleon
Evolution	Glaceon
Sketch	Smeargle

Mud-Slap

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Diglett Dugtrio Mankey Primeape Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Dunsparce Swinub Piloswine Poochyena Mightyena Shellos Gastrodon Mamoswine
Breeding	Sandshrew Sandslash Farfetch'd Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Phanpy Donphan Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Zigzagoon Linoone Relicanth Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Buizel Floatzel Leafeon Glaceon
Sketch	Smeargle

Snore

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Teddiursa Ursaring Spoink Grumpig Spheal Sealeo Walrein
Breeding	Slowpoke Slowbro Slowking Dunsparce Snubbull Granbull Remoraid Octillery Phanpy Donphan Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Whismur Loudred Exploud Wailmer Wailord Relicanth Piplup Prinplup Empoleon
Sketch	Smeargle

Supersonic

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Mantine Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Wingull Pelipper Masquerain Whismur Loudred Exploud
Breeding	Nidoran♂ Nidorino Nidoking Omanyte Omastar Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Marill Azumarill Remoraid Octillery Clamperl Huntail Gorebyss Piplup Prinplup Empoleon
Sketch	Smeargle

Yawn

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Slowpoke Slowbro Wooper Quagsire Slowking Dunsparce Kingdra Poochyena Mightyena Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Numel Camerupt Relicanth Bidoof Bibarel Hippopotas Hippowdon
Breeding	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Psyduck Golduck Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Teddiursa Ursaring Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Poochyena Mightyena Numel Camerupt Torkoal Spheal Sealeo Walrein Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Shellos Gastrodon Leafeon Glaceon
Sketch	Smeargle