Waterfall (move)

Waterfall (Japanese: たきのぼり Waterfall Climb) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I. It is HM07 in Generations, , and ; HM05 in Generations and ; and TM98 in Generation VII. Prior to Generation II, it was the signature move of and.

Generations I to III
Waterfall does damage and has no secondary effect.

Waterfall can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra two appeal points if the move was used in the prior turn.

Generation IV
Waterfall now has a 20% chance of causing the target to.

Generation I
Waterfall has no effect outside of battle.

Generation II and III
Waterfall is now an HM that allows players to climb waterfalls. It is not required to go down waterfalls.

Generation IV to VI
Waterfall is now required to go down waterfalls.

Generation VII
Waterfall can no longer be used outside of battle.

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Super Smash Bros. series
is 's Up Special move. It can be used by Squirtle as a recovery move and offers high knockback at the very end of the move.

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Trivia

 * Waterfall was the first move to gain HM status in a generation after it was introduced, doing so in Generation II. Only shares this trait, although it does not remain an HM in all subsequent generations.
 * Waterfall is the only former signature move to later become an HM move.
 * In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Wallace gives out HM05 (Waterfall) instead of a TM. This is the only time a Gym Leader gives out an HM instead of a TM.
 * In Generation VI, if the player uses Waterfall to go up or down a waterfall while riding on a Pokémon with a unique ing model (like ), the screen will briefly be convered in a splash of water and then show the player at the other end of the waterfall, instead of showing the entire process.

In other languages
Kaskade Cascada Cascade Cascata たきのぼり 攀瀑（招式）