Earthquake
Type matchups
- Super effective vs
- FireElectricPoisonRockSteel
- Not very effective vs
- GrassBug
- Ineffective vs
Summary
Deals damage. No other effect.
Description
The user stomps on or hits the ground to make it start shaking like crazy. The ground shakes violently for a few seconds, and with repeated usage of this move the arena will become increasingly damaged as cracks spread out across the ground and pieces of terrain are toppled. Pokémon caught in an Earthquake attack are thrown off their feet and slammed repeatedly into the ground as it bounces beneath them, and the damage dealt therefore depends on the hardness of the ground. In a sandy arena, the sand will absorb most of the shockwaves and also not make for a terribly hard landing for those Pokémon caught in an Earthquake; in a solid rock arena, on the other hand, Earthquake would be much more powerful.