Water Shuriken
Pokémon Champions
Usually goes first. Hits 2-5 times in one turn.
- Power
- 15
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 20
- Priority
- +1
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Water Shuriken changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen IX
… move will always hit five times. added: If the user is an Ash-Greninja with the Battle Bond Ability, this move has a power of 20 and always hits three times. If the user is holding Loaded Dice, this move will hit 4-5 times.
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
Hits two to five times. Has a 35% chance to hit two or three times and a 15% chance to hit four or five times. If one of the hits breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the remaining hits. If the user has the Skill Link Ability, this move will always hit five times. If the user is an Ash-Greninja with the Battle Bond Ability, this move has a power of 20 and always hits three times. If the user is holding Loaded Dice, this move will hit 4-5 times.
“The user hits the target with throwing stars two to five times in a row. This move always goes first.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Water Shuriken, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Boosts it
1
- Skill Linkalways hits 5 times
Blocks or weakens it
2
- Queenly Majestyblocks it
- Armor Tailblocks it
Changes how it works
1
- Infiltratorgoes through Substitute
Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.
Good to know
- Psychic Terrain stops it hitting a grounded Pokémon.
- Its power changes with the situation; How it works gives the rule.
Works with or against it
Who runs Water Shuriken on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
On the ladder today
Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Water Shuriken among their most used moves.
Who learns Water Shuriken
2 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
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