Hydro Pump in Pokemon Survivor

Hydro Pump at a glance

What Hydro Pump does

Hydro Pump is a Water-type beam move. A slow but devastating water blast.

A Pokemon can learn it if it is Water-type, which is true of 149 of the 966 Pokemon. It reaches you as a new-move card when you level up, as long as one of your four move slots is free. No Pokemon begins a run with it, so you only find it on level-up cards. Each level-up draws three cards by weight from up to six new-move candidates, your move upgrades and the stat cards, so even a good move can sit out several level-ups.

Hydro Pump stats by level

At level 1, Hydro Pump deals 29 damage with a 1.5 second cooldown. At level 5 that becomes 63 damage every 1.13 seconds, which is 56.1 potential damage per second against 19.3 at level 1.

Potential damage per second multiplies damage by the number of hits and divides by the cooldown. It assumes every one lands on the same enemy and leaves out the Pokemon's attack multiplier, your cards and the type chart, so treat it as an upper bound for comparing levels and moves, not as a kill time.

Hydro Pump level-up changes

Each level-up card for Hydro Pump applies the changes below. They stack, so the level 5 row above already includes all of them.

• Level 2: +45% damage
• Level 3: +30% length, +30% width
• Level 4: -25% cooldown
• Level 5: +50% damage

Hydro Pump evolution: Hydro Cannon

Hydro Pump evolves into Hydro Cannon when it reaches level 5 and you have taken the Power card at least once in the same run. Once both are true, a golden evolution card is always offered at your next level-up. Until then, the Power card keeps showing up with a note that it unlocks this evolution, so you do not have to hunt for it.

Hydro Cannon keeps the Water type and the same slot. Its damage goes from 63 to 114 and its cooldown goes from 1.13 to 0.96 seconds. The move evolution guide lists all 59 evolutions and the cards they need.

• +80% damage
• +50% width
• +20% length
• -15% cooldown

Which Pokemon can use Hydro Pump

149 Pokemon can learn Hydro Pump: every Water-type, which is 73 single-type and 76 dual-type. The best of them by Stat Score are Kyogre, Palkia, Walking Wake, and Keldeo.

No Pokemon starts with Hydro Pump, so you only find it on level-up cards.

How to use Hydro Pump

• Beam moves aim at a boss within 330 pixels first, then at an enemy touching you, then at the nearest enemy, so this is the kind of move that reaches a boss through a crowd. It waits until a target is in reach before it fires.
• Fire, Ground, and Rock take 60% more damage from Water moves, while Water, Grass, and Dragon take 40% less. Enemies with two types multiply both effects. See the type chart.
• Other beam moves are Psybeam, Ice Beam, and Dragon Rage. The moves list compares all 64.
• Each Reflexes card multiplies every cooldown by 0.92 and each Power card multiplies damage by 1.10. After 5 Reflexes cards the 1.5 second cooldown of Hydro Pump at level 1 becomes 0.99 seconds.
• Only the move group in your active slot fires, and every move in the group keeps its own cooldown timer. A bond, which a rift win gives you, fuses loose moves into one group.
• Weather can boost or weaken Water moves: see the weather guide.

Hydro Pump in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

What does Hydro Pump do in Pokemon Survivor?

A slow but devastating water blast. It is a Water-type beam move with 5 levels. It deals 29 damage at level 1 and 63 at level 5.

How do you evolve Hydro Pump?

Level it to 5 and take the Power card at least once in the same run. A golden evolution card then appears at the next level-up and turns it into Hydro Cannon.

Which Pokemon can learn Hydro Pump?

The 149 Water-type Pokemon, including dual types. None of them start with it.

Browse all 64 moves in the Pokemon Survivor moves list, or read the Pokemon Survivor guides.