Quick Attack in Pokemon Survivor

Quick Attack at a glance

What Quick Attack does

Quick Attack is a Normal-type dash move. You dash at the enemy like lightning and hit everything on the way.

Normal moves are in every Pokemon's pool, so it can show up in any run. 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.

It knocks enemies back.

Quick Attack stats by level

At level 1, Quick Attack deals 20 damage with a 0.75 second cooldown. At level 5 that becomes 45 damage every 0.56 seconds, which is 79.6 potential damage per second against 26.7 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.

Quick Attack level-up changes

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

• Level 2: +40% damage
• Level 3: +30% distance
• Level 4: -25% cooldown
• Level 5: +60% damage, +40% width

Quick Attack evolution: Extreme Speed

Quick Attack evolves into Extreme Speed when it reaches level 5 and you have taken the Sprint 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 Sprint card keeps showing up with a note that it unlocks this evolution, so you do not have to hunt for it.

Extreme Speed keeps the Normal type and the same slot. Its damage goes from 45 to 85 and its cooldown goes from 0.56 to 0.45 seconds. The move evolution guide lists all 59 evolutions and the cards they need.

• +90% damage
• +25% distance
• -20% cooldown

Which Pokemon can use Quick Attack

Every Pokemon can learn Quick Attack, because Normal moves are in all move pools. The real question is whether it is worth one of your four slots. No Pokemon starts with it. The table lists the top-ranked Pokemon overall by Stat Score. The full list is in the Pokedex.

How to use Quick Attack

• Dash moves aim at an enemy touching you first, then at a boss within 330 pixels, then at the nearest enemy, and wait until a target is in reach before they fire. A crowd around you takes the hits before a boss does.
• No type takes extra damage from Normal moves, while Rock and Steel take 40% less and Ghost takes only 30% of the damage. Enemies with two types multiply both effects. See the type chart.
• The only other dash move is Aerial Ace. 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 0.75 second cooldown of Quick Attack at level 1 becomes 0.49 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.

Quick Attack in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

What does Quick Attack do in Pokemon Survivor?

You dash at the enemy like lightning and hit everything on the way. It is a Normal-type dash move with 5 levels. It deals 20 damage at level 1 and 45 at level 5.

How do you evolve Quick Attack?

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

Which Pokemon can learn Quick Attack?

All 966 Pokemon, because it is a Normal move. None of them start with it.

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