Max Move

A Max Move (Japanese: ダイマックスわざ Daimax Move) is a special type of move introduced in Generation VIII. While Dynamaxed, all of a Dynamax Pokémon's moves are replaced by their corresponding Max Moves. For Gigantamax Pokémon, attacking moves of a certain type become G-Max Moves instead. Max Moves are often more powerful than regular moves and all have secondary effects.

Effects

Similar to Z-Moves, the type, damage category and base power of Max Moves that a Dynamax Pokémon knows depend on the moves it knew before Dynamaxing. The exception to this are status moves, which instead all become the Normal-type Max Guard. If the base move's type is changed either by a move's effect or an Ability (e.g. Pixilate, Electrify, or Weather Ball), then the Max Move will also be converted to that of the new type with the same power; however, the move selection screen will still display the Max Move of the original type. For instance, if a Fighting-type Silvally knows Multi-Attack, the Max Move will still display as Max Strike, but when executed it becomes Max Knuckle.

Damaging Max Moves deal 25% of their total damage against targets that use protection moves (such as Protect and Spiky Shield), and secondary effects are still applied. Only the Max Move Max Guard fully protects against Max Moves. Secondary effects of Max Moves may also affect targets and their allies behind a substitute. Max Moves also never miss, unless the target is semi-invulnerable.

For Gigantamax Pokémon, damaging moves of a certain type become its exclusive G-Max Move instead of the normal corresponding Max Move; the type of moves affected depends on the Gigantamax Pokémon's species. Eternamax Eternatus can also use Max Moves, but this form cannot be obtained by the player.

List of Max Moves

Max Move	Type	Additional effect
Max Strike	Normal	Decreases the Speed of the target and its allies by one stage
Max Knuckle	Fighting	Increases the Attack of the user and its allies by one stage
Max Airstream	Flying	Increases the Speed of the user and its allies by one stage
Max Ooze	Poison	Increases the Special Attack of the user and its allies by one stage
Max Quake	Ground	Increases the Special Defense of the user and its allies by one stage
Max Rockfall	Rock	Creates a sandstorm for five turns.
Max Flutterby	Bug	Decreases the Special Attack of the target and its allies by one stage
Max Phantasm	Ghost	Decreases the Defense of the target and its allies by one stage
Max Steelspike	Steel	Increases the Defense of the user and its allies by one stage
Max Flare	Fire	Creates harsh sunlight for five turns.
Max Geyser	Water	Creates rain for five turns.
Max Overgrowth	Grass	Creates Grassy Terrain for five turns.
Max Lightning	Electric	Creates Electric Terrain for five turns.
Max Mindstorm	Psychic	Creates Psychic Terrain for five turns.
Max Hailstorm	Ice	Creates hail for five turns.
Max Wyrmwind	Dragon	Decreases the Attack of the target and its allies by one stage
Max Darkness	Dark	Decreases the Special Defense of the target and its allies by one stage
Max Starfall	Fairy	Creates Misty Terrain for five turns.
Max Guard	Normal	Protects from all moves, including Max Moves

Power

The following table shows the power of a Max Move based on its respective base move. The same power values are also used for most G-Max Moves.

#	Base move	Type	Cat.	Usable	Power	Max Power
001	Pound	Normal	Physical	✔	40	90
005	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	✔	80	130
006	Pay Day	Normal	Physical	✔	40	90
007	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	✔	75	130
008	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	✔	75	130
009	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	✔	75	130
010	Scratch	Normal	Physical	✔	40	90
011	Vise Grip	Normal	Physical	✔	55	110
012	Guillotine	Normal	Physical	✔	—	130
015	Cut	Normal	Physical	✔	50	100
016	Gust	Flying	Special	✔	40	90
017	Wing Attack	Flying	Physical	✔	60	110
019	Fly	Flying	Physical	✔	90	130
020	Bind	Normal	Physical	✔	15	90
021	Slam	Normal	Physical	✔	80	130
022	Vine Whip	Grass	Physical	✔	45	100
023	Stomp	Normal	Physical	✔	65	120
024	Double Kick	Fighting	Physical	✔	30	80
025	Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	✔	120	140
029	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	✔	70	120
030	Horn Attack	Normal	Physical	✔	65	120
031	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	✔	15	90
032	Horn Drill	Normal	Physical	✔	—	130
033	Tackle	Normal	Physical	✔	40	90
034	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	✔	85	130
035	Wrap	Normal	Physical	✔	15	90
036	Take Down	Normal	Physical	✔	90	130
037	Thrash	Normal	Physical	✔	120	140
038	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	✔	120	140
040	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	✔	15	70
042	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	✔	25	130
044	Bite	Dark	Physical	✔	60	110
051	Acid	Poison	Special	✔	40	70
052	Ember	Fire	Special	✔	40	90
053	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	✔	90	130
055	Water Gun	Water	Special	✔	40	90
056	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	✔	110	140
057	Surf	Water	Special	✔	90	130
058	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	✔	90	130
059	Blizzard	Ice	Special	✔	110	140
060	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	✔	65	120
061	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	✔	65	120
062	Aurora Beam	Ice	Special	✔	65	120
063	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	✔	150	150
064	Peck	Flying	Physical	✔	35	90
065	Drill Peck	Flying	Physical	✔	80	130
066	Submission	Fighting	Physical	✔	80	90
067	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	✔	—	100
068	Counter	Fighting	Physical	✔	—	75
069	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	✔	—	75
070	Strength	Normal	Physical	✔	80	130
071	Absorb	Grass	Special	✔	20	90
072	Mega Drain	Grass	Special	✔	40	90
075	Razor Leaf	Grass	Physical	✔	55	110
076	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	✔	120	140
080	Petal Dance	Grass	Special	✔	120	140
083	Fire Spin	Fire	Special	✔	35	90
084	Thunder Shock	Electric	Special	✔	40	90
085	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	✔	90	130
087	Thunder	Electric	Special	✔	110	140
088	Rock Throw	Rock	Physical	✔	50	100
089	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	✔	100	130
090	Fissure	Ground	Physical	✔	—	130
091	Dig	Ground	Physical	✔	80	130
093	Confusion	Psychic	Special	✔	50	100
094	Psychic	Psychic	Special	✔	90	130
098	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	✔	40	90
101	Night Shade	Ghost	Special	✔	—	100
120	Self-Destruct	Normal	Physical	✔	200	150
122	Lick	Ghost	Physical	✔	30	90
123	Smog	Poison	Special	✔	30	70
124	Sludge	Poison	Special	✔	65	85
126	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	✔	110	140
127	Waterfall	Water	Physical	✔	80	130
129	Swift	Normal	Special	✔	60	110
130	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	✔	130	140
136	High Jump Kick	Fighting	Physical	✔	130	95
138	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	✔	100	130
141	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	✔	80	130
143	Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	✔	140	140
152	Crabhammer	Water	Physical	✔	100	130
153	Explosion	Normal	Physical	✔	250	150
154	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	✔	18	100
155	Bonemerang	Ground	Physical	✔	50	130
157	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	✔	75	130
158	Hyper Fang	Normal	Physical	✘	80	130
161	Tri Attack	Normal	Special	✔	80	130
162	Super Fang	Normal	Physical	✔	—	100
163	Slash	Normal	Physical	✔	70	120
165	Struggle	Normal	Physical	✔	50	1
167	Triple Kick	Fighting	Physical	✔	10	80
168	Thief	Dark	Physical	✔	60	110
172	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	✔	60	110
173	Snore	Normal	Special	✔	50	100
175	Flail	Normal	Physical	✔	—	130
177	Aeroblast	Flying	Special	✔	100	130
179	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	✔	—	100
181	Powder Snow	Ice	Special	✔	40	90
183	Mach Punch	Fighting	Physical	✔	40	70
188	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	✔	90	90
189	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	✔	20	90
190	Octazooka	Water	Special	✔	65	120
192	Zap Cannon	Electric	Special	✔	120	140
196	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	✔	55	110
198	Bone Rush	Ground	Physical	✔	25	130
200	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	✔	120	140
202	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	✔	75	130
205	Rollout	Rock	Physical	✔	30	90
206	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	✔	40	90
209	Spark	Electric	Physical	✔	65	120
210	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	✔	40	90
211	Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	✔	70	120
217	Present	Normal	Physical	✔	—	100
221	Sacred Fire	Fire	Physical	✔	100	130
223	Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	✔	100	90
224	Megahorn	Bug	Physical	✔	120	140
225	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	✔	60	110
229	Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	✔	50	100
231	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	✔	100	130
232	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	✔	50	100
233	Vital Throw	Fighting	Physical	✔	70	85
238	Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	✔	100	90
239	Twister	Dragon	Special	✔	40	90
242	Crunch	Dark	Physical	✔	80	130
243	Mirror Coat	Psychic	Special	✔	—	100
245	Extreme Speed	Normal	Physical	✔	80	130
246	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	✔	60	110
247	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	✔	80	130
248	Future Sight	Psychic	Special	✔	120	140
249	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	✔	40	70
250	Whirlpool	Water	Special	✔	35	90
251	Beat Up	Dark	Physical	✔	—	100
252	Fake Out	Normal	Physical	✔	40	90
253	Uproar	Normal	Special	✔	90	130
255	Spit Up	Normal	Special	✔	—	100
257	Heat Wave	Fire	Special	✔	95	130
263	Facade	Normal	Physical	✔	70	120
264	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	✔	150	100
276	Superpower	Fighting	Physical	✔	120	95
279	Revenge	Fighting	Physical	✔	60	80
280	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	✔	75	90
282	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	✔	65	120
283	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	✔	—	130
284	Eruption	Fire	Special	✔	150	150
291	Dive	Water	Physical	✔	80	130
292	Arm Thrust	Fighting	Physical	✔	15	70
295	Luster Purge	Psychic	Special	✔	70	120
296	Mist Ball	Psychic	Special	✔	70	120
299	Blaze Kick	Fire	Physical	✔	85	130
304	Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	✔	90	130
305	Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	✔	50	75
306	Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	✔	75	130
307	Blast Burn	Fire	Special	✔	150	150
308	Hydro Cannon	Water	Special	✔	150	150
309	Meteor Mash	Steel	Physical	✔	90	130
310	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	✔	30	90
311	Weather Ball	Normal	Special	✔	50	130
314	Air Cutter	Flying	Special	✔	60	110
315	Overheat	Fire	Special	✔	130	140
317	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	✔	60	110
323	Water Spout	Water	Special	✔	150	150
325	Shadow Punch	Ghost	Physical	✔	60	110
326	Extrasensory	Psychic	Special	✔	80	130
328	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	✔	35	90
329	Sheer Cold	Ice	Special	✔	—	130
330	Muddy Water	Water	Special	✔	90	130
331	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	✔	25	130
332	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	✔	60	110
333	Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	✔	25	130
337	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	✔	80	130
338	Frenzy Plant	Grass	Special	✔	150	150
340	Bounce	Flying	Physical	✔	85	130
341	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	✔	55	110
342	Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	✔	50	75
343	Covet	Normal	Physical	✔	60	110
344	Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	✔	120	140
345	Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	✔	60	110
348	Leaf Blade	Grass	Physical	✔	90	130
350	Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	✔	25	130
351	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	✔	60	110
352	Water Pulse	Water	Special	✔	60	110
353	Doom Desire	Steel	Special	✔	140	140
354	Psycho Boost	Psychic	Special	✘	140	140
359	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	✔	100	90
360	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	✔	—	130
362	Brine	Water	Special	✔	65	120
364	Feint	Normal	Physical	✔	30	90
365	Pluck	Flying	Physical	✔	60	110
368	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	✔	—	100
369	U-turn	Bug	Physical	✔	70	120
370	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	✔	120	95
371	Payback	Dark	Physical	✔	50	100
372	Assurance	Dark	Physical	✔	60	110
374	Fling	Dark	Physical	✔	—	100
387	Last Resort	Normal	Physical	✔	140	140
389	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	✔	70	120
394	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	✔	120	140
395	Force Palm	Fighting	Physical	✔	60	80
396	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	✔	80	90
398	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	✔	80	90
399	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	✔	80	130
400	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	✔	70	120
401	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	✔	90	130
402	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	✔	80	130
403	Air Slash	Flying	Special	✔	75	130
404	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	✔	80	130
405	Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	✔	90	130
406	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	✔	85	130
407	Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	✔	100	130
408	Power Gem	Rock	Special	✔	80	130
409	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	✔	75	90
410	Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	✔	40	70
411	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	✔	120	95
412	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	✔	90	130
413	Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	✔	120	140
414	Earth Power	Ground	Special	✔	90	130
416	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	✔	150	150
418	Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	✔	40	90
419	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	✔	60	110
420	Ice Shard	Ice	Physical	✔	40	90
421	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	✔	70	120
422	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	✔	65	120
423	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	✔	65	120
424	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	✔	65	120
425	Shadow Sneak	Ghost	Physical	✔	40	90
427	Psycho Cut	Psychic	Physical	✔	70	120
428	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	✔	80	130
430	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	✔	80	130
434	Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	✔	130	140
435	Discharge	Electric	Special	✔	80	130
436	Lava Plume	Fire	Special	✔	80	130
437	Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	✔	130	140
438	Power Whip	Grass	Physical	✔	120	140
439	Rock Wrecker	Rock	Physical	✔	150	150
440	Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	✔	70	85
441	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	✔	120	95
442	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	✔	80	130
444	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	✔	100	130
447	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	✔	—	130
448	Chatter	Flying	Special	✘	65	120
449	Judgment	Normal	Special	✘	100	130
450	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	✔	60	110
451	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	✔	50	100
452	Wood Hammer	Grass	Physical	✔	120	140
453	Aqua Jet	Water	Physical	✔	40	90
454	Attack Order	Bug	Physical	✔	90	130
457	Head Smash	Rock	Physical	✔	150	150
458	Double Hit	Normal	Physical	✔	35	120
459	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	✔	150	150
460	Spacial Rend	Dragon	Special	✔	100	130
462	Crush Grip	Normal	Physical	✔	—	140
463	Magma Storm	Fire	Special	✔	100	130
465	Seed Flare	Grass	Special	✘	120	140
467	Shadow Force	Ghost	Physical	✔	120	140
473	Psyshock	Psychic	Special	✔	80	130
474	Venoshock	Poison	Special	✔	65	85
479	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	✔	50	100
480	Storm Throw	Fighting	Physical	✔	60	80
482	Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	✔	95	90
484	Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	✔	—	130
486	Electro Ball	Electric	Special	✔	—	130
488	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	✔	50	100
490	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	✔	65	85
491	Acid Spray	Poison	Special	✔	40	70
492	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	✔	95	130
496	Round	Normal	Special	✔	60	110
497	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	✔	40	90
499	Clear Smog	Poison	Special	✔	50	75
500	Stored Power	Psychic	Special	✔	20	130
503	Scald	Water	Special	✔	80	130
506	Hex	Ghost	Special	✔	65	120
509	Circle Throw	Fighting	Physical	✔	60	80
510	Incinerate	Fire	Special	✔	60	110
512	Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	✔	55	110
514	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	✔	70	120
515	Final Gambit	Fighting	Special	✔	—	100
517	Inferno	Fire	Special	✔	100	130
518	Water Pledge	Water	Special	✔	80	130
519	Fire Pledge	Fire	Special	✔	80	130
520	Grass Pledge	Grass	Special	✔	80	130
521	Volt Switch	Electric	Special	✔	70	120
522	Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	✔	50	100
523	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	✔	60	110
524	Frost Breath	Ice	Special	✔	60	110
525	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	✔	60	110
527	Electroweb	Electric	Special	✔	55	110
528	Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	✔	90	130
529	Drill Run	Ground	Physical	✔	80	130
530	Dual Chop	Dragon	Physical	✔	40	130
532	Horn Leech	Grass	Physical	✔	75	130
533	Sacred Sword	Fighting	Physical	✔	90	90
534	Razor Shell	Water	Physical	✔	75	130
535	Heat Crash	Fire	Physical	✔	—	130
536	Leaf Tornado	Grass	Special	✔	65	120
539	Night Daze	Dark	Special	✔	85	130
540	Psystrike	Psychic	Special	✔	100	130
541	Tail Slap	Normal	Physical	✔	25	130
542	Hurricane	Flying	Special	✔	110	140
543	Head Charge	Normal	Physical	✔	120	140
544	Gear Grind	Steel	Physical	✔	50	130
545	Searing Shot	Fire	Special	✔	100	130
546	Techno Blast	Normal	Special	✔	120	140
547	Relic Song	Normal	Special	✘	75	130
548	Secret Sword	Fighting	Special	✔	85	90
549	Glaciate	Ice	Special	✔	65	120
550	Bolt Strike	Electric	Physical	✔	130	140
551	Blue Flare	Fire	Special	✔	130	140
552	Fiery Dance	Fire	Special	✔	80	130
553	Freeze Shock	Ice	Physical	✔	140	140
554	Ice Burn	Ice	Special	✔	140	140
555	Snarl	Dark	Special	✔	55	110
556	Icicle Crash	Ice	Physical	✔	85	130
557	V-create	Fire	Physical	✔	180	150
558	Fusion Flare	Fire	Special	✔	100	130
559	Fusion Bolt	Electric	Physical	✔	100	130
560	Flying Press	Fighting	Physical	✔	100	90
562	Belch	Poison	Special	✔	120	95
565	Fell Stinger	Bug	Physical	✔	50	100
566	Phantom Force	Ghost	Physical	✔	90	130
570	Parabolic Charge	Electric	Special	✔	65	120
572	Petal Blizzard	Grass	Physical	✔	90	130
573	Freeze-Dry	Ice	Special	✔	70	120
574	Disarming Voice	Fairy	Special	✔	40	90
577	Draining Kiss	Fairy	Special	✔	50	100
583	Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	✔	90	130
584	Fairy Wind	Fairy	Special	✔	40	90
585	Moonblast	Fairy	Special	✔	95	130
586	Boomburst	Normal	Special	✔	140	140
591	Diamond Storm	Rock	Physical	✔	100	130
592	Steam Eruption	Water	Special	✔	110	140
593	Hyperspace Hole	Psychic	Special	✘	80	130
594	Water Shuriken	Water	Special	✔	15	90
595	Mystical Fire	Fire	Special	✔	75	130
605	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	Special	✔	80	130
609	Nuzzle	Electric	Physical	✔	20	90
610	Hold Back	Normal	Physical	✔	40	90
611	Infestation	Bug	Special	✔	20	90
612	Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	✔	40	70
613	Oblivion Wing	Flying	Special	✔	80	130
614	Thousand Arrows	Ground	Physical	✔	90	130
615	Thousand Waves	Ground	Physical	✔	90	130
616	Land's Wrath	Ground	Physical	✔	90	130
617	Light of Ruin	Fairy	Special	✘	140	140
618	Origin Pulse	Water	Special	✔	110	140
619	Precipice Blades	Ground	Physical	✔	120	140
620	Dragon Ascent	Flying	Physical	✔	120	140
621	Hyperspace Fury	Dark	Physical	✘	100	130
660	First Impression	Bug	Physical	✔	90	130
662	Spirit Shackle	Ghost	Physical	✔	80	130
663	Darkest Lariat	Dark	Physical	✔	85	130
664	Sparkling Aria	Water	Special	✔	90	130
665	Ice Hammer	Ice	Physical	✘	100	130
667	High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	✔	95	130
669	Solar Blade	Grass	Physical	✔	125	140
670	Leafage	Grass	Physical	✔	40	90
675	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	✔	80	130
676	Pollen Puff	Bug	Special	✔	90	130
677	Anchor Shot	Steel	Physical	✔	80	130
679	Lunge	Bug	Physical	✔	80	130
680	Fire Lash	Fire	Physical	✔	80	130
681	Power Trip	Dark	Physical	✔	20	130
682	Burn Up	Fire	Special	✔	130	140
684	Smart Strike	Steel	Physical	✔	70	120
686	Revelation Dance	Normal	Special	✘	90	130
687	Core Enforcer	Dragon	Special	✔	100	130
688	Trop Kick	Grass	Physical	✔	70	120
690	Beak Blast	Flying	Physical	✘	100	130
691	Clanging Scales	Dragon	Special	✔	110	140
692	Dragon Hammer	Dragon	Physical	✔	90	130
693	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	✔	60	110
704	Shell Trap	Fire	Special	✔	150	150
705	Fleur Cannon	Fairy	Special	✔	130	140
706	Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	✔	85	130
707	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	✔	75	130
708	Shadow Bone	Ghost	Physical	✔	85	130
709	Accelerock	Rock	Physical	✔	40	90
710	Liquidation	Water	Physical	✔	85	130
711	Prismatic Laser	Psychic	Special	✔	160	150
712	Spectral Thief	Ghost	Physical	✔	90	130
713	Sunsteel Strike	Steel	Physical	✔	100	130
714	Moongeist Beam	Ghost	Special	✔	100	130
716	Zing Zap	Electric	Physical	✔	80	130
717	Nature's Madness	Fairy	Special	✔	—	100
718	Multi-Attack	Normal	Physical	✔	120	95
720	Mind Blown	Fire	Special	✔	150	150
721	Plasma Fists	Electric	Physical	✔	100	130
722	Photon Geyser	Psychic	Special	✔	100	130
742	Double Iron Bash	Steel	Physical	✔	60	140
744	Dynamax Cannon	Dragon	Special	✔	100	140
745	Snipe Shot	Water	Special	✔	80	130
746	Jaw Lock	Dark	Physical	✔	80	130
751	Dragon Darts	Dragon	Physical	✔	50	130
754	Bolt Beak	Electric	Physical	✔	85	130
755	Fishious Rend	Water	Physical	✔	85	130
776	Body Press	Fighting	Physical	✔	80	90
778	Drum Beating	Grass	Physical	✔	80	130
779	Snap Trap	Grass	Physical	✔	35	90
780	Pyro Ball	Fire	Physical	✔	120	140
781	Behemoth Blade	Steel	Physical	✔	100	130
782	Behemoth Bash	Steel	Physical	✔	100	130
783	Aura Wheel	Electric	Physical	✔	110	140
784	Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	✔	60	110
785	Branch Poke	Grass	Physical	✔	40	90
786	Overdrive	Electric	Special	✔	80	130
787	Apple Acid	Grass	Special	✔	80	130
788	Grav Apple	Grass	Physical	✔	80	130
789	Spirit Break	Fairy	Physical	✔	75	130
790	Strange Steam	Fairy	Special	✔	90	130
793	False Surrender	Dark	Physical	✔	80	130
794	Meteor Assault	Fighting	Physical	✔	150	100
795	Eternabeam	Dragon	Special	✔	160	150
796	Steel Beam	Steel	Special	✔	140	140
797	Expanding Force	Psychic	Special	✔	80	130
798	Steel Roller	Steel	Physical	✔	130	140
799	Scale Shot	Dragon	Physical	✔	25	130
800	Meteor Beam	Rock	Special	✔	120	140
801	Shell Side Arm	Poison	Special	✔	90	90
802	Misty Explosion	Fairy	Special	✔	100	130
803	Grassy Glide	Grass	Physical	✔	70	120
804	Rising Voltage	Electric	Special	✔	70	140
805	Terrain Pulse	Normal	Special	✔	50	130
806	Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	✔	70	120
807	Burning Jealousy	Fire	Special	✔	70	120
808	Lash Out	Dark	Physical	✔	75	130
809	Poltergeist	Ghost	Physical	✔	110	140
812	Flip Turn	Water	Physical	✔	60	110
813	Triple Axel	Ice	Physical	✔	20	140
814	Dual Wingbeat	Flying	Physical	✔	40	130
815	Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	✔	70	120
817	Wicked Blow	Dark	Physical	✔	80	130
818	Surging Strikes	Water	Physical	✔	25	130
819	Thunder Cage	Electric	Special	✔	80	130
820	Dragon Energy	Dragon	Special	✔	150	150
821	Freezing Glare	Psychic	Special	✔	90	130
822	Fiery Wrath	Dark	Special	✔	90	130
823	Thunderous Kick	Fighting	Physical	✔	90	90
824	Glacial Lance	Ice	Physical	✔	130	140
825	Astral Barrage	Ghost	Special	✔	120	140
826	Eerie Spell	Psychic	Special	✔	80	130

In the spin-off games

Pokémon GO

Dynamax Pokémon in Pokémon GO have access to three Max Moves:

An attacking move based on the type of the Pokémon's Fast Attack
- Gigantamax Pokémon replace this with a G-Max Move based on the species rather than the Fast Attack.
- Pokémon with Hidden Power as their Fast Attack always have Max Strike as their attacking Max Move, regardless of Hidden Power's type.^[1]
Max Guard, which adds a small amount of temporary HP to the user up to three times (visually represented by shields) and makes the user the center of attention for single-target attacks
Max Spirit, which recovers HP for all Pokémon in the battle based on the user's maximum HP

The attacking Max Move always starts unlocked at Level 1, while Max Guard and Max Spirit always start locked. Unlocking Max Guard or Max Spirit, and leveling up any Max Move, requires spending Max Particles and Candy or Candy XL, depending on the move level and the Pokémon species, and awards experience. The power of each Max Move depends on its level. Players can only level up Max Moves to Level 3 (denoted in-game as "MAX!"). All Max Moves temporarily increase by one level when under the Adventure Effect of Dynamax Cannon; Level 3 Max Moves become Level 4, which is normally inaccessible.

Evolving a Dynamax Pokémon or using a Fast TM to change its attacking Max Move does not change any Max Move levels. Trading a Dynamax Pokémon resets all of its unlocked Max Moves to Level 1.

Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta, despite being unable to Dynamax, can be used in Max Battles. Behemoth Blade and Behemoth Bash act as their attacking Max Moves and can be leveled up like other Max Moves. Players can also unlock and level up Guard and Spirit, which work identical to Max Guard and Max Spirit with one exception: unlocking Guard on Crowned Shield Zamazenta provides one shield upon entering the battle, and Zamazenta can have up to four Guard shields. All of Zacian and Zamazenta's Max Particle costs are replaced by Stardust.

Eternatus, despite also being unable to Dynamax, can also be used in Max Battles. Dynamax Cannon acts as its attacking Max Move and can be leveled up like other Max Moves, but it has the same base power as G-Max Moves. As with Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta, players can also unlock and level up Guard and Spirit on Eternatus. In keeping with its inflated power up costs, the candy requirements to unlock or level up Eternatus's Max Moves are also increased; Level 3 in particular requires both Candy and Candy XL.

Power and effects

Behemoth Blade and Behemoth Bash have the same base power as standard Max Moves, while Dynamax Cannon has the same base power as G-Max Moves.

Max Move	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4*
Attack	Max: 250 base power G-Max: 350 base power	Max: 300 base power G-Max: 400 base power	Max: 350 base power G-Max: 450 base power	Max: 450 base power G-Max: 550 base power
Max Guard	20 HP per shield	40 HP per shield	60 HP per shield	80 HP per shield
Max Spirit	8% of user's maximum HP	12% of user's maximum HP	16% of user's maximum HP	20% of user's maximum HP

List of Max Moves

Max Move	Type	Costs
Max Move	Type	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Max Strike	Normal	N/A	600 100–130	800 40–55
Max Knuckle	Fighting
Max Airstream	Flying
Max Ooze	Poison
Max Quake	Ground
Max Rockfall	Rock
Max Flutterby	Bug
Max Phantasm	Ghost
Max Steelspike	Steel
Max Flare	Fire
Max Geyser	Water
Max Overgrowth	Grass
Max Lightning	Electric
Max Mindstorm	Psychic
Max Hailstorm	Ice
Max Wyrmwind	Dragon
Max Darkness	Dark
Max Starfall	Fairy
Max Guard	Normal	400 50–80
Max Spirit	Normal	400 50–80
Behemoth Blade (Zacian)	Steel	N/A	50,000 130	100,000 55
Behemoth Bash (Zamazenta)	Steel	N/A
Guard (Zacian/Zamazenta)	Normal	25,000 80
Spirit (Zacian/Zamazenta)	Normal	25,000 80
Dynamax Cannon (Eternatus)	Dragon	N/A	600 1,200	800 1,200 320
Guard (Eternatus)	Normal	400 400
Spirit (Eternatus)	Normal	400 400
XP Reward		+4000	+6000	+8000

Pokémon Masters EX

Certain sync pairs are capable of Dynamaxing their partner Pokémon, including some Trainers that do not have Dynamax Bands in the core series. All attacking max moves^{[note 1]} start at 400 base power and can be increased up to a maximum power of 480.

A sync pair can only use a max move once per battle, but it can be used at any time. If all three sync pairs on the player's team are capable of using max moves, the player can use up to three max moves in that battle—one for each sync pair. Similar to sync moves, using a max move does not advance the user's sync move countdown, but it never misses and ignores the target's Enduring effect, if applicable.

List of max moves

Max Move	Type	Additional effect	Playable sync pairs
Max Strike	Normal	Lowers the Speed of all opposing sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Palmer & Regigigas
Max Knuckle	Fighting	Raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Red & Snorlax Allister & Gengar Gloria (Dojo Uniform) & Urshifu Gloria (Alt. 2) & Cinderace Riley & Lucario
Max Airstream	Flying	Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Leon & Charizard Gloria (Alt. 2) & Cinderace
Max Ooze	Poison	Raises the Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Allister & Gengar Sygna Suit Giovanni & Nidoking Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity Klara & Slowbro
Max Quake	Ground	Raises the Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Sygna Suit Giovanni & Nidoking Victor & Rillaboom Leon & Charizard Rose & Copperajah Victor & Spectrier Raihan (New Year's 2025) & Sandaconda
Max Rockfall	Rock	Causes a sandstorm.	Rose & Copperajah Paulo & Lycanroc Raihan (New Year's 2025) & Sandaconda
Max Flutterby	Bug	Lowers the Sp. Atk of all opposing sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Benga & Volcarona
Max Phantasm	Ghost	Lowers the Defense of all opposing sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Victor & Spectrier Wallace (New Year's 2024) & Blacephalon Sygna Suit Ingo & Chandelure
Max Steelspike	Steel	Raises the Defense of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Sygna Suit Giovanni & Nidoking Gloria (Dojo Uniform) & Urshifu Argenta & Skarmory Riley & Lucario
Max Flare	Fire	Makes the weather sunny.	Raihan (Anniversary 2022) & Flygon Bede & Hatterene Gordie & Coalossal Wallace (New Year's 2024) & Blacephalon Blue (Classic) & Charizard Marnie & Cinderace
Max Geyser	Water	Makes the weather rainy.	Dahlia & Ludicolo Leaf & Blastoise Bede & Inteleon
Max Overgrowth	Grass	Turns the field of play's terrain into Grassy Terrain.	Red & Venusaur Dahlia & Ludicolo Greta & Breloom Milo & Eldegoss Hop & Rillaboom Samson Oak & Exeggutor
Max Lightning	Electric	Turns the field of play's terrain into Electric Terrain.	Elesa (Classic) & Emolga Sygna Suit Emmet & Eelektross Sygna Suit Elesa (Alt.) & Thundurus
Max Mindstorm	Psychic	Turns the field of play's terrain into Psychic Terrain.	Bede & Hatterene Avery & Slowking
Max Wyrmwind	Dragon	Lowers the Attack of all opposing sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Raihan (Anniversary 2022) & Flygon Leon (Alt.) & Dragapult Samson Oak & Exeggutor
Max Guard	Normal	Applies the Damage Guard Next effect to an ally.	Elesa (Classic) & Emolga Raihan (Anniversary 2022) & Flygon Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu Gordie & Coalossal Melony & Lapras Anabel & Snorlax Oleana & Garbodor Leon (Alt.) & Dragapult Victor & Spectrier Paulo & Lycanroc Argenta & Skarmory Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity Dahlia & Ludicolo Kabu & Centiskorch Avery & Slowking Greta & Breloom Sygna Suit Ingo & Chandelure Arc Suit Leon & Charizard Milo & Eldegoss Marnie & Cinderace Hop & Rillaboom Bede & Inteleon Raihan (New Year's 2025) & Sandaconda Sygna Suit Elesa (Alt.) & Thundurus

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Max Moves were first featured in Pokémon Journeys: The Series in the World Coronation Series finals match between Lance and Leon in Flash of the Titans!.

List of Max Moves used

	Max Move	Debut
Lance's Gyarados	Max Geyser	Flash of the Titans!
Leon's Charizard	Max Lightning	Flash of the Titans!
Lance's Gyarados	Max Strike	Flash of the Titans!
Leon's Charizard	Max Airstream	Flash of the Titans!
Lance's Gyarados	Max Guard	Flash of the Titans!
Ash's Pikachu	Max Steelspike	The Climb to Be the Very Best!
Drednaw	Max Rockfall	The Climb to Be the Very Best!
Ash's Pikachu	Max Strike	The Climb to Be the Very Best!
Raihan's Duraludon	Max Rockfall	Toughing It Out!
Leon's Charizard	Max Knuckle	Toughing It Out!
Raihan's Duraludon	Max Steelspike	Toughing It Out!
Doug's Centy	Max Flutterby	Sword and Shield, Slumbering Weald!
Goh's Raboot	Max Flare	Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!
Subordinate's Garbodor	Max Steelspike	Sword and Shield: "From Here to Eternatus!"
Goh's Raboot	Max Knuckle	Sword and Shield: "From Here to Eternatus!"
Bea's Machamp	Max Steelspike	A Battle of Mega Versus Max!
Bea's Machamp	Max Strike	A Battle of Mega Versus Max!
Marnie's Grimmsnarl	Max Quake	Battling Turned Up to Eleven!
Ash's Gengar	Max Ooze	Battling Turned Up to Eleven!
Marnie's Grimmsnarl	Max Starfall	Battling Turned Up to Eleven!
Ash's Gengar	Max Hailstorm	Battling Turned Up to Eleven!
Ash's Gengar	Max Starfall	Aim For The Eight!
Leon's Rillaboom	Max Airstream	Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!
Leon's Rillaboom	Max Quake	Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!
Lance's Dragonite	Max Hailstorm	Pride of a Champion!
Lance's Dragonite	Max Strike	Pride of a Champion!
Lance's Dragonite	Max Wyrmwind	Pride of a Champion!
Cynthia's Togekiss	Max Airstream	Whittle While You Work!
Leon's Charizard	Max Rockfall	Paring Pokémon While Parrying!
Leon's Charizard	Max Wyrmwind	Paring Pokémon While Parrying!

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

List of Max Moves used

Pokémon		Max Move	Image	Debut
	Raihan's Duraludon	Max Guard		Sky

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

List of Max Moves used

	Max Move	Debut
Milo's Eldegoss	Max Overgrowth	Watch Out!! Strong Rivals
Henry's Lancelot	Max Knuckle	Blinding!! The End of the Battle
Milo's Eldegoss	Max Strike	Blinding!! The End of the Battle
Nessa's Drednaw	Max Strike	Splish Splash!! Gigantamax Battle
Allister's Gengar	Max Ooze	Teary!! The Voice of the Master
Henry's Fanguru	Max Guard	Teary!! The Voice of the Master
Henry's Fanguru	Max Darkness	Teary!! The Voice of the Master
Henry's Lancelot	Max Steelspike	Stealth!! Infiltrate the Energy Plant

Pokémon Journeys

In the TCG

Mimikyu VMAX has the attack "Max Shadow", which starts with "Max" as though it is a Max Move. That attack's cost is more difficult to meet than the card's alternative "Ominious Numbers".

In the Pokémon Trading Card Game, every Pokémon VMAX card depicting a Dynamax Pokémon has one attack whose name starts with the phrase "Max". This may allude to the concept of Max Moves, although these attacks have no special qualities. If the Pokemon has two attacks, this attack is always the second of the attacks, and as such always has an attack cost that is more difficult to meet compared to the other attack. Some of these attack share names with a Max Move, such as the Max Rockfall attack on Stonjourner VMAX, and Max Darkness on Umbreon VMAX. Still others share the name of a regular move, but with "Max" appended to the start. Examples include Max Pyro Ball from Cinderace VMAX and Max Take Down from Aggron VMAX. And plenty are entirely original, with names like Max Gimme Gimme used on Greedent VMAX and Max Cure with Gardevoir VMAX. These possibly imply some flexibility in how Max Moves and G-Max Moves are represented in the TCG.

Despite its prevalence in the video games, Max Guard was never printed as an attack on a Pokémon card.

For Gigantamax Pokémon, a similar pattern occurs where their most expensive attack starts with the phrase "G-Max", alluding to G-Max Moves.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	極巨招式 Gihkgeuih Jīusīk
Chinese	Mandarin	極巨招式 / 极巨招式 Jíjù Zhāoshì
Czech		Maximální útok
Finnish		Max-liike
French		Capacité Dynamax
German		Dynamax-Attacke
Italian		Mossa Dynamax
Korean		다이맥스기술 Daimax Gisul
Polish		Max Ruch
Portuguese	Brazil	Movimento Max
Portuguese	Portugal	Técnica Max
Russian		Максимальные атака Maksimal'nyye ataka
Spanish		Movimiento Dinamax

Notes

↑ The term "max move" is formatted in sentence case in Pokémon Masters EX, though it is still occasionally formatted as "Max Move" in official newsletters.

Effects

List of Max Moves

Power

In the spin-off games

Pokémon GO

Power and effects

List of Max Moves

Pokémon Masters EX

List of max moves

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

List of Max Moves used

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

List of Max Moves used

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

List of Max Moves used

Pokémon Journeys

In the TCG

In other languages

Notes

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