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Earthquake

Ground · Physical · 32 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Ground
Earthquake
TypeGround
CategoryPhysical
Base power100
Accuracy100%
PP10
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Garchomp 34.3% 84.4% Mega Swampert 8.5% 73.1% Mega Tyranitar 7.3% 1.7% Excadrill 4.2% 47.4% Aerodactyl 3.2% 0.8% Mamoswine 2.9% 29.7% Mega Charizard X 0.79% 1.7% Mega Gyarados 0.78% 8.8% Mudsdale 0.63% 75.7% Mega Golurk 0.34% 4.4% Metagross 0.32% 21.5% Tauros-Paldea-Aqua 0.26% 32.4% Krookodile 0.24% 82% Mega Aggron 0.23% 1.5% Mega Scolipede 0.23% 7.6% Avalugg-Hisui 0.13% 1% Mega Steelix 0.13% 9% Rhyperior 0.12% 27.9% Hippowdon 0.11% 12.6% Feraligatr 0.11% 2.6% Gliscor 0.10% 47.7% Rampardos 0.10% 9% Runerigus 0.07% 15.9% Diggersby 0.05% 60.9%

What it does

Damage doubles if the target is using Dig.

At 100 base power it is the 11th strongest of the 42 damaging physical moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

32 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Earthquake. The one that matters most is Garchomp, which is on 34.3% of teams and carrys it on 84.4% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Ground move it is super effective against Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock and Steel, resisted by Bug and Grass, and does nothing at all to Flying. 3 other Ground moves appear in this format: Earth Power, Stomping Tantrum, High Horsepower.

Who could and does not

91 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Earthquake at all, against the 32 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Incineroar, Farigiraf, Archaludon, Venusaur, Torkoal and Annihilape — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Earthquake accounts for an expected 0.39 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 10th most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 74% of that comes from Garchomp alone, so it is really one Pokémon’s move rather than the format’s. Its carriers are mostly Ground (15), Water (5) and Rock (5).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.