Unused Move Data

This is a sub-page of Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Unused Moves#

A few signature moves of removed Pokémon still remain in the game, although they are not available to the player. Unlike the removed moves listed below, these have proper descriptions and, theoretically, can still be used. However, they will only succeed if battle animations are turned off, as they have no animations, which crashes the game. If used in a link battle, where battle animations are mandatory, both games will crash.

ID	Name	Type	Category	PP	Power	Accuracy	Pokémon	Description
0x009E	Hyper Fang	Normal	Physical	15	80	90%	Various rodent-like Pokémon	The user bites hard on the target with its sharp front fangs. This may also make the target flinch.
0x00A6	Sketch	Normal	Status	1	-	-	Smeargle	It enables the user to permanently learn the move last used by the target. Once used, Sketch disappears.
0x01C0	Chatter	Normal	Special	20	60	90%	Chatot	The user attacks the target with sound waves of deafening chatter. This confuses the target.
0x01C1	Judgment	Normal	Special	10	100	100%	Arceus	The user releases countless shots of light at the target. This move’s type varies depending on the kind of Plate the user is holding.
0x01D0	Dark Void	Dark	Status	10	-	50%	Darkrai	Opposing Pokémon are dragged into a world of total darkness that makes them sleep.
0x01D1	Seed Flare	Grass	Special	5	120	85%	Shaymin	The user emits a shock wave from its body to attack its target. This may also harshly lower the target’s Sp. Def stat.
0x0223	Relic Song	Normal	Special	10	75	100%	Meloetta	The user sings an ancient song and attacks by appealing to the hearts of the listening opposing Pokémon. This may also induce sleep.
0x0251	Hyperspace Hole	Psychic	Special	5	80	-	Hoopa	Using a hyperspace hole, the user appears right next to the target and strikes. This also hits a target using a move such as Protect or Detect.
0x0269	Light of Ruin	Fairy	Special	5	140	90%	AZ's Floette	Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot.
0x026D	Hyperspace Fury	Dark	Physical	5	100	-	Hoopa Unbound	Using its many arms, the user unleashes a barrage of attacks that ignore the effects of moves like Protect and Detect. But the user’s Defense stat falls.
0x0299	Ice Hammer	Ice	Physical	10	100	90%	Crabominable	The user swings and hits with its strong, heavy fist. It lowers the user’s Speed, however.
0x02A0	Toxic Thread	Poison	Status	20	-	100%	Spinarak-line	The user shoots poisonous threads to poison the target and lower the target’s Speed stat.
0x02AE	Revelation Dance	Normal	Special	15	90	100%	Oricorio	The user attacks the target by dancing very hard. The user’s type determines the type of this move.
0x02B2	Beak Blast	Flying	Physical	15	100	100%	Toucannon	The user first heats up its beak, and then it attacks the target. Making direct contact with the Pokémon while it’s heating up its beak results in a burn.

Removed Moves#

Moves that cannot legitimately be learned by any Pokémon in the game are coded in, but grayed-out and unusable in battle. They also get a dummy description: This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

It is worth noting that the stats for the special starter moves Pikachu and Eevee can learn in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! were reverted to the stats seen in that game's prototype, but as these moves are unobtainable, this is never seen in gameplay. Additionally, Psycho Boost and Tail Glow had descriptions identical to the ones in the Generation 7 games, but in update 1.3.0 these were dummied out.

ID	Name	Type	Category	PP	Power	Accuracy
0x0002	Karate Chop	Fighting	Physical	25	50	100%
0x0003	Double Slap	Normal	Physical	10	15	85%
0x0004	Comet Punch	Normal	Physical	15	18	85%
0x000D	Razor Wind	Normal	Special	10	80	100%
0x001A	Jump Kick	Fighting	Physical	10	100	95%
0x001B	Rolling Kick	Fighting	Physical	15	60	85%
0x0029	Twineedle	Bug	Physical	20	25	100%
0x0031	Sonic Boom	Normal	Special	20	-	90%
0x0052	Dragon Rage	Dragon	Special	10	-	100%
0x0060	Meditate	Psychic	Status	40	-	-
0x0063	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	20	100%
0x0070	Barrier	Psychic	Status	20	-	-
0x0075	Bide	Normal	Physical	10	-	-
0x0077	Mirror Move	Flying	Status	20	-	-
0x0079	Egg Bomb	Normal	Physical	10	100	75%
0x007D	Bone Club	Ground	Physical	20	65	85%
0x0080	Clamp	Water	Physical	15	35	85%
0x0083	Spike Cannon	Normal	Physical	15	20	100%
0x0084	Constrict	Normal	Physical	35	10	100%
0x008C	Barrage	Normal	Physical	20	15	85%
0x0091	Bubble	Water	Special	30	40	100%
0x0092	Dizzy Punch	Normal	Physical	10	70	100%
0x0094	Flash	Normal	Status	20	-	100%
0x0095	Psywave	Psychic	Special	15	-	100%
0x009F	Sharpen	Normal	Status	30	-	-
0x00A9	Spider Web	Bug	Status	10	-	-
0x00AB	Nightmare	Ghost	Status	15	-	100%
0x00B9	Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	20	60	-
0x00C1	Foresight	Normal	Status	40	-	-
0x00D8	Return	Normal	Physical	20	-	100%
0x00DA	Frustration	Normal	Physical	20	-	100%
0x00DE	Magnitude	Ground	Physical	30	-	100%
0x00E4	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	20	40	100%
0x00ED	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	15	60	100%
0x0109	Smelling Salts	Normal	Physical	10	70	100%
0x0112	Assist	Normal	Status	20	-	-
0x011F	Refresh	Normal	Status	20	-	-
0x0121	Snatch	Dark	Status	10	-	-
0x0122	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	20	70	100%
0x0125	Camouflage	Normal	Status	20	-	-
0x0126	Tail Glow	Bug	Status	20	-	-
0x012C	Mud Sport	Ground	Status	15	-	-
0x012D	Ice Ball	Ice	Physical	20	30	90%
0x012E	Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	15	60	100%
0x013C	Odor Sleuth	Normal	Status	40	-	-
0x013E	Silver Wind	Bug	Special	5	60	100%
0x0140	Grass Whistle	Grass	Status	15	-	55%
0x0144	Signal Beam	Bug	Special	15	75	100%
0x0147	Sky Uppercut	Fighting	Physical	15	85	90%
0x015A	Water Sport	Water	Status	15	-	-
0x0162	Psycho Boost	Psychic	Special	5	140	90%
0x0165	Miracle Eye	Psychic	Status	40	-	-
0x0166	Wake-Up Slap	Fighting	Physical	10	70	100%
0x016B	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	15	-	100%
0x0175	Embargo	Dark	Status	15	-	100%
0x0178	Trump Card	Normal	Special	5	-	-
0x0179	Heal Block	Psychic	Status	15	-	100%
0x017A	Wring Out	Normal	Special	5	-	100%
0x017D	Lucky Chant	Normal	Status	30	-	-
0x017E	Me First	Normal	Status	20	-	-
0x0182	Punishment	Dark	Physical	5	-	100%
0x01AA	Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	10	65	85%
0x01AD	Mirror Shot	Steel	Special	10	65	85%
0x01AF	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	20	90	85%
0x01BB	Magnet Bomb	Steel	Physical	20	60	-
0x01BD	Captivate	Normal	Status	20	-	100%
0x01C8	Heal Order	Bug	Status	10	-	-
0x01D2	Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	5	60	100%
0x01DD	Telekinesis	Psychic	Status	15	-	-
0x01E1	Flame Burst	Fire	Special	15	70	100%
0x01E5	Synchronoise	Psychic	Special	10	120	100%
0x01F2	Chip Away	Normal	Physical	20	70	100%
0x01FB	Sky Drop	Flying	Physical	10	60	100%
0x0204	Bestow	Normal	Status	15	-	-
0x0213	Heart Stamp	Psychic	Physical	25	60	100%
0x0219	Steamroller	Bug	Physical	20	65	100%
0x0233	Rototiller	Ground	Status	10	-	-
0x0239	Ion Deluge	Electric	Status	25	-	-
0x026E/6F	Breakneck Blitz	Normal	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0270/71	All-Out Pummeling	Fighting	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0272/73	Supersonic Skystrike	Flying	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0274/75	Acid Downpour	Poison	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0276/77	Tectonic Rage	Ground	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0278/79	Continental Crush	Rock	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x027A/7B	Savage Spin-Out	Bug	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x027C/7D	Never-Ending Nightmare	Ghost	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x027E/7F	Corkscrew Crash	Steel	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0280/81	Inferno Overdrive	Fire	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0282/83	Hydro Vortex	Water	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0284/85	Bloom Doom	Grass	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0286/87	Gigavolt Havoc	Electric	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0288/89	Shattered Psyche	Psychic	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x028A/8B	Subzero Slammer	Ice	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x028C/8D	Devastating Drake	Dragon	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x028E/8F	Black Hole Eclipse	Dark	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0290/91	Twinkle Tackle	Fairy	Ph. / Sp.	1	-	-
0x0292	Catastropika	Electric	Physical	1	210	-
0x029F	Spotlight	Normal	Status	15	-	-
0x02B7	Sinister Arrow Raid	Ghost	Physical	1	180	-
0x02B8	Malicious Moonsault	Dark	Physical	1	180	-
0x02B9	Oceanic Operetta	Water	Special	1	195	-
0x02BA	Guardian of Alola	Fairy	Special	1	-	-
0x02BB	Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike	Ghost	Physical	1	195	-
0x02BC	Stoked Sparksurfer	Electric	Special	1	175	-
0x02BD	Pulverizing Pancake	Normal	Physical	1	210	-
0x02BE	Extreme Evoboost	Normal	Status	1	-	-
0x02BF	Genesis Supernova	Psychic	Special	1	185	-
0x02CF	10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	1	195	-
0x02D3	Light That Burns the Sky	Psychic	Special	1	200	-
0x02D4	Searing Sunraze Smash	Steel	Physical	1	200	-
0x02D5	Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom	Ghost	Special	1	200	-
0x02D6	Let's Snuggle Forever	Fairy	Physical	1	190	-
0x02D7	Splintered Stormshards	Rock	Physical	1	190	-
0x02D8	Clangorous Soulblaze	Dragon	Special	1	185	-
0x02D9	Zippy Zap	Electric	Physical	10	80	100%
0x02DA	Splishy Splash	Water	Special	15	90	100%
0x02DB	Floaty Fall	Flying	Physical	15	90	95%
0x02DC	Pika Papow	Electric	Special	20	-	-
0x02DD	Bouncy Bubble	Water	Special	20	60	100%
0x02DE	Buzzy Buzz	Electric	Special	20	60	100%
0x02DF	Sizzly Slide	Fire	Physical	20	60	100%
0x02E0	Glitzy Glow	Psychic	Special	15	80	95%
0x02E1	Baddy Bad	Dark	Special	15	80	95%
0x02E2	Sappy Seed	Grass	Physical	10	100	90%
0x02E3	Freezy Frost	Ice	Special	10	100	90%
0x02E4	Sparkly Swirl	Fairy	Special	5	120	85%
0x02E5	Veevee Volley	Normal	Physical	20	-	-

Oddities#

Fire/Water Pledge Silvally#

The bug in which Silvally cannot be tutored either Fire Pledge or Water Pledge, despite being able to learn Grass Pledge, is carried over from Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Dragonite Learnset Error#

When Dragonite was reintroduced in the Crown Tundra, it was supposed to learn Outrage at level 71. However, due to a typo in its learnset data, it learns the move at level 41 instead. This unfortunately leaves a huge gap between Dragon Dance and Hyper Beam and makes the move unobtainable without the move relearner, as Dragonair evolves into Dragonite at level 55. Its pre-evolutions Dratini and Dragonair don't have this issue.

The error still persists in later games.

Jungle Healing Dada Zarude Error#

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When Zarude was added into the Isle of Armor expansion, only the regular form initially used the special animation when it used its signature move Jungle Healing. The special Dada form didn't have it and played a standard animation when using the move instead, akin to if a different Pokémon used it. This was impossible to see without hacking since Dada Zarude wasn't released at the time.

This was fixed in a later patch before Dada Zarude was officially released.

Earthquake Melmetal#

Until patch 1.2.0, Melmetal was unable to learn Earthquake through TR. Until then, you had to transfer one with the move from the Let's Go games. This has been fixed since.

Unused Evolution Moves#

Alolan Marowak and Exeggutor still retain being able to learn Shadow Bone and Dragon Hammer, respectively, upon evolution. However, Cubone and Exeggcute are not able to evolve into their Alolan counterparts in this game, so this goes unseen.

Melmetal is set to learn Thunder Punch upon evolution. Since Meltan cannot evolve in this game, only being able to do so in Pokémon GO, this goes unseen.