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Water type in PokéSurvivor

Everything the Water type does in PokéSurvivor: which of the 18 types its moves punish, what shrugs them off, every Water move you can build around, and the legendary arena that tests it.

5
moves
4
evolvable
149
Pokémon
8
legendaries

Attacking

Playing Water on offence

Water moves deal ×1.6 damage to these types.

Defending

Playing against Water

These types deal ×1.6 damage to Water Pokémon, so treat their attacks as the real threat.

dual types cap at ×2.4

Against a dual-type target these multipliers multiply and the result caps at ×2.4, so a double weakness is a strong advantage rather than a guaranteed kill.

Water moves and their evolutions

5 of the game's 64 moves are {type} moves, and 4 of them can evolve.

The kind tells you how the move is delivered, which matters as much as the type: an orbit defends your body, a beam kills one large target, a burst clears a crowd.

See all moves →

The Water rift arena

Dual-type legendaries pick one of their types at random for the arena, so Sea Grotto is the home you will see roughly half the time when a Water legendary opens a rift.

Water legendaries

8 legendaries can open a Water rift, including the ones that only pass through this type on one half of a dual typing.

Legendaries & arenas →

Water partners

141 of the 966 partners are Water in at least one of their types, not counting the legendaries listed above. Starters are marked, and every entry links back to the region it comes from.

966 Pokémon · Pokédex →

Types that interact with Water on the chart, on offence or defence, for whatever you build next.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Water type good in PokéSurvivor?

It has 5 moves to build around, 4 of which evolve, and it hits 3 of the 18 types for ×1.6. That is enough range to carry a run, provided you keep a second answer for anything that resists it.

What are Water moves super effective against?

Fire, Ground, Rock. Against a dual-type target those multipliers multiply up to the ×2.4 cap, which is the largest damage bonus the game allows.

What is Water weak against?

Moves of these types deal ×1.6 to Water Pokémon: Grass, Electric. At the other end, Water takes only ×0.6 from Fire, Water, Ice, Steel, so those are the matchups you can ignore.

Which Water moves should I choose?

Water Gun, Bubble, Hydro Pump, Aqua Ring, Bubble Beam. As a rule, take one crowd-clearing move and one single-target move, then add a stat or utility slot once your damage is stable.

Which legendary guards the Water arena?

Sea Grotto is the {type} rift arena, and the legendaries that can open it are Suicune, Kyogre, Palkia, Phione, Manaphy, Keldeo, Volcanion, Tapu Fini. A win is always worth ×10 gacha tickets.

Ready to try a run?

The game is free, opens in a tab and saves your progress in the cloud if you make an account. Pick a partner and see how long you last.