Population Bomb
Pokémon Champions
Hits 10 times. Each hit can miss.
- Power
- 20
- Accuracy
- 90%
- PP
- 10
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
- On Showdown
- 0.2% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
Hits ten times. This move checks accuracy for each hit, and the attack ends if the target avoids a hit. If one of the hits breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the remaining hits. If the user has the Skill Link Ability, this move will always hit ten times. If the user is holding Loaded Dice, this move hits four to ten times at random without checking accuracy between hits.
- Makes contact
- Slicing: boosted by
“The user’s fellows gather in droves to perform a combo attack that hits the target one to ten times in a row.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
- Slicing move: Sharpness boosts it ×1.5.Slicing moves
- Hits 10 times.Multi-hit moves
- Can't be used through: Metronome.
- Checks accuracy for every hit; it stops at the first miss.
Who runs Population Bomb on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
On the ladder today
Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Population Bomb among their most used moves.
Who learns Population Bomb
1 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 2 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →