Move Changes¶

General Changes¶

The attributes of all moves (power, accuracy, PP, effect chance, priority) are updated to match Sword and Shield, with both DLCs.

Charm and Moonlight are now Fairy-type as in Sword and Shield.

Legends: Arceus and 'Dexit' have introduced a high degree of fragmentation towards move effects in the main series.

See 'Redux Move Modifications' below for more information on how we've tackled that!

Move Replacements¶

To help modernise the game, the following moves have been replaced with moves from later generations.

Moves under the "Old Move" column are now unavailable.

Old Move	New Move
Sand Tomb	Accelerock
Horn Drill	Boomburst
Spike Cannon	Breaking Swipe
Slam	Brutal Swing
Luster Purge	Dazzling Gleam
Round	Disarming Voice
Sweet Kiss	Draining Kiss
Vice Grip	Dual Wingbeat
Bubble	Esper Wing
Razor Wind	Fire Lash
Constrict	Infestation
Rolling Kick	Headlong Rush
Mega Kick	High Horsepower
Barrage	Lunge
Mist Ball	Moonblast
Sacred Fire	Mystical Fire
Sharpen	Nuzzle
Submission	Play Rough
Comet Punch	Power Up Punch
Egg Bomb	Psychic Fangs
Smelling Salts	Psyshield Bash
Thrash	Raging Fury
Metal Sound	Scorching Sands
Mega Punch	Smart Strike
Triple Kick	Triple Axel
Punishment	Wave Crash

Type Changes¶

Certain moves have had their type in future generations, or many have been changed to 'non-canon' variations. These are listed below.

Move	Old Type	New Type
Charm	Normal	Fairy
Covet	Normal	Fairy
Cut	Normal	Grass
Moonlight	Normal	Fairy
Rock Climb	Normal	Rock

Redux Move Modifications¶

As of late, the Pokémon series has become decently fragmented across different titles when it comes to moves.

With Legends: Arceus came a further fragmentation of move effects across the Pokémon series.
As of writing, it's hard to know what will carry over to the 'mainline' series (think Stealth Rock changes etc).
This makes updating moves to current standards fairly tricky, so we've gone with a 'selective' approach - e.g. just take the bits we like!

Below are all the changes made to moves from vanilla Gen V in Redux. There are three different categories of changes:

Changes made by Gamefreak in the mainline series of games (XY -> Sword and Shield). These changes are unmarked.
Changes made by Gamefreak in Legends: Arceus. These changes are marked by an '[L:A]'.
Changes made by ourselves, like in Renegade Platinum, are marked by an '[!]'.

Further Modifications:

All Sound Moves now hit through a defenders Substitute, like in Gen VI+.

With that out of the way, here are the changes to moves made in Redux:

Move	Attribute	Old	New
Absorb	Power	20	35
Acid	Power	20	35
Acid Armor	PP	40	20
Air Cutter	Power	55	60
└──	PP	25	15
Air Slash	PP	15	10
Ally Switch	Priority	+1	+2
Aqua Tail	Power	90	100
└──	Accuracy	90	85
Arm Thrust	Power	15	20
Assurance	Power	50	60
Astonish	Power	30	35
Aura Sphere	Power	80	90
Aurora Beam	Power	65	75
Barrier	PP	30	20
Blaze Kick	Accuracy	90	100
Blizzard	Power	120	110
Bite	PP	25	20
Bubble Beam	Power	65	70
Bulk Up	PP	20	10
Bullet Punch	PP	30	20
Calm Mind	PP	20	10
Charge Beam	PP	10	15
Chatter	Power	70	90
└──	PP	20	10
Confusion	PP	25	20
Covet	PP	40	20
└──	Type	Normal	Fairy
Crabhammer	Effect	High Critical Ratio	10% Def -1
Cross Poison	Power	70	90
└──	PP	20	15
Crunch	PP	15	10
Cut	Effect	None	High Critical Ratio
└──	Type	Normal	Grass
Draco Meteor	Power	140	130
Dark Pulse	PP	15	10
└──	Accuracy	100	Never Miss
Dark Void	Accuracy	50	90
Dive	Power	80	100
Dragon Breath	Power	60	70
Dragon Claw	Power	80	85
└──	PP	15	10
└──	Effect	None	High Critical Ratio
Dragon Pulse	Power	85	90
└──	Accuracy	100	Never Miss
Dragon Rush	Accuracy	75	80
Dragon Tail	Accuracy	90	95
Draining Kiss	Power	50	70
Echoed Voice	Power	40	50
Energy Ball	Power	80	90
Extrasensory	PP	20	15
False Swipe	PP	40	30
Fire Blast	Power	120	110
Fire Pledge	Power	50	75
Fire Punch	PP	15	10
Flame Charge	Power	50	60
Flame Wheel	Power	60	75
└──	PP	25	20
Flamethrower	PP	15	10
Flash Cannon	Power	80	90
Fly	Power	95	80
└──	Accuracy	95	100
Focus Energy	PP	30	20
Follow Me	Priority	+3	+2
Frost Breath	Power	60	50
Fury Cutter	Power	20	30
Future Sight	Power	100	120
Gear Grind	Power	50	65
└──	Accuracy	85	95
└──	PP	15	10
Giga Drain	Power	75	80
Glaciate	Power	65	85
└──	Accuracy	95	100
Glare	Accuracy	90	100
Grass Pledge	Power	50	75
Grass Whistle	Accuracy	55	65
Growth	PP	40	20
Gust	PP	35	25
Gunk Shot	Accuracy	70	80
Head Smash	Accuracy	80	85
Heart Stamp	Power	60	75
└──	PP	25	15
Heat Wave	Power	95	100
Hex	Power	50	65
└──	PP	10	15
Howl	Effect	Raises User and Allies Attack	Raises only Users Attack
Hurricane	Power	120	110
└──	Accuracy	70	80
└──	PP	10	5
Hydro Pump	Power	120	110
Ice Beam	Power	95	90
Ice Punch	PP	15	10
Ice Shard	PP	30	20
Incinerate	Power	50	60
Inferno	Accuracy	50	65
Judgment	Power	100	150
Knock Off	Power	20	65
Leaf Storm	Power	140	130
Leaf Tornado	Power	65	70
└──	Accuracy	90	100
└──	Effect	50% Accuracy -1	30% Accuracy -1
Leech Life	Power	20	80
└──	PP	15	10
Lick	Power	20	30
└──	PP	30	25
Low Sweep	Power	60	65
Mach Punch	PP	30	20
Magic Room	Priority	-7	0
Magma Storm	Power	100	120
Mega Drain	Power	40	65
Meteor Mash	Power	90	95
Minimize	PP	20	10
Muddy Water	Power	95	90
Mud Slap	Power	20	30
└──	PP	10	20
Needle Arm	Power	60	100
└──	Effect	None	Boosted by the ability Iron Fist
Octazooka	Power	65	90
└──	PP	10	5
└──	Effect	50% Accuracy -1	30% Accuracy -1
└──	Effect	None	High Critical Ratio
Overheat	Power	140	130
Pin Missile	Power	14	25
└──	Accuracy	85	95
Poison Fang	Power	50	65
└──	Accuracy	100	95
└──	Effect	B.Poison 30%	50%
Poison Gas	PP	40	20
└──	Accuracy	80	100
Poison Jab	PP	20	10
Poison Powder	PP	35	20
Poison Sting	Power	15	30
└──	PP	35	20
Poison Tail	Power	50	80
└──	PP	25	10
Power Gem	Power	80	90
└──	PP	20	10
└──	Effect	None	Sp. Def Drop 10%
Power Up Punch	Power	40	50
Psycho Cut	Power	70	90
└──	PP	20	10
Quick Attack	PP	30	20
Rage Powder	Priority	+3	+2
Rapid Spin	Power	20	50
Razor Shell	Accuracy	95	100
Roar	Accuracy	100	Never Miss
Rock Climb	Power	90	80
└──	Accuracy	85	95
└──	PP	20	10
└──	Type	Normal	Rock
Rock Smash	Power	40	55
└──	50%	Def -1	100% Def -1
└──	Effect	None	Boosted by the ability Iron Fist
Rock Tomb	Power	50	60
└──	Accuracy	80	95
└──	PP	10	15
Rollout	Power	30	40
Sacred Sword	PP	20	15
Scald	PP	15	10
└──	Effect	30% Burn	10% Burn
Shadow Ball	PP	15	10
Shadow Punch	Power	60	90
Shadow Claw	PP	70	90
Shadow Sneak	PP	30	20
Slash	PP	20	15
Sludge	Power	65	70
└──	PP	20	15
Smelling Salts	Power	60	70
Smog	Power	20	35
└──	Accuracy	70	90
Snarl	Accuracy	95	100
Spore	PP	15	10
Steamroller	Power	75	100
└──	Accuracy	100	90
└──	PP	20	10
String Shot	Effect	Speed -1	Speed -2
Storm Throw	Power	40	50
Strength	Power	80	85
└──	Effect	None	10% Raise Attack
└──	PP	15	10
Stun Spore	PP	30	20
└──	Accuracy	75	90
Sucker Punch	Power	80	70
Surf	Power	95	90
Swagger	Accuracy	90	85
Swords Dance	PP	30	20
Psycho Shift	Accuracy	90	100
Psywave	Accuracy	80	100
Synchronoise	Power	70	120
└──	PP	15	10
Tackle	Power	40	50
└──	PP	35	30
Tailwind	PP	30	15
Techno Blast	Power	85	140
Thief	Power	40	50
└──	PP	10	15
Triple Axel	Power	20	30
└──	Effect	Successive Hits Power 20	10
Thunder	Power	120	110
└──	PP	10	5
Thunder Punch	PP	15	10
Thunder Shock	PP	30	25
Thunderbolt	Power	95	90
└──	PP	15	10
Thunder Wave	Accuracy	100	90
Twineedle	Power	25	40
Twister	Power	40	50
└──	PP	25	20
Venoshock	PP	10	15
Vine Whip	Power	35	40
Wake Up Slap	Power	60	70
Waterfall	PP	15	10
Water Pledge	Power	50	75
Wild Charge	PP	15	10
└──	Effect	Recoil	No Recoil
Will O Wisp	Accuracy	75	85
Whirlwind	Accuracy	100	Never Miss
Wonder Room	Priority	-7	0
X Scissor	PP	15	10
└──	Effect	None	High Critical Ratio
Zen Headbutt	PP	15	10

*Not currently implemented/cannot be properly implemented due limitations with the Gen V engine/toolset.

**Accounting for the x2 damage of critical hits in Gen V, as opposed to the x1.5 damage of Gen VI+.

***Born of current Gen V Limitations, uses Triple Kick mechanics, with a higher initial base power. This should work out to roughly the same amount of damage.

Legends: Arceus Moves¶

Move	Attribute	Old	New
Esper Wing	Power	75	70
└──	Accuracy	90	100
└──	PP	—	10
└──	Effect	—	+1 Priority like Quick Attack
Headlong Rush	Power	100	120
└──	Accuracy	100	90
└──	PP	—	5
└──	Effect	—	Drops both Defense and Special Defense like Close Combat
Psyshield Bash	Power	—	70
└──	Accuracy	90	95
└──	PP	—	10
└──	Effect	—	Rasies the user's Defense and Special Defense by one stage.
Raging Fury	Power	90	95
└──	Accuracy	85	100
└──	PP	—	10
└──	Effect	—	Confuses user like Outrage
Wave Crash	Power	75	110
└──	Accuracy	—	100
└──	PP	10	5
└──	Effect	—	Damages user like Double Edge