Move Changes

General Changes

• The numbers of all moves (power, accuracy, PP, effect chance, priority) are updated to match Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• Curse is now a Ghost-type move as in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• Charm, Moonlight and Sweet Kiss are now Fairy-type as in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Move Replacements

The following moves have been replaced with moves from later generations. Moves under the "Old Move" column are now unavailable.

Old Move	New Move
Barrage	Draining Kiss
Brine	Scald
Constrict	Icicle Crash
Horn Drill	Drill Run
Lunar Dance	Moonblast
Luster Purge	Dazzling Gleam
Mist Ball	Disarming Voice
Sand Tomb	Bulldoze
Submission	Play Rough
Twister	Hurricane
Volt Tackle	Wild Charge

Move Modifications

Some moves have had changes to their numerical values. There are also some cases where moves have lost effects because it can't be replicated in the Gen IV engine.

Move	Attribute	Old	New
Aurora Beam	Power	65	75
└──	PP	20	15
Blaze Kick	Power	85	90
└──	Accuracy	90%	100%
Bubble Beam	Power	65	75
└──	PP	20	15
Chatter	Power	65	90
└──	PP	20	15
Cross Poison	Power	70	90
└──	PP	20	15
Cut	Power	50	60
└──	Accuracy	95%	100%
└──	PP	30	25
└──	Type	Normal	Grass
└──	Effect	No Effect	High Critical Ratio
Disarming Voice	Power	40	50
Draining Kiss	Power	50	75
└──	Recovery	75%	50% (Engine limitation)
Flame Wheel	Power	60	75
└──	PP	25	15
Fly	Power	90	100
└──	Accuracy	95%	100%
Hurricane	Effect	Confusion (30%)	No Effect (Engine limitation)
Needle Arm	Power	60	90
Poison Fang	Power	50	65
└──	Accuracy	100%	95%
Poison Tail	Power	50	90
└──	PP	25	15
Rock Climb	Power	90	80
└──	Accuracy	85%	95%
└──	PP	20	10
└──	Type	Normal	Rock
Rock Smash	Power	40	60
Scald	Effect	Burn (30%) + Self thaw + Thaw enemy frozen Pokémon	Burn (30%) + Self thaw (Engine limitation)
Shadow Claw	Power	65	80
└──	PP	15	15
Shadow Punch	Power	60	80
└──	PP	20	15
Sludge	Power	65	75
└──	PP	20	15
Strength	Power	80	100
└──	Effect	No Effect	May Raise Attack (10%)
Wild Charge	Power	90	100