The water is tainted…
Murkwater Surface is one of the Field Effects. It is found in the Water Treatment Center prior to defeating the PULSE Swalot.
Transitions from other terrains
Water Surface and Underwater will transform into this terrain if Acid Downpour is used, or when Sludge Wave is used twice.
General Effects
- Grounded Pokémon's speed x0.75, unless they are Water-type, or have Swift Swim or Surge Surfer
- Poison attacks increase in base power by 1.5x
- Electric attacks increase in base power by 1.3x when the opponent is grounded
- Ground attacks always fail
- Water attacks deal additional Poison damage and increase in base power by 1.5x
Field Damage
Pokémon will take type-scaling Poison damage at the end of each turn, unless they are Poison or Steel type, or if they have the following abilities:
Pokémon with following abilities will take twice the amount of field damage:
Submerged Pokémon take 4x as much damage.
Abilities Affected
- Pokémon with Dry Skin or Water Absorb restore some HP at the end of each turn, provided they are Poison-type and grounded
- Poison Heal and Toxic Boost are activated for grounded Pokémon
- Swift Swim is activated regardless of whether the Pokémon is grounded
- Activates Surge Surfer
- Schooling is active at all times
- Activates Water Compaction each turn
- Gooey’s effect is doubled
- Stench’s activation chance is doubled
- Liquid Ooze’s damage is doubled
- Merciless is activated
Moves Affected
Moves with a 1.5x increase in base power
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Moves that deal Water/Poison damage and increase in base power by 1.5x
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Other Moves
- Spikes and Toxic Spikes will sink into the water and disappear.
- Sludge Wave deals additional Water damage
- Smack Down deals additional Poison damage and increases in base power by 1.5x
- Dive will cause the user to take 4x field damage during their semi-invulnerability turn
- Acid Armor’s stat-changing effect is amplified
- Venom Drench will affect targets regardless of whether they are poisoned
- Venoshock’s power is doubled regardless of whether the target is poisoned
- Shore Up activates Water Compaction
- Nature Power becomes Sludge Wave
- Camouflage changes the user's type to Poison
- Secret Power may poison
Transitions to other terrains
Whirlpool will transform this terrain into Water Surface.
Blizzard, Glaciate and Subzero Slammer will transform this terrain into Icy Field.
Splintered Stormshards will permanently terminate this field effect.
Seed
The Elemental Seed increases Speed by one stage and applies Aqua Ring, but poisons the user.
