Greninja - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Greninja can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Greninja artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
6
7
8
9

Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Greninja learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Growl	Normal	—	100
1	Haze	Ice	—	—
1	Night Slash	Dark	70	100
1	Pound	Normal	40	100
1	Quick Attack	Normal	40	100
1	Role Play	Psychic	—	—
1	Water Gun	Water	40	100
10	Lick	Ghost	30	100
14	Water Pulse	Water	60	100
19	Smokescreen	Normal	—	100
23	Shadow Sneak	Ghost	40	100
28	Spikes	Ground	—	—
33	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
42	Substitute	Normal	—	—
49	Extrasensory	Psychic	80	100
56	Double Team	Normal	—	—
68	Hydro Pump	Water	110	80

Moves learnt on evolution

Greninja learns the following moves when it evolves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (regardless of level).

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Water Shuriken	Water		15	100

Egg moves

Greninja learns the following moves via breeding or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Counter	Fighting	—	100
Retaliate	Normal	70	100
Spikes	Ground	—	—
Switcheroo	Dark	—	100
Toxic Spikes	Poison	—	—

Moves learnt by TM

Greninja is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
05	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
11	Water Pulse	Water	60	100
12	Low Kick	Fighting	—	100
14	Acrobatics	Flying	55	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
20	Trailblaze	Grass	50	100
22	Chilling Water	Water	50	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
27	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
32	Swift	Normal	60	∞
34	Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
35	Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
36	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
39	Low Sweep	Fighting	65	100
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
52	Snowscape	Ice	—	—
55	Dig	Ground	80	100
57	False Swipe	Normal	40	100
58	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
60	U-turn	Bug	70	100
69	Ice Punch	Ice	75	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
77	Waterfall	Water	80	100
81	Grass Knot	Grass	—	100
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
86	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
87	Taunt	Dark	—	100
88	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
90	Spikes	Ground	—	—
91	Toxic Spikes	Poison	—	—
94	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
102	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
110	Liquidation	Water	85	100
123	Surf	Water	90	100
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
135	Ice Beam	Ice	90	100
142	Hydro Pump	Water	110	80
143	Blizzard	Ice	110	70
145	Water Pledge	Water	80	100
152	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
154	Hydro Cannon	Water	150	90
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100

Greninja egg move parents

In other generations
6
7
8
9

Greninja Ash-Greninja

Greninja's egg groups: Water 1

The egg moves for Greninja are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Greninja with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Greninja with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Counter

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Chewtle Drednaw
Breeding	Totodile Wooper Paldean Wooper Quagsire Delibird Mudkip Lotad Shellos Gastrodon Froakie Frogadier Greninja Clodsire
Reminder	Quaquaval
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Counter

Retaliate

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Froakie Frogadier Greninja
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Retaliate

Spikes

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Greninja
TM	Wooper Paldean Wooper Quagsire Delibird Gastrodon Froakie Frogadier Greninja Pincurchin Clodsire
Breeding	Froakie Frogadier Greninja
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Spikes

Switcheroo

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Inkay Malamar
Breeding	Corphish Froakie Frogadier Greninja
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Switcheroo

Toxic Spikes

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Paldean Wooper Mareanie Toxapex Clodsire
TM	Paldean Wooper Quagsire Galarian Slowking Froakie Frogadier Greninja Skrelp Dragalge Mareanie Toxapex Pincurchin Clodsire
Breeding	Froakie Frogadier Greninja
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Toxic Spikes