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Battle stats, effect profile, and learnset context for Snipe Shot in Pokemon Champions.SpecialWatersnipe-shot
Snipe Shot: Water Special Move with High Crit Ratio and Redirect-Bypassing Effect
Snipe Shot is a Water-type special attack in Pokemon Champions with a raised critical-hit ratio and an effect that ignores Abilities and moves that draw in attacks. Its profile covers the essentials: battle category, move target, and contact status. Because it bypasses redirection, its value centers on landing hits where aimed, not raw power.
MoveSnipe Shot
Stat profileWater
Power85
Accuracy100%
PP16
SpecialPriority 0
A special Water attack whose effect identity centers on bypassing redirect Abilities and moves while carrying an elevated critical-hit ratio.Special stats
Snipe Shot Battle Context: Water Special Attack Profile
Snipe Shot is a Water-type special attack with normal targeting, no contact, and a defined effect identity: it ignores Abilities and moves that draw in attacks, and it boosts its critical-hit ratio by one stage. Evaluating it as a battle tool means weighing that combination—offense category, type, targeting, and effect—before comparing mechanics, learners, or similar moves.
Water typeSpecial attackSingle targetAnti-redirectCritical-hit ratioMove evaluation
Power
85
Accuracy
100%
Priority
0
Effect rate
—
Battle effectTarget · normalCrit stage +1
This move ignores the effects of Abilities and moves that draw in moves. It has a 1-stage Critical-Hit Ratio Boost.
Rules awareness behind the targeting bypass, the Critical-Hit Ratio Boost, and every flag that marks how Snipe Shot behaves.1 of 10 active
Snipe Shot Mechanics and Move Flags, Explained Through Interaction Data
Snipe Shot is a Special Water move that ignores Abilities and moves that draw attacks in, and it carries a 1-stage Critical-Hit Ratio Boost. Its flag profile clarifies the rest: no contact, sound, punch, biting, slicing, bullet, wind, or powder traits, so abilities and effects keyed to those markers do not change how Snipe Shot resolves.
move flagscontact traitsinteraction rulescritical-hit ratiotargeting bypassmove mechanics
Makes contactSound-basedPunch moveBiting moveSlicing moveBullet moveWind movePowder moveDefrosts on useBlocked by Protect/Detect
See which Pokemon can actually run Snipe Shot, and use the learner pool to ground move research in real roster context.
Pokemon That Learn Snipe Shot in Pokemon Champions
Snipe Shot's learner list is short, and that makes roster context easy to read. Each Pokemon entry that learns the move links directly to its own detail route, so a single special Water move becomes a starting point for browsing learnsets, comparing learnset coverage, and understanding where Snipe Shot actually appears across the roster.
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Similar Moves to Snipe Shot and Related Options
Snipe Shot is a special Water attack that ignores redirection effects and carries an elevated critical-hit ratio, a narrow combination. The similar-moves block groups nearby options by role and targeting overlap, making it easier to see which attacks share its anti-draw behavior, which trade that property for raw power, and where its identity actually differs.
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Special
Power90
Accuracy100%
PP16
Primary effect
This move's power is doubled against targets that have the Submerged status.
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Power90
Accuracy85%
PP12
Primary effect
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Power35
Accuracy85%
PP16
Primary effect
Gives the target the Bound status. This move's power is doubled if the target has the Submerged status.
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Evaluate Snipe Shot Against Other Water Special Attacks
Weigh Snipe Shot's crit ratio and redirection bypass against the rest of a movepool before locking in a slot. Start from its stat block and effect profile, then check which Pokemon learn it and how its Water special typing complements the rest of a planned team's coverage.
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