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A '''Z-Move''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|Ｚ|ゼット}}ワザ''' ''Z-Move'') is a special type of [[move]] introduced in [[Generation VII]] in which a {{pkmn|Trainer}} and their Pokémon's wishes combine to unleash an attack comprising the full power of both. These moves are very powerful, but they can only be used once per {{pkmn|battle}}, unless {{DL|Rotom Pokédex|Z-Rotom Power}} is used.

With the exceptions of {{m|Mega Drain}} (120), {{m|Weather Ball}} (160), {{m|Hex}} (160), {{m|Gear Grind}} (180), {{m|V-create}} (220), {{m|Flying Press}} (170), and {{m|Core Enforcer}} (140), the powers of the type-specific damaging Z-Moves follow the following conversion table for base moves that have fixed powers. {{m|Struggle}} has a power of 1 as a Z-Move in the game data, which does not follow this table, but it is not possible to turn Struggle into a Z-Move.

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Similar to the {{pkmn|games}}, Z-Moves are powerful moves that can be executed by a Pokémon that knows an appropriate move which corresponds to the type of Z-Crystal on the Trainer's Z-Ring. Z-Moves were first featured in the {{series|Sun & Moon}} in episode ''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]'', where {{an|Kiawe}} and his {{TP|Kiawe|Turtonator}} used {{m|Inferno Overdrive}}, with the help of Kiawe's [[Z-Ring]] and [[Firium Z]], to defeat [[Zipp]]'s {{p|Yungoos}}, [[Tupp]]'s {{p|Salandit}}, and [[Rapp]]'s {{p|Zubat}}.

According to {{an|Professor Kukui}} in ''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]'', only Trainers who are successful in the [[island challenge]] can use Z-Moves. As seen with [[Ash's Rowlet]] in ''[[SM011|Young Kiawe Had a Farm!]]'', Z-Moves drain a lot of the Pokémon's energy, but with adequate training, the Pokémon can reduce the amount of energy necessary to execute a Z-Move. In a similar manner, in ''[[SM040|Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!]]'', [[Lana's Popplio]] failed its first attempt at {{m|Hydro Vortex}} since it was not strong enough to execute the move. In ''[[SM105|Showdown on Poni Island!]]'', {{an|Gladion}}'s {{p|Lycanroc}}, having endured [[Ash's Lycanroc]]'s {{m|Splintered Stormshards}}, was able to take advantage of its opponent's fatigue by finishing it with a Z-Move of its own.

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| [[Regional variant|Alolan]] {{TP|Kiawe|Marowak}}

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{{Ash}} and his {{AP|Pikachu}} performed the {{m|10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt}} Z-Move in [[ICYR1]] during a battle against a {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{p|Kommo-o}}.

Z-Moves first appeared in the {{chap|Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon}}. [[Olivia]] had her {{p|Lycanroc}} use {{m|Continental Crush}} while [[Nanu]] had his {{alo|Persian}} use {{m|Black Hole Eclipse}} during an exhibition match against each other. [[Hala]] stepped in to stop both Pokémon before either could successfully use their moves.

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