Surging Strikes

Hits 3 times per use.

Surging Strikes deals damage, hits 3 times per turn used and each strike will always land a critical strike if it hits.
Pokémon with the abilities Battle Armor or Shell Armor, or while under the effect of Lucky Chant, are protected against critical hits .
Each strike of Surging Strikes is treated like a separate attack:

• Abilities that activate on contact (Static, Weak Armor, Iron Barbs etc.) activate for each strike.
• If the Sturdy ability, Focus Sash , or Focus Band activates before the final hit, the subsequent hit will still deal damage and therefore cause the target to faint.
• If the first hit breaks a Substitute, the second hit will deal damage to the target Pokémon.
• The move Counter only counters the final hit, but Bide counters the complete damage.
• If the user is holding a King's Rock each individual hit has an equal chance to make the target flinch

The ability Skill Link and the item Loaded Dice cause Triple Axel to only check accuracy and evasion checks once.

• In Brilliant DiamondShining Pearl this move can not be selected in battle.