Bone Rush (move)

Bone Rush ボーンラッシュ Bone Rush

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Battles Type  Ground Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  25 Accuracy  80% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Bone Rush (Japanese: ボーンラッシュ Bone Rush) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

Bone Rush inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Each attack made has an equal chance to land a critical hit.

Bone Rush will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation IV

The effects are the same as the previous generations, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0104 Cubone Ground 41 0105 Marowak Ground 53 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0104 Cubone Ground 41 0105 Marowak Ground 53 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0104 Cubone Ground 37 0105 Marowak Ground 43 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Lucario BoneRush.jpg The bone forming File:Lucario BoneRush1.jpg Lucario File:Lucario BoneRush3.jpg Disappearing File:Lucario Bone Rush.png Lucario
The user hits its opponent with a held bone.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Lucario puts its paws together and spreads them apart, creating a light green bone of energy. It then hits the opponent with it, or Lucario holds out its hands and creates a light green bone of energy.
Maylene's Lucario	Lost Leader Strategy!		Debut
Riley's Lucario	Saving the World From Ruins!		None
A Coordinator's Lucario	DP150		None

Trivia

• Bone Rush is the only bone-based move to be learned by a Pokémon other than Cubone and Marowak.

In other languages

• Spanish: Ataque Óseo
• Italian: Ossoraffica
• German: Knochenhatz
• Brazilian Portuguese: Sabre de Osso
• Dutch: Botraas

Variations of the move Bone Rush
Bone Rush • Rock Blast