Hammer Arm (move)

Hammer Arm アームハンマー Arm Hammer

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Makes 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 IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Appeals last in the next turn.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Hammer Arm (Japanese: アームハンマー Arm Hammer) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Hammer Arm does damage, then lowers the user's Speed by one level. If the user has Iron Fist as its ability, then Hammer Arm's base power is increased by 1.5X, becomes 150.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 42 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 49 0217 Ursaring Normal 67 0260 Swampert Water Ground 69 0289 Slaking Normal 61 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 45 0377 Regirock Rock 81 0378 Regice Ice 81 0379 Registeel Steel 81 0383 Groudon Ground 20 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 42 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0074 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0108 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0115 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kangaskhan
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0241 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Miltank
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Ursaring
Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0293 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Whismur
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Ursaring
Swampert
Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Ursaring
Slaking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0408 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Swampert

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 42 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 49 0217 Ursaring Normal 67 0260 Swampert Water Ground 69 0289 Slaking Normal 67 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 45 0377 Regirock Rock 81 0378 Regice Ice 81 0379 Registeel Steel 81 0383 Groudon Ground 20 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 42 0500 Enbuoh Enbuoh Fire Fighting -- 0532 Dokkora Dokkora Fighting 40 0533 Dotekkotsu Dotekkotsu Fighting 45 0534 Roobushin Roobushin Fighting 45 0555 Darmanitan Fire 35 0622 Gobitto Gobitto Ground Ghost 50 0623 Goruugu Goruugu Ground Ghost 60 0641 Tornelos Tornelos Flying 79 0642 Voltolos Voltolos Electric Flying 79 0645 Landros Landros Ground Flying 79 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0074 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0108 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0115 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kangaskhan
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dokkora, Dotekkotsu, Roobushin |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0241 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Miltank
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Ursaring
Slaking
Darmanitan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0293 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Whismur
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Ursaring
Swampert
Slaking
Darmanitan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Ursaring
Slaking
Darmanitan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0408 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0554 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Darumakka | style="background: #FFF" | Darumakka
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Rhydon, Rhyperior
Ursaring
Slaking
Darmanitan

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Ursaring Hammer Arm.png Ursaring File:Sudowoodo Hammer Arm.png Sudowoodo
The user slams the foe with it arms at great force.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	One of Rhydon's forearms glow white and it slams the opponent with it.
Unknown Trainer's Rhydon	Tag! We're It...!		Debut
	Ursaring's forearms glow white or gold and it slams them onto the opponent, or one of Ursaring's hands glow gold and it smacks the opponent hard.
Paul's Ursaring	Glory Blaze!		None
	Rhyperior's hand glows red and and slams its arm into the opponent.
Brendan's Rhyperior	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
	Regigigas's forearms glow white and it slams them into the opponent from above.
A wild Regigigas	Pillars of Friendship!		Regigigas cannot legitimately learn Hammer Arm.
	Sudowoodo's whole arm or the orbs on its hands glow white, light green or gold and it slams it into the opponent. Sometimes, both of its arms glow.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Frozen on Their Tracks!		None
Narissa's Ditto One in the form of Sudowoodo	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		None
Narissa's Ditto Two in the form of Sudowoodo	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The user throws a fast and powerful punch at the opponent. The user loses speed as a result of the power.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Graveler punches the opponent with great force, however, in exchange for power it loses speed.
A wild Graveler	VS. Graveler		Debut

Trivia

• Of all the times Hammer Arm was used in the anime, no Pokémon seemed to lose speed like its effect suggests.
• Despite Hammer Arm being a Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV, no Fighting-type Pokémon could learn this move until Generation V.
  • Additionally, the only Fighting-type Pokémon to learn this move are introduced in Generation V.

In other languages

• Chinese: 臂力拳 Bì​lì​ Quán​
• Dutch: Moker Arm
• French: Marto-Poing
• German: Hammerarm
• Greek: Σφυροκόπημα
• Italian: Martelpugno
• Korean: 암해머 Arm Hammer
• Spanish: Machada
• Serbian: Čekić Pesnica

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