Crabhammer (move)

Crabhammer クラブハンマー Crab Hammer

Battles Type  Water Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  90 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 I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   ?

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Crabhammer (Japanese: クラブハンマー Crab Hammer) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation III, it was the signature move of the Krabby evolution family.

Effect

Generation I to IV

Crabhammer deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. Crabhammer has 85% Accuracy.

Generation V

The accuracy of Crabhammer is increased to 90%.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0098 Krabby Water 35 0099 Kingler Water 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.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0098 Krabby Water 41 0099 Kingler Water 49 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 0098 Krabby Water 45 0099 Kingler Water 57 0341 Corphish Water 35 0341 Corphish Water 34 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 39 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 38 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 0098 Krabby Water 41 0099 Kingler Water 56 0341 Corphish Water 38 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 44 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0098 Krabby Water Pokéwalker - Blue Lake 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0098 Krabby Water 41 0099 Kingler Water 56 0341 Corphish Water 38 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 44 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:Corphish Crabhammer.png Corphish File:Crawdaunt Crabhammer.png Crawdaunt
The foe is hammered with a large pincer.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Kingler slams its pincer onto its opponent, or Kingler slams its claw into the ground and a round white energy ball slams into the opponent.
Giovanni's Kingler	The Battle of the Badge		Debut
Ash's Kingler	Round One - Begin!		None
	Crawdaunt hits the opponent with its claws. Sometimes they glow white before hitting it.
Team Aqua grunt's Crawdaunt	Stairway to Devon		None
Brodie's Ditto in the form of Crawdaunt	Unfair-Weather Friends		Used via Transform
Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt	On Olden Pond		None
Kyle's Crawdaunt	Strategy with a Smile!		None
	One or both of Corphish's pincer glows white and it hits its opponent with one of them, or Corphish's pincers glow white and it hits the ground, sending an invisible shockwave at the opponent.
A wild Corphish	Which Wurmple's Which?		None
Ash's Corphish	Gone Corphishin'		None
A wild Corphish	Cheers on Castaways Isle!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Adventures Krabby Vice Grip Crabhammer.png Krabby
The user hits the opponent with one of its claws.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Krabby slams one of its claws into the opponent.
Misty's Kra	Striking Golduck		Debut

Trivia

• All Pokémon that can learn this move receive STAB from it.
• Based on their Japanese names, Octazooka and this are the only moves so far that have a name of a Pokémon in them.
  • Aqua Tail has the same type, accuracy, and power as Crabhammer, and is also a physical attack that makes contact, just like Crabhammer.

In other languages

• Dutch: Krabhamer
• Finnish: Saksivasara
• French: Pince-Masse
• German: Krabbhammer
• Greek: Σφυρί Οστρακόδερμου
• Italian: Martellata
• Norwegian: Krabbehammer
• Korean: 찝게햄머 Jjipge Hammer
• Spanish: Martillazo
• Croatian: Krablji Čekić

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