Crunch (move)

Crunch かみくだく Crunch

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Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

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 II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Crunch (Japanese: かみくだく Crunch) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II. It can be seen as a more powerful version of Bite.

Effect

Generation II and III

Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat by one stage.

Generation IV and Generation V

Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams

Crunch has a 40% chance of making its opponent cringe.

Description

Games Description A Dark-type attack. Has a one-in-five chance of reducing the target's Spcl.Def. An attack that may lower Spcl.Def. RSE Crunches with sharp fangs. May lower Sp. Def. FRLG The foe is crunched with sharp fangs. It may lower the foe’s Sp. Def. The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target’s Defense stat. Conq The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target's Defense stat. The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs. This may also lower the target's Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal							22				22			'
020		Raticate	Normal		Normal							24				24			'
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison							22				22			'
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison				47			47				47			'
030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison				53			53				53			'
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire							42				42	39	'
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal							31				37			'
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying							33				33			'
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal							44				49			'
158		Totodile	Water		Water							27				27			'
159		Croconaw	Water		Water							30				30			'
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water							32				32			'
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	54			49			46				46			'
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	49			49	52	41		46	46	37	'
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal				53			49				49			'
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal				61			59				59			'
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	43			49			48				48			'
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	52			59			54				54			'
243		Raikou	Electric		Electric	61			61			43				43			'
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground	43			43			37				37			'
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground	47			47			41				41			'
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	47			47			41				41			'
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark				41			53				53			'
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark				47										'
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal							40				40			'
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel				36			36				36			'
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark				22			28				28			'
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark				22			28				28			'
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground				33			33				33	34	'
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon				33										'
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon				33										'
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison				28			28				28	45	'
341		Corphish	Water		Water					43	47				47			'
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark					51	57				57			'
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice				28			31				31			'
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice				28			31				31			'
365		Walrein	Ice	Water							--				--			'
367		Huntail	Water		Water				36			42				42			'
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon				41			46				46			'
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon				56			50				50			'
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying				61			53				53			'
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying				35			35				35			'
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass							37				37			'
388		Grotle	Grass		Grass							42				42			'
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground							45				45			'
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric							29		33	33			'
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric							33		38	38			'
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric							35		42	42			'
419		Floatzel	Water		Water							26				26	--	'
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground							48				48			'
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground							31				31			'
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground							31				31			'
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug							45				56	45	'
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark							49				65	49	'
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass							37				41			'
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel							33				33			'
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal											16			'
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal											16			'
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal											22			'
507		Herdier	Normal		Normal											24			'
508		Stoutland	Normal		Normal											24			'
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass											43			'
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire											43			'
515		Panpour	Water		Water											43			'
550		Basculin	Water		Water											24			'
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark											28			'
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark											28			'
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark											28			'
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting											38			'
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting											38			'
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock											21			'
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock											21			'
566		Archen	Rock	Flying											35			'
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying											35			'
603		Eelektrik	Electric		Electric											39			'
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric											--			'
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon											25			'
632		Durant	Bug	Steel											31			'
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon											25			'
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon											25			'
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon											25			'
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying											49			'
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying											49			'
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire											71			'
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric											71			'
674		Pancham	Fighting		Fighting														39
718		Zygarde	Dragon	Ground														51
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock
158		Totodile	Water		Water
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass
309		Electrike	Electric		Electric
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0004 Charmander Fire Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #3 New York Pokémon Center 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

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0216 Teddiursa Normal Dream World - Rugged Mountain 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

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0158 Totodile Water Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness 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 other games

Pokémon Conquest

Crunch is the only move of Krookodile and Zweilous.

In the anime

Shinx Steelix Krokorok Totodile
The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Steelix bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Jasmine's Steelix	Nerves of Steelix!		Debut
Hun's Steelix	The Legend of Thunder!		Initially referred as Bite in the English dub
Harrison's Steelix	Playing with Fire!		None
	Shinx bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Angie's Shinx	If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!		None
	Torterra bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Paul's Torterra	Pedal to the Mettle!		None
	Totodile's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Khoury's Totodile	A Rivalry to Gible On!		None
	Krokorok's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Ash's Krokorok	Battling the Bully!		None
	Krookodile's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Ash's Krookodile	Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three!		None
	Watchog's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with them.
Mikael's Watchog	Curtain Up, Unova League!		None
	Eelektross's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with them.
Kendrick's Eelektross	Mission: Defeat Your Rival!		None

In the manga

In the Be a Master! Pokémon BW manga

Patrat
The user uses its sharp teeth to bite down the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Patrat uses visual teeth to bite the foe.
Monta's Patrat	Master the Capture of Pokémon!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Seviper Steelix Torterra
The user bites down hard on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Steelix bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Jasmine's Steelix	Capital Kabutops		Debut
	Glalie bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
The Battle Factory's Glalie	VS Glalie		None
	Seviper bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Lucy's Seviper	VS Shuckle		None
	Torterra bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Dia's Tru	Lucky Lucario II		None

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jou's Big Adventure

Totodile
The user crunches down with its fangs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Totodile bites down with its fangs.
Jou's Totodile	The Johto Region's Disaster!!		Debut

In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga

Heatran
The user bites down hard on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Heatran bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Yū's Heatran	Yū vs. Shin, Rival Showdown!!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 咬碎 Yǎo​suì​ Dutch Knars French Mâchouille German Knirscher Greek Τραγάνισμα Hindi कुचलने का हमला Kuchalne Ka Hamla Italian Sgranocchio Korean 깨물어부수기 Kkaemul'eobusugi Polish Chrupanie Portuguese Brazil Mordida Selvagem Portugal Esmagar Ataque Rosca (Pokémon Chronicles) Romanian Scârțâitul Serbian Drobljenje Spanish Latin America Bocado Spain Triturar

Variations of the move Crunch
Crunch Shadow Ball • Flash Cannon Formerly a variation Energy Ball

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