Karate Chop (move)

Karate Chop からてチョップ Karate Chop

File:AnimMove 02 Karate Chop.gif

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  50 Accuracy  100% 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 Unknown

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

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

Karate Chop (Japanese: からてチョップ Karate Chop) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage. In Generation I, this move is Template:Type2.

Effect

Generation I

Karate Chop does damage, and has a high critical hit ratio.

Generation II and on

Same as before, but now a Template:Type2 move.

In the anime

File:Karate chop.jpg

Machoke using Karate Chop.

Pokémon

Machoke. Machoke strikes the opponent with the side of its open hand.

• Used by the Machoke belonging to one of the Wobbuffet Festival crashers in Wobbu-palooza.
• Used by Chuck's Machoke in Machoke, Machoke Man.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting 15 0057 Primeape Fighting 15 0066 Machop Fighting -- 0067 Machoke Fighting -- 0068 Machamp Fighting -- 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 0056 Mankey Fighting 15 0057 Primeape Fighting 15 0066 Machop Fighting 13 0067 Machoke Fighting 15 0068 Machamp Fighting 15 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" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Magmar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz

|- | 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting 15(R/S/E) 0056 Mankey Fighting 11(FR/LG) 0057 Primeape Fighting 15(R/S/E) 0057 Primeape Fighting 11(FR/LG) 0066 Machop Fighting 13 0067 Machoke Fighting 13 0068 Machamp Fighting 13 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" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Magmar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz

|- | 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting 13 0057 Primeape Fighting 13 0066 Machop Fighting 10 0067 Machoke Fighting 10 0068 Machamp Fighting 10 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" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Magmar, Magmortar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz, Electivire

|- | 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. |} |}

Trivia

• Karate Chop is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Gust, Bite, and Sand-Attack. Coincidentally, they all were Template:Type2 moves in Generation I.

In other languages

• French: Poing-karate
• German: Karateschlag
• Italian: Colpokarate
• Spanish: Golpe Karate