Brick Break (move)

Brick Break かわらわり Tile Break

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  75 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM31 in Generation III TM31 in Generation IV TM31 in Generation V TM31 in Generation VI

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

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Brick Break (Japanese: かわらわり Tile Break) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation III. It has been TM31 since Generation III.

Effect

Generation III and IV

Brick Break removes Light Screen and Reflect and the effects they cause before inflicting damage. It will remove Light Screen and Reflect even if Brick Break misses or targets a Ghost-type Pokémon.

Generation V

Brick Break no longer removes Light Screen and Reflect if the target is a Ghost-type.

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Brick Break ignores, not removes, Reflect and Light Screen. This move has a damage rating of ☆☆☆.

Description

Games Description RSE Destroys barriers such as Reflect and causes damage.* Destroys barriers like Light Screen and causes damage.* FRLG An attack that also breaks any barrier like Light Screen and Reflect. The user attacks with tough fists, etc. It can also break any barrier such as Light Screen and Reflect. The user attacks with a swift chop. It can also break any barrier such as Light Screen and Reflect. The user attacks with a swift chop. It can also break barriers, such as Light Screen and Reflect.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting	20			17				17			'
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	31			21				21	18	18
214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting	23			19				19	25	25
539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting								29			29
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting								20			20
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting								20			'
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 TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III TM31		IV TM31		V TM31		VI TM31
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	✔			✔				✔		✔
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	✔			✔				✔		✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔			✔				✔		✔	✔
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔	✔
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	✔			✔				✔		✔
025		Pikachu	Electric		Electric	✔			✔				✔		✔
026		Raichu	Electric		Electric	✔			✔				✔		✔
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
028		Sandslash	Ground		Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
035		Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
036		Clefable	Fairy		Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
039		Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
040		Wigglytuff	Normal	Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
046		Paras	Bug	Grass				✔				✔		✔
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass				✔				✔		✔
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
055		Golduck	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
074		Geodude	Rock	Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
075		Graveler	Rock	Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
076		Golem	Rock	Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	✔			✔				✔		✔
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	✔			✔				✔		✔
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
098		Krabby	Water		Water				✔				✔		✔
099		Kingler	Water		Water				✔				✔		✔
104		Cubone	Ground		Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
105		Marowak	Ground		Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	✔			✔				✔		✔
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic	Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying				✔				✔		✔
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
125		Electabuzz	Electric		Electric	✔			✔				✔		✔
126		Magmar	Fire		Fire	✔			✔				✔		✔
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	✔			✔				✔		✔
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔				✔		✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
156		Quilava	Fire		Fire	✔			✔				✔		✔
157		Typhlosion	Fire		Fire	✔			✔				✔		✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
161		Sentret	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
162		Furret	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	✔			✔				✔		✔
166		Ledian	Bug	Flying	✔			✔				✔		✔
176		Togetic	Fairy	Flying	✔			✔				✔		✔
180		Flaaffy	Electric		Electric	✔			✔				✔		✔
181		Ampharos	Electric		Electric	✔			✔				✔		✔
183		Marill	Water	Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
184		Azumarill	Water	Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
185		Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock	✔			✔				✔		✔
186		Politoed	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying				✔				✔		✔
209		Snubbull	Fairy		Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
210		Granbull	Fairy		Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel				✔				✔		✔
214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	✔			✔				✔		✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying				✔				✔		✔
236		Tyrogue	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
237		Hitmontop	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
239		Elekid	Electric		Electric	✔			✔				✔		✔
240		Magby	Fire		Fire	✔			✔				✔		✔
241		Miltank	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
242		Blissey	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔			✔				✔		✔
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass	✔			✔				✔		✔
253		Grovyle	Grass		Grass	✔			✔				✔		✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	✔			✔				✔		✔
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground				✔				✔		✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
271		Lombre	Water	Grass	✔			✔				✔		✔
272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass	✔			✔				✔		✔
274		Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark	✔			✔				✔		✔
275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark	✔			✔				✔		✔
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	✔			✔				✔		✔
303		Mawile	Steel	Fairy	✔			✔				✔		✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	✔			✔				✔		✔
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
313		Volbeat	Bug		Bug	✔			✔				✔		✔
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug	✔			✔				✔		✔
326		Grumpig	Psychic		Psychic				✔				✔		✔
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass				✔				✔		✔
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark				✔				✔		✔
335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
341		Corphish	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark	✔			✔				✔		✔
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	✔			✔				✔		✔
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug	✔			✔				✔		✔
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost				✔				✔		✔
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔				✔		✔
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔				✔		✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔				✔		✔
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
377		Regirock	Rock		Rock	✔			✔				✔		✔
378		Regice	Ice		Ice	✔			✔				✔		✔
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel	✔			✔				✔		✔
382		Kyogre	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔		✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔				✔		✔
386		Deoxys	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting				✔				✔		✔
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting				✔				✔		✔
393		Piplup	Water		Water				✔				✔		✔
394		Prinplup	Water		Water				✔				✔		✔
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel				✔				✔		✔
402		Kricketune	Bug		Bug				✔				✔		✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock				✔				✔		✔
418		Buizel	Water		Water				✔				✔		✔
419		Floatzel	Water		Water				✔				✔		✔
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal				✔				✔		✔
438		Bonsly	Rock		Rock				✔				✔		✔
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic	Fairy				✔				✔		✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground				✔				✔		✔
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal				✔				✔		✔
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting				✔				✔		✔
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel				✔				✔		✔
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug				✔				✔		✔
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark				✔				✔		✔
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting				✔				✔		✔
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting				✔				✔		✔
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice				✔				✔		✔
461		Weavile	Dark	Ice				✔				✔		✔
463		Lickilicky	Normal		Normal				✔				✔		✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock				✔				✔		✔
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass				✔				✔		✔
466		Electivire	Electric		Electric				✔				✔		✔
467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔
468		Togekiss	Fairy	Flying				✔				✔		✔
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying				✔				✔		✔
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting				✔				✔		✔
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost				✔				✔		✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon				✔				✔		✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon				✔				✔		✔
486		Regigigas	Normal		Normal				✔				✔		✔
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark				✔				✔		✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal				✔				✔		✔
494		Victini	Psychic	Fire								✔		✔
499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting								✔		✔
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting								✔		✔
512		Simisage	Grass		Grass								✔		✔
514		Simisear	Fire		Fire								✔		✔
516		Simipour	Water		Water								✔		✔
529		Drilbur	Ground		Ground								✔		✔
530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel								✔		✔
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
533		Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground								✔		✔
538		Throh	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark								✔		✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark								✔		✔
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire								✔		✔
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire								✔		✔
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting								✔		✔
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting								✔		✔
576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic								✔		✔
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric								✔		✔
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon								✔		✔
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice								✔		✔
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
620		Mienshao	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
622		Golett	Ground	Ghost								✔		✔
623		Golurk	Ground	Ghost								✔		✔
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel								✔		✔
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel								✔		✔
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying								✔		✔
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying								✔		✔
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying								✔		✔
648		Meloetta	Normal	Psychic								✔		✔
650		Chespin	Grass		Grass										✔	✔
651		Quilladin	Grass		Grass										✔	✔
652		Chesnaught	Grass	Fighting										✔	✔
659		Bunnelby	Normal		Normal										✔	✔
660		Diggersby	Normal	Ground										✔	✔
672		Skiddo	Grass		Grass										✔	✔
673		Gogoat	Grass		Grass										✔	✔
674		Pancham	Fighting		Fighting										✔	✔
675		Pangoro	Fighting	Dark										✔	✔
679		Honedge	Steel	Ghost										✔	✔
680		Doublade	Steel	Ghost										✔	✔
681		Aegislash	Steel	Steel										✔	✔
688		Binacle	Rock	Water										✔	✔
673		Barbaracle	Rock	Water										✔	✔
696		Tyrunt	Rock	Dragon										✔	✔
697		Tyrantrum	Rock	Dragon										✔	✔
701		Hawlucha	Fighting	Flying										✔	✔
714		Noibat	Flying	Dragon										✔	✔
715		Noivern	Flying	Dragon										✔	✔
718		Zygarde	Dragon	Ground										✔	✔
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.

In the anime

Seismitoad Hariyama Garchomp Electabuzz
The user's hand turns white and then it punches its opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Hariyama karate chops the opponent from above.
Tyson's Hariyama	At the End of the Fray		Debut
	Sudowoodo jumps into the air and karate chops the opponent from above with the side of its hand.
Keenan's Sudowoodo	All That Glitters is Not Golden!		None
	Tyrogue jumps into the air and karate chops the opponent from above with the side of its hand.
A Coordinator's Tyrogue	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!		None
	Elekid jumps up and karate chops the opponent from above with the side of its arm. Sometimes, its arm becomes surrounded in yellow-orange sparks.
Paul's Elekid	When Pokémon Worlds Collide!		None
	Croagunk's hand glows white and it karate-chops the opponent from above. Sometimes its hand doesn't glow white at all.
Brock's Croagunk	Gymbaliar!		None
Croagunk Festival Trainers' multiple Croagunk	Cream of the Croagunk Crop!		None
	The fins on Garchomp's arms glow white or red and it strikes the opponent from above with one of its fins, or Garchomp's claw glows white and it hits the opponent with the claw from above.
Cynthia's Garchomp	Top-Down Training!		None
	Machoke's hand glows white and it karate-chops the opponent from above.
Maylene's Machoke	A Triple Fighting Chance!		None
	Electabuzz's hand becomes surrounded by yellow sparks and it karate-chops the opponent from above.
Paul's Electabuzz	A Pyramiding Rage!		None
	One of Electivire's forearms becomes surrounded in white sparks and it karate-chops the opponent from above. Sometimes, its forearm flashes white before using the attack.
Paul's Electivire	Battling a Thaw in Relations!		None
	Seismitoad's arm glows white and it hits the opponent with it.
Edmund's Seismitoad	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None
	Simipour's hand glows white and it hits the opponent with it.
Betty's Simipour	A Clubsplosion of Excitement!		None
	Gothitelle's hand glows white and it hits the opponent with it.
Caitlin's Gothitelle	Jostling for the Junior Cup!		None
	The black part of Pignite's arm glows white and it hits the opponent with it.
Ash's Pignite	Cameron's Secret Weapon!		None
	Feraligatr's hand glows light blue and it smacks the opponent.
A wild Feraligatr	Genesect and the Legend Awakened		None
	Geodude's hand glows light blue and it smacks the opponent.
Three wild Geodude	Genesect and the Legend Awakened		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Aggron
The user repeatedly chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Zangoose repeatedly chops the opponent with the side of both of its hands.
Sidney's Zangoose	VS. Regirock, Regice & Registeel I		Debut
	Aggron stabs the opponent with the horns on its head.
Giovanni's Aggron	Reason to Fight		None

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

Drapion
The user chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Drapion holds up its arm and slams it at the foe.
An Unknown Trainer's Drapion	The Road to Becoming Battle King!!		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

Breaking

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

Trivia

• In a Pokémon Contest, because there is no target Pokémon, Brick Break destroys a small glass wall instead.
• Bonsly and Pupitar can learn Brick Break, despite not having any hands. However, their evolutions do have hands.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 劈瓦 Pī​wǎ​ Dutch Steenbreuk Finnish Tiili-isku French Casse-Brique German Durchbruch Greek Πλινθοθραύστης Hindi ईंट तोर Eent Tor Indonesian Membelah Genting Italian Breccia Korean 깨트리다 Kkaeteurida Polish Łamacz Murów Portuguese Brazil Quebra Telha Portugal Ataque Tijolo (Advanced Series) Quebrar Tijolo (Diamond and Pearl Series) Romanian Distrugătorul Serbian Lomljenje Cigli Spanish Demolición

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