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  1 ♥ Jamming  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

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

Generations II and III

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

Generation IV

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

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. PMDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It may also lower the target's Special Defense by one level. 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			22
020		Raticate	Normal		Normal							24				24			24
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison							22				22			22
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison				47			37				37			37
030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison				53			43				43			43
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire							42				42	39	39
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal							31				37			37
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying														41
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying							33				33			33
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal							44				49			49
158		Totodile	Water		Water							27				27			27
159		Croconaw	Water		Water							30				30			30
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water							32				32			32
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	54			49			46				46			46 37
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	49			49	52	41		46	46	37	37
209		Snubbull	Fairy		Fairy				53			49				49			49
210		Granbull	Fairy		fairy				61			59				59			59
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	43			49			48				49			49
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	52			59			54				56			56
243		Raikou	Electric		Electric	61			61			43				43			43
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground	43			43			37				41			41
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground	47			47			41				47			47
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	47			47			41				47			47
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark				41			53				53			53 37
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark				47										--, 65 --, 44
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal							40				40			40
303		Mawile	Steel	Fairy				36			36				36			36 29
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark				22			28				28			28 36
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark				22			28				28			28 40
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground				33			33				33	34	34 22
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon				33										'
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon				33										'
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison				28			28				28	45	45 40
341		Corphish	Water		Water					43	47				47			47 39
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark					51	57				57			57 43
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice				28			31				31			31 41
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice				28			31				31			31 41
365		Walrein	Ice	Water							--				--			--
367		Huntail	Water		Water				36			42				42			42 34
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon				41			46				46			46 25
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon				56			50				50			50 25
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying				61			53				53			53 25
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying				35			35	15		15			15 20
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass							37				37			37
388		Grotle	Grass		Grass							42				42			42
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground							45				45			45
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric							29		33	33			33
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric							33		38	38			38
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric							35		42	42			42
419		Floatzel	Water		Water							26				26	--	--
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground							48				48			48
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground							31				31			31
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground							31				31			31
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug							45				56	45	45
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark							49				65	49	49
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass							37				41			41
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel							33				33			33
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal											16			16
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal											16			16
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal											22			22
507		Herdier	Normal		Normal											24			24
508		Stoutland	Normal		Normal											24			24
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass											43			43
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire											43			43
515		Panpour	Water		Water											43			43
550		Basculin	Water		Water											24			24
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark											28			28
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark											28			28
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark											28			28
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting											38			38
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting											38			38
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock											21			21
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock											21			21
566		Archen	Rock	Flying											35			35
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying											35			35
603		Eelektrik	Electric		Electric											39			39
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric											--			--
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon											25			25
632		Durant	Bug	Steel											31			31
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon											25			25
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon											25			25
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon											25			25
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying											49			49
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying											49			49
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire											71			71
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric											71			71
667		Litleo	Fire	Normal														39
668		Pyroar	Fire	Normal														42
674		Pancham	Fighting		Fighting														39
675		Pangoro	Fighting	Dark														42
696		Tyrunt	Rock	Dragon														34
697		Tyrantrum	Rock	Dragon														34
713		Avalugg	Ice		Ice														--, 65
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	Fairy		Fairy
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.

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.

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.

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.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Crunch is the only move of Krookodile and Zweilous.

In the anime

Shinx Steelix Krokorok Tyrunt
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
	Tyrunt's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with them.
Grant's Tyrunt	Climbing the Walls!		None
	Exploud's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with them.
Blake and Heath's father's Exploud	Splitting Heirs!		None

In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W 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	PBW5		Debut

In the Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY! manga

Pyroar
The user bites down hard on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pyroar bites down hard on the opponent.
Manabu's Pyroar	CXY4		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	JBA3		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	PBK7		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, and Sky	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, and Sky	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, and Sky	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 Finnish Puristus* 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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