Low Kick (move)

Low Kick けたぐり Kick Down

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  Varies 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 Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation I Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

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

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

Low Kick (Japanese: けたぐり Kick Down) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I that deals varying damage.

Effect

Generation I

Low Kick has a power of 50 and has a 29.7% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Low Kick can't make a target with a Substitute flinch.

Generation II

Same as before, but with a 30% chance of flinching instead.

Generation III and on

Low Kick doesn't have a standard power; rather, it inflicts greater damage on a heavier target. Low Kick's power is calculated as follows:

Target's Weight	Power
0.1 - 22 lb.	20
22.1 - 55 lb.	40
55.1 - 110 lb.	60
110.1 - 220 lb.	80
220.1 - 440 lb.	100
440.1 lb. or more	120

It has also lost its ability to cause flinching.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

The damage done by Low Kick is increased or decreased based on the target of the attack (approximately by weight), from 60% to 140%.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting 9 0057 Primeape Fighting -- 9 0066 Machop Fighting 20 0067 Machoke Fighting -- 20 0068 Machamp Fighting -- 20 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 9 0057 Primeape Fighting -- 9 0066 Machop Fighting -- 0067 Machoke Fighting -- 0068 Machamp Fighting -- 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 19 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

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0077 Ponyta Fire New York City Pokémon Center 0084 Doduo Normal Flying New York City 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting 6 0056 Mankey Fighting 9 0057 Primeape Fighting -- 6 0057 Primeape Fighting -- 9 0066 Machop Fighting -- 0067 Machoke Fighting -- 0068 Machamp Fighting -- 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 17 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 0056 Mankey Fighting -- 0057 Primeape Fighting -- 0066 Machop Fighting -- 0067 Machoke Fighting -- 0068 Machamp Fighting -- 0125 Electabuzz Electric 10 0185 Sudowoodo Rock -- 9 0239 Elekid Electric 10 0438 Bonsly Rock 9 0466 Electivire Electric -- 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" | 0331 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz, Electivire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0427 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buneary
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey, Primeape
Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz, Electivire
Cacnea, Cacturne
Lucario |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0447 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Riolu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey, Primeape
Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz, Electivire
Cacnea, Cacturne
Buneary, Lopunny

|- | 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. |} |}

By move tutor

In HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0055 Golduck Water 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0096 Drowzee Psychic 0097 Hypno Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0125 Electabuzz Electric 0126 Magmar Fire 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0158 Totodile Water 0159 Croconaw Water 0160 Feraligatr Water 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 0190 Aipom Normal 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0217 Ursaring Normal 0236 Tyrogue Fighting 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 0239 Elekid Electric 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0252 Treecko Grass 0253 Grovyle Grass 0254 Sceptile Grass 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0258 Mudkip Water 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 0260 Swampert Water Ground 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0294 Loudred Normal 0295 Exploud Normal 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 0327 Spinda Normal 0331 Cacnea Grass 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 0335 Zangoose Normal 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 0352 Kecleon Normal 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0419 Floatzel Water 0424 Ambipom Normal 0427 Buneary Normal 0428 Lopunny Normal 0438 Bonsly Rock 0447 Riolu Fighting 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0461 Weavile Dark Ice 0466 Electivire Electric 0467 Magmortar Fire 0475 Gallade Psychic 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting -- 0057 Primeape Fighting -- 0066 Machop Fighting -- 0067 Machoke Fighting -- 0068 Machamp Fighting -- 0125 Electabuzz Electric 11 0185 Sudowoodo Rock -- 9 0239 Elekid Electric 11 0438 Bonsly Rock 9 0466 Electivire Electric -- 11 0505 Watchog Normal -- 0532 Timburr Fighting 12 0533 Gurdurr Fighting 12 0534 Conkeldurr Fighting 12 0559 Scraggy Dark Fighting -- 0560 Scrafty Dark 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.

In the anime

Watchog
The user delivers a powerful low kick that makes the foe fall over.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sudowoodo swipes its leg and trips the opponent.
A wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		Debut
	Watchog spins on its back towards the opponent before whacking the opponent with its tail.
Lenora's Watchog	BW015		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Machamp Sudowoodo
The user delivers a powerful low kick.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Machamp swings its foot around and kicks or trips the opponent.
Blue's Machamp	Electro Magneton		Debut
	One of Sudowoodo's legs extends, zigzagging back and forth until it reaches the opponent and trips it, or Sudowoodo runs up to the opponent and swipes one of its legs underneath it.
Gold's Sudobo	Tyranitar Wars		None
Emerald's Sudowoodo	VS. Shedinja		None

Trivia

• This move is the second to have their English name be used as a Japanese name for another move, as "Low Kick" is used as the Japanese name for Low Sweep. The first is Comet Punch, whose name was used for the Japanese name of Meteor Mash.

In other languages

• Dutch: Lage Schop
• Finnish: Alapotku
• French: Balayage
• German: Fußkick
• Greek: Χαμηλή Κλωτσιά
• Italian: Colpo Basso
• Korean: 잡치기 Japchigi
• Portuguese: Rasteira
• Spanish: Patada Baja
• Serbian: Niski Šut

Variations of the move Low Kick
Low Kick Grass Knot

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