Horn Attack (move)

Horn Attack つのでつく Horn Thrust

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  65 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 Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

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

Horn Attack (Japanese: つのでつく Horn Thrust) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Horn Attack deals damage and has no secondary effect.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 8 0033 Nidorino Poison -- 8 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 8 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock -- 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock -- 0118 Goldeen Water 24 0119 Seaking Water -- 24 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 34 0139 Omastar Rock Water -- 34 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 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 8 0033 Nidorino Poison 8 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock -- 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock -- 0118 Goldeen Water 15 0119 Seaking Water 15 0128 Tauros Normal 13 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 6 0232 Donphan Ground -- 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 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 22 0033 Nidorino Poison 22 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock -- 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock -- 0118 Goldeen Water 15 0119 Seaking Water 15 0128 Tauros Normal 13 0128 Tauros Normal 8 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 6 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground -- 0232 Donphan Ground -- 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 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 21 0033 Nidorino Poison 23 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock -- 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock -- 0118 Goldeen Water 11 0119 Seaking Water 11 0128 Tauros Normal 8 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting -- 0232 Donphan Ground -- 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock -- 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 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 21 0033 Nidorino Poison 23 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock -- 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock -- 0118 Goldeen Water 11 0119 Seaking Water 11 0128 Tauros Normal 8 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting -- 0232 Donphan Ground -- 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock -- 0626 Baffuron Baffuron Normal 16 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" | 0588 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Kaburumo | style="background: #FFF" | Kaburumo
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Heracross

|- | 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. |} |}

In the anime

File:Heracross Horn Attack.png Heracross File:Nidorino versus Gengar.jpg Nidorino File:Seaking Horn Attack.jpg Seaking
The foe is jabbed with a sharply pointed horn.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Nidorino thrusts its horn at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Nidorino	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
	Goldeen charges and stabs its opponent with its horn.
A wild Goldeen	Here Comes the Squirtle Squad		None
Misty's Goldeen	Bye Bye Psyduck		None
	Omastar jumps up, spins around like a saw blade and charges at the opponent.
A wild Omastar	Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon		None
	Seaking charges at the opponent and strikes it with its horn.
The Cerulean Gym's Seaking	The Misty Mermaid		None
Juan's Seaking	The Great Eight Fate!		None
	Nidoking jumps and charges at the opponent with its horn pointed at it.
Gary's Nidoking	The Fourth Round Rumble		None
	Heracross hits or throws the opponent with its horn. Sometimes, its horn glows a faint red or silver.
Ash's Heracross	Roll On, Pokémon!		None
Forrest Franklin's Heracross	All in a Day's Wurmple		None
Gordon's Heracross	Absol-ute Disaster		None
Kato's Heracross	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
Barry's Heracross	Historical Mystery Tour!		None
	Rhydon hits the opponent with its horn.
Pietra's Rhydon	Right on, Rhydon		None
Unknown Trainer's Rhydon	The Ole' Berate and Switch!		None
	Tauros charges at the opponent and hits it with its horns.
Ash's Tauros	The Ties That Bind		None
	Donphan's tusks glow white and it hits the opponent with them.
A Donphan Kellyn Captured with his Capture Styler	Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Rhyhorn Horn Attack Adventures.png Rhyhorn Donphan
The user hits the opponent with its horn.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Rhyhorn stabs the opponent with its horn.
Giovanni's Rhyhorn	The Beedrill All and End All		Debut
	Donphan hits the opponent with one of its tusks.
A Robber's Donphan	Number One Donphan		None
	Heracross hits the opponent with the horn on its head.
Bugsy's Heracross	Heads on Heracross		None
	Rhydon stabs the opponent with its horn.
Silver's Rhyhorn	Flames From Entei		None

Trivia

• Horn Attack was the first attack that was shown to be used in the anime. It was used by a Nidorino in the first episode.
• Tauros and Buffalon are the only Pokémon that gain STAB from Horn Attack.
  • Coincidentally, both of them are based on bovine.
• Omanyte can learn this attack in Generation I, despite having no visible horn or tusks.

In other languages

• Chinese: 角撞 Jiǎo​zhuàng​
• Finnish: Sarvi-isku, Sarvihyökkäys
• French: Koud'Korne
• German: Hornattacke
• Greek: Κερασφόρα Επίθεση
• Hindi: Seeng Akramand
• Italian: Incornata
• Korean: 뿔찌르기 Ppul Jjireugi
• Spanish: Cornada
• Serbian: Napad Rogom

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