High Jump Kick (move)
| Hi Jump Kick とびひざげり Jumping Knee Kick | ||||||||||||
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Hi Jump Kick (Japanese: とびひざげり Jumping Knee Kick) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation III, it was the signature move of Hitmonlee.
Effect
Generation I
Hi Jump Kick does damage with a Base Power of 85; however, if the attack misses, the user will crash and lose 1 HP for crashed damage. Used against a Template:Type2, it always counts as a miss.
If the user of Hi Jump Kick attacks first and faints itself due to crash damage, the target will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round.
Generation II-III
The user loses half the HP of the damage it would have done for crashed damage. If used against a Template:Type2, user does not take crash damage.
Generation IV
Same as before, but its Base Power was increased from 85 to 100. The user also takes crash damage if hitting a Ghost-type Pokémon. Hi Jump Kick cannot be used if Gravity is in effect.
Generation V
The Base Power was increased from 100 to 130, and the PP was reduced from 20 to 10. The recoil now deals damage equal to half of the user's max HP rounded down.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236
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| style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting
| style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop
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| 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.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting
| style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop
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| 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.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting
| style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop
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| 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" | Hitmonlee
Meditite, Medicham
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| 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.
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Generation V
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting
| style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan, Hitmontop
Kojofu, Kojondo
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| 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" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan, Hitmontop
Meditite, Medicham
Blaziken, Zuruggu
Zuruzukin, Kojofu
Kojondo
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| 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.
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In the anime
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| The foe is attacked with a knee kick from a jump. If it misses, the user is hurt instead. | |||
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Raticate makes a big leap towards the opponent and kicks on impact. | ||
| A Gentleman's Raticate | Battle Aboard the St. Anne | Debut Raticate cannot legally learn Hi Jump Kick. | |
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Hitmonlee leaps into the air and strikes the opponent with its knee. It gets hurt if the attack misses, or Hitmonlee jumps into the air, front flips and kicks the opponent down, or Hitmonlee jumps into the air and lands in front of the opponent. It then jumps up and knees the opponent with one of its knees. | ||
| Shiro's Hitmonlee | Two Hits and a Miss | None | |
| Wobbuffet Festival crasher's Hitmonlee | Wobbu-Palooza! | None | |
| Gilbert's Hitmonlee | Saved by the Beldum | None | |
| Master Hamm's Hitmonlee | Pasta La Vista! | None | |
| Barry's Hitmonlee | Casting a Paul on Barry! | None | |
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Meditite jumps into the air and strikes the opponent with its knee. | ||
| Shauna's Meditite | A Meditite Fight! | None | |
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Medicham leaps into the air and strikes the opponent with its knee. If the attack misses, it hurts itself. | ||
| Grace's Medicham | Pros and Con Artists | None | |
| Greta's Medicham | Wheel of Frontier | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
| The user kicks the opponent with one of its bent knees. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Hitmonlee does and handstand and swings its legs at the opponent, hitting them with one of its its bent knees. | ||
| Bruno's Hitmonlee | Punching Poliwrath | Debut | |
Trivia
- The Viz Media translation of Pokémon Adventures mistakenly calls this move High Jump Kick.
In other languages
- Chinese: 飛膝撞 Fēixīzhuàng
- Dutch: Hoge sprong schop
- French: Pied Voltige
- German: Turmkick
- Greek: Υψομετρικό Λάκτισμα
- Italian: Calcinvolo
- Korean: 무릎차기 Mureupchagi
- Polish: Wysoki skok i wykop
- Portuguese: Chute com Pulo Alto
- Spanish: Pat. S. Alta
- Serbian: Šut iz Visokog Skoka
