High Jump Kick (move)

Hi Jump Kick とびひざげり Jumping Knee Kick

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  130 Accuracy  90% 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  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   After this move the user is more easily startled.

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

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. If used against a Template:Type2, it will always count 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 Pokémon, 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

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting	48			26			26			29				29			''''
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting														--			''''
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic							32	33	32				32			''''
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic							32	33	32				32			''''
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting														31			''''
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting														31			''''
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting														53			''''
620		Mienshao	Fighting		Fighting														56			''''
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
236		Tyrogue	Fighting		Fighting
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.

In the anime

File:Medicham Hi Jump Kick.png Medicham File:Hitmonlee Hi Jump Kick.png Hitmonlee File:Hitmonlee Hi Jump Kick contact.png Making contact
The foe is attacked with a knee kick from a jump. If it misses, the user is hurt instead.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Raticate jumps into the air and kicks the opponent with one of its feet.
A Gentleman's Raticate	Battle Aboard the St. Anne		Dub only Raticate cannot legally learn Hi Jump Kick
	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.
Giant's Hitmonlee	The Punchy Pokémon		Debut Japanese version only
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
	Meditite jumps into the air and strikes the opponent with its knee.
Shauna's Meditite	A Meditite Fight!		None
	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

File:Hitmonlee Hi Jump Kick Adventures.png Hitmonlee
The user kicks the opponent with one of its bent knees.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Hitmonlee does a handstand and swings its legs at the opponent, hitting them with one of its its bent knees.
Bruno's Hitmonlee	Punching Poliwrath		Debut

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Hitmonlee
The user jumps high and kicks with one of its legs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Hitmonlee jumps high and kicks the opponent with one of its long legs.
Hitmonlee	Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!		None

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

Trivia

• The VIZ Media translation of Pokémon Adventures mistakenly calls this move High Jump Kick.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 飛膝撞 Fēi​xī​zhuàng​ Dutch Hoge Sprong Schop Finnish Hyppypotku (also used from Jump Kick) French Pied Voltige German Turmkick Greek Υψομετρικό Λάκτισμα Italian Calcinvolo Korean 무릎차기 Mureupchagi Polish Salto Cios Portuguese Chute com Pulo Alto Serbian Šut iz Visokog Skoka Spanish Pat. S. Alta

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