Bite (move)

Bite かみつく Bite

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

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

Bite (Japanese: かみつく Bite) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation I. In Generation I, this move is Normal-type.

Effect

Generation I

Bite is a Normal-type move in this generation.

Bite inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Generation II-III

Same as Generation I, except Bite is now a Dark-type move, and now has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch. Due to the change in type, Bite is now classified as a special attack instead of a physical attack.

Generation IV and on

Bite is once again classified as a physical attack.

Description

Games Description A bite made using sharp fangs. This may cause the opponent to flinch, and it might not attack. An attack that may cause flinching. RSE Bites with vicious fangs. May cause flinching. FRLG The user bites with vicious fangs. It may make the foe flinch. The foe is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. It may make the target flinch. Conq The target is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. It may make the target flinch.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	22			18			18			16				16			'
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	24			19			19			16				16			'
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	--, 24			19			19			16				16			'
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal										10				10			'
020		Raticate	Normal		Normal										10				10			'
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	17			15			13			9				9			'
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	17			--, 15			--, 13			--,9				--, 9			'
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison	29	30	30			20			21				21			'
030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison	36	32	32			22			23				23			'
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	15			12			16			13				13	12	'
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--, 15			12			16			13				13	12	'
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	12			11			11	10	6				6			'
053		Persian	Normal		Normal	--, 12			--, 11			--, 11	--, 10	--, 6				--, 6			'
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	--			--			--			--				--			'
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire							--			--				--			'
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	26			13			7			13				13			'
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	--, 20	20	20			20			20				20			'
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	37	30	30			30			29				29	17	'''
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	40	30	30			30			29				29		'
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire	40	30	30			30			29				29	17	'
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water				13			13			7				7			'
139		Omastar	Rock	Water				--, 13			--, 13			--, 7				--, 7			'
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	45			45			15			--				--			'
158		Totodile	Water		Water				20			20			13				13			'
159		Croconaw	Water		Water				21			21			13				13			'
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water				21			21			13				13			'
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying				12			16			13				13	12	'
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal				13			13			7				7			'
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal				13			13			7				7			'
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire				20			25			17				17			''''
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire				20			27			17				17			''''
243		Raikou	Electric		Electric				--			--			--				--			'
244		Entei	Fire		Fire				--			--			--				--			'
245		Suicune	Water		Water				--			--			--				--			'
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground				--			--			--				--			'''
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground				--			--			--				--			'''
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark				--			--			--				--			''''
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark							13			13				13			''''
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark							--, 13			--, 13				--, 13			''''
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal										20				20			'
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal										20				20			'
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel							11			11				11			'
309		Electrike	Electric		Electric							33			28				28			'
310		Manectric	Electric		Electric							39			30				30			'
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark							--			--				--			''''
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark							--			--				--			''''
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground							--			--				--			'
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon							--										'
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon							--										'
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison							10			10				10	5	'
359		Absol	Dark		Dark							21			28				28	20	''''
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice							10			10				10			'
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice							--, 10			--, 10				--, 10			'
367		Huntail	Water		Water							8			6				6			'
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon							5			5				5			'
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon							--, 5			--, 5				--, 5			'
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying							--, 5			--, 5				--, 5			'
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass										21				21			'
388		Grotle	Grass		Grass										21				21			'
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground										22				22			'
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric										13		17	17			'
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric										13		18	18			'
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric										13		18	18			'
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground										21				21			'
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground										21				21			'
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug										--				--			'''
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark										--				--			''''
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass										7				7			'
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice										29				29	17	'
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal														6			'
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal														--, 6			'
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal														8			'
507		Herdier	Normal		Normal														--, 8			'
508		Stoutland	Normal		Normal														--, 8			'
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass														19			'
513		Pansear	Fire		Grass														19			'
515		Panpour	Water		Water														19			'
550		Basculin	Water		Water														10			'
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark														4			''''
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark														--			''''
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark														--			''''
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock														8			'
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock														8			'
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon														9			'
632		Durant	Bug	Steel														11			'
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon														9			''''
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon														--			''''
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon														--			''''
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying														13			'
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying														13			'
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
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal
258		Mudkip	Water		Water
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting
566		Archen	Rock	Flying
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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0131 Lapras Water Ice 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 the anime

Snubbull Mawile Basculin Grotle
The foe is bitten with viciously sharp fangs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Ekans bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Jessie's Ekans	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		Debut
	Meowth bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Meowth of Team Rocket	The Path to the Pokémon League		None
Duplica's Ditto in the form of Meowth	Ditto's Mysterious Mansion		Used via Transform
	Arbok bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Jessie's Arbok	The Ninja Poké-Showdown		None
	Growlithe bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Officer Jenny's Growlithe	The Case of the K-9 Caper!		None
	Snubbull bites down on the opponent with its mouth and doesn't let go.
Madame Muchmoney's Snubbull	Snubbull Snobbery		None
	Houndour bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
A wild Houndour	Hour of the Houndour		None
Cassidy's Houndour	Showdown at the Oak Corral		None
	Totodile runs up to the opponent and bites down on it with its powerful jaws.
Ash's Totodile	The Totodile Duel		None
Khoury's Totodile	Bagged Then Tagged!		None
	Granbull bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Lisa's Granbull	Spell of the Unown		None
Madame Muchmoney's Granbull	The Trouble with Snubbull		None
Cassidy's Granbull	Sleight of Sand!		None
	Croconaw bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Dundee's Croconaw	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
Bryan's Croconaw	The Champ Twins!		None
	Steelix bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Hun's Steelix	The Legend of Thunder!		Dub only Steelix cannot legally learn Bite
	Gyarados bites down on the opponent with its jaws.
Clair's Gyarados	Better Eight Than Never		None
Crasher Wake's Gyarados	A Crasher Course in Power!		None
	Larvitar bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Ash's Larvitar	You're a Star, Larvitar!		None
Chris's Larvitar	The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!		None
	Blastoise bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Gary's Blastoise	Can't Beat the Heat!		None
	Houndoom bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Harrison's Houndoom	Playing with Fire!		None
	Poochyena bites down on the opponent with its jaws.
Katrina's Poochyena	A Bite to Remember		None
Gym Badge thief's Poochyena	The Blue Badge of Courage		None
	Sharpedo bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
A wild Sharpedo	Sharpedo Attack!		None
	Mightyena bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Butch's Mightyena	Oaknapped		None
	Electrike bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Wattson's Electrike	Watt's With Watson		None
	Seviper bites down on the opponent with its jaws.
Jessie's Seviper	ZigZag Zangoose!		None
Lucy's Seviper	Queen of the Serpentine!		None
Nero's Seviper	BW114		None
	Manectric bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Wattson's Manectric	Manectric Charge		None
	Huntail bites down on the opponent using its jaws.
Keith's Huntail	The Evolutionary War		None
	Mawile bites the opponent using the huge steel jaws on its head.
Samantha's Mawile	Once in a Mawile		None
	Carnivine bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
James's Carnivine	Dawn of a New Era!		None
	Turtwig bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Ash's Turtwig	Gettin' Twiggy With It!		None
Gardenia's Turtwig	The Grass-Type is Always Greener!		None
	Hippopotas bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
A wild Hippopotas	Mass Mip-Po-Sis!		None
	Girafarig runs up to the opponent and turns around. Then, the mouth on the end of its tail bites down on the opponent.
Roman's Girafarig	A Full Course Tag Battle!		Girafarig cannot legally learn Bite
	Nidoran♀ bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Multiple wild Nidoran♀	Leading a Stray!		None
	Nidoran♂ bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Multiple wild Nidoran♂	Leading a Stray!		Nidoran♂ cannot legally learn Bite
	Grotle bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Ash's Grotle	The Lonely Snover!		None
	Sandile bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws.
Sunglasses Sandile	A Sandile Gusher of Change!		None
Multiple wild Sandile	A Sandile Gusher of Change!		None
	Pansage bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Cilan's Pansage	Triple Leaders, Team Threats!		None
	Basculin bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws.
Cilan's Basculin	A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!		None
	Krokorok's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent. As Krokorok moves while its teeth glow white, they leave behind white streaks of energy.
Clay's Krokorok	Battling the King of the Mines!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Vee Vaporeon Bite.png Vaporeon Gyarados Totodile Croconaw
The user bites the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gyarados bites down on the opponent.
Red's Gyara	Can You Diglett?		Debut
	Arbok glides its sharp fangs along the opponent's body to slice it in half.
Agatha's Arbok	Weezing Winks Out		None
	Vaporeon bites down on the opponent.
Red's Vee	Clefabulous Clefable		None
	Totodile bites down on the opponent.
Silver's Totodile	Totodile Rock		None
	Houndour bites down on the opponent.
The Masked Man's Houndour	You Ain't Nothin' But a Houndour		None
	Croconaw bites down on the opponent.
Silver's Croconaw	Tyranitar War		None
	Snubbull bites down on the opponent.
Green Snubbull	The Last Battle VII		None
	Mawile turns around and uses the jaws on the back of its head to bite the opponent.
Multiple wild Mawile	VS. Mawile		None
	Eevee bites down on the opponent with its sharp teeth.
Karen's Eevee	Escape!!		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Shinx Drapion
The user bites the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Zubat bites down on the opponent with its fangs.
B-2's Zubat	Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!!		Debut
	Shinx bites down on the opponent with its sharp teeth.
Hareta's Shinx	Serious Training On Iron Island!!		None
	Drapion bites down on the opponent with its sharp teeth.
B-2's Drapion	Serious Training On Iron Island!!		None
	Gyarados bites down on the opponent with its teeth.
Cyrus's Gyarados	The Battle Rages On		None

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jou's Big Adventure manga

Totodile
The user bites down on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Totodile opens its mouth and bites the opponent using its fangs.
Jou's Totodile	Aim to be the Strongest! The Hot-Blooded Brotherly Combination!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Houndour Feraligatr
The user bites down on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Snubbull bites the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Snubbull	A Finger Lickin' Battle		Debut
	Houndour bites the opponent.
Giovanni's Houndour	Showdown at the Radio Tower!!		None
	Feraligatr bites down on the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Feraligatr	Don't Accuse Me!!		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

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

• Bite is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Gust, Karate Chop, and Sand-Attack. They were all Normal-type moves in Generation I.
  • Bite is the only of these moves that changed to a type introduced in Generation II.
• Bite is the only move to have its damage category change from physical to special, then back to physical again. This is due to the move being Normal-type in Generation I, Dark-type in Generation II and III, and classified as a physical move in Generation IV.
• If Secret Power is used in a cave in Generation III, it will have the same animation as Bite.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 咬咬功 Ngáauhngáauhgūng Mandarin 咬咬 Yǎoyǎo Danish Bid Dutch Bijt Finnish Puraisu French Morsure German Biss Greek Δάγκωμα Hindi काटने का हमला Katne Ka Hamla Indonesian Gigit Italian Morso Korean 물기 Mulgi Polish Ugryzienie Portuguese Brazil Mordida Portugal Dentada (until DP Series) Morder (Diamond and Pearl Series) Romanian Mușcătura Serbian Ugriz Spanish Latin America Mordida Spain Mordisco

Variations of the move Bite
Bite • Heart Stamp

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