Peck (move)

Peck つつく Peck

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Battles Type  Flying Category  Physical PP  35 (max. 56) Power  35 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 Unknown

Availability Introduced  [[Generation {{{gen}}}]] 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 IX

Peck (Japanese: つつく Peck) is a Flying-type move introduced in Generation I that deals very little damage.

In the anime

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Swellow using Peck.

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Dawn's Piplup using Peck.

The Pokémon hits the foe with its peck or horn rapidly and several times forming an visual effect of multiple heads. In other species the peck is simple.

Pokémon

Torchic. It simply pecks the opponent several times.

• Used by May's Torchic from A Ruin with a View to A Fan with a Plan. It was its first move used in battle. Its first time was against a wild Azurill.

Combusken. It jumps and pecks only once.

• Used by May's Combusken from A Shroomish Skirmish to ???. It was the first move since it evolved. The first time used was in a battle against a wild Breloom.

Swellow. The multiple heads are short.

• Used by Winona's Swellow in Sky High Gym Battle! in its battle against Ash's Swellow.

Altaria. As its neck, the multiple heads are long.

• Used by Winona's Altaria in Sky High Gym Battle! in its battle against Ash's Grovyle.

Piplup. It small beack turns white and it pecks the target multiple times.

• Used by Dawn's Piplup from Following a Maiden's Voyage! to ???

Effect

Generation I

Peck does damage.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

• Spearow at Lv.--
• Fearow at Lv.--
• Farfetch'd at Lv.--
• Doduo at Lv.--
• Dodrio at Lv.--
• Goldeen at Lv.--
• Seaking at Lv.--
• Articuno at Lv.--
• Moltres at Lv.--

Generation II

By leveling up

• Spearow at Lv.--
• Fearow at Lv.--
• Farfetch'd at Lv.--
• Doduo at Lv.--
• Dodrio at Lv.--
• Goldeen at Lv.--
• Seaking at Lv.--
• Zapdos at Lv.--
• Hoothoot at Lv.11
• Noctowl at Lv.--
• Noctowl at Lv.11
• Natu at Lv.--
• Xatu at Lv.--
• Murkrow at Lv.--
• Skarmory at Lv.--

By breeding

• Seel
• Togepi

Generation III

By leveling up

• Spearow at Lv.--
• Fearow at Lv.--
• Nidoran♂ at Lv.--
• Nidorino at Lv.--
• Nidoking at Lv.--
• Farfetch'd at Lv.--
• Doduo at Lv.--
• Dodrio at Lv.--
• Goldeen at Lv.--
• Seaking at Lv.--
• Zapdos at Lv.--
• Hoothoot at Lv.11
• Noctowl at Lv.--
• Noctowl at Lv.11
• Natu at Lv.--
• Xatu at Lv.--
• Murkrow at Lv.--
• Skarmory at Lv.--
• Torchic at Lv.16
• Combusken at Lv.17
• Blaziken at Lv.17
• Taillow at Lv.--
• Swellow at Lv.--
• Swablu at Lv.--
• Altaria at Lv.--

By breeding

• Togepi

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Spearow at Lv.--
• Fearow at Lv.--
• Nidoran♂ at Lv.--
• Nidorino at Lv.--
• Nidoking at Lv.--
• Farfetch'd at Lv.--
• Doduo at Lv.--
• Dodrio at Lv.--
• Goldeen at Lv.--
• Seaking at Lv.--
• Zapdos at Lv.--
• Hoothoot at Lv.13
• Noctowl at Lv.13
• Natu at Lv.--
• Xatu at Lv.--
• Murkrow at Lv.--
• Piloswine at Lv.--
• Skarmory at Lv.--
• Torchic at Lv.16
• Combusken at Lv.17
• Blaziken at Lv.17
• Taillow at Lv.--
• Swellow at Lv.--
• Swablu at Lv.--
• Altaria at Lv.--
• Piplup at Lv.15
• Prinplup at Lv.15
• Empoleon at Lv.15
• Chatot at Lv.--
• Mamoswine at Lv.--

By breeding

• Togepi

In other languages

Spanish: Picotazo, French: Picpic, German: Schnabel, Dutch: Boor