Karate Chop (move)

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Karate Chop からてチョップ Karate Chop

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  50 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move 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  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Karate Chop (Japanese: からてチョップ Karate Chop) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation II, it was a Normal-type move.

Effect

Generation I

Karate Chop deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

It is Normal-type in this generation.

Generation II onward

Karate Chop is now a Fighting-type move.

Description

Games Description Stad A Normal-type attack. Often turns into a critical hit and inflicts double the damage. Stad2 A Fighting-type attack. Often turns into a critical hit and inflicts double the damage. GSC Has a high critical hit ratio. RSEColoXD A chopping attack with a high critical-hit ratio. FRLG DPPtHGSS The foe is attacked with a sharp chop. It has a high critical-hit ratio. BWB2W2 XYORAS SM The target is attacked with a sharp chop. Critical hits land more easily.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0056		Mankey		Field		Field	15	15	15RSE 11FRLG	13	13	13	8
0057		Primeape		Field		Field	1, 15	15	15RSE 11FRLG	13	13	13	8
0066		Machop		Human-Like		Human-Like	1	13	13	10	10	10XY 7ORAS	7
0067		Machoke		Human-Like		Human-Like	1	15	13	10	1, 10	1, 10XY 1, 7ORAS	1, 7
0068		Machamp		Human-Like		Human-Like	1	15	13	10	1, 10	1, 10XY 1, 7ORAS	1, 7
0539		Sawk		Human-Like		Human-Like					25	25	17
0674		Pancham		Field	Human-Like						12	12
0675		Pangoro		Field	Human-Like						12	12
0701		Hawlucha		Human-Like		Human-Like						4	4
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0239		Elekid		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0240		Magby		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
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 other games

Pokémon Conquest

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Stars: ★★★ Power: 31 Accuracy: 100%

Effect: Has an increased critical hit ratio.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon GO

Karate Chop
Fast Attack
Gyms & Raids Power 6 Energy boost 8 Duration 0.8 seconds Damage window ? seconds
Trainer Battles Power ? Energy boost ? Turns ?
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility By Elite Fast TM By GO Snapshot As Shadow Pokémon As Purified Pokémon Formerly eligible None

Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, Karate Chop had an energy gain of 7%.

Description

Games Description MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It has a high critical hit rate. Conq. The target is attacked with a sharp chop. Critical hits land more easily.

In the anime

Hawlucha Machop Sawk Machoke
The opponent is hit by the side of the user's hand.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Machop repeatedly chops the opponent with the side of its opened hand, or Machop's arm glows white and it chops the opponent with the side of its opened hand.
Unknown Trainer's Machop	The Punchy Pokémon		Debut
Brawly's Machop	Just One of the Geysers		None
Emily's Machop	Sitting Psyduck		None
	Machamp repeatedly chops the opponent with its hands, or one of Machamp's hands glow white and it chops the opponent with the side of its open hand.
Giovanni's Machamp	The Battle of the Badge		None
Gavin's Machamp	From Brags to Riches		None
Emily's Machamp	Sitting Psyduck		None
	Machoke strikes the opponent with the side of its open hand, sometimes repeatedly. Sometimes, its hands glow white.
A Wobbuffet Festival crasher's Machoke	Wobbu-Palooza!		None
Chuck's Machoke	Machoke, Machoke Man!		None
Emily's Machoke	Sitting Psyduck		None
	Sawk's hand glows white and it strikes the opponent with the side of its open hand.
Stephan's Sawk	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None
	Hawlucha's claw and wing glow white and it strikes the opponent with the side of its wing, or both of Hawlucha's wings glow white and strikes the opponent with them.
Ash's Hawlucha	The Forest Champion!		None
Carl's Hawlucha	When Light and Dark Collide!		None

• In The Cave of Mirrors!, Mirror Ash ordered his Hawlucha to use Karate Chop, but due to it being too timid to attack, Hawlucha was never seen using the move.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Machamp Sawk
The user karate chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Machamp strikes the opponent with the side of one of its open hands.
Blue's Machamp	A Charizard... and a Champion		Debut
	Sawk strikes the opponent with an open palm.
Marshal's Sawk	What Really Matters		None

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Primeape
The user karate chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Primeape's hand glows and then karate chops the opponent.
Shinji's Primeape	GDZ28		Debut

In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga

Machop
The user karate chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Machop's karate chops the opponent.
An Unknown Trainer's Machop	PNA3		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Primeape
The user karate chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Primeape karate chops the opponent.
Chuck's Primeape	Defeat Chuck Style Martial Arts!!		Debut

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

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

• Karate Chop is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II; the others are Gust, Bite, and Sand Attack. They were all Normal-type moves in Generation I.
• Karate Chop is the only Fighting-type move with a power of 50.
• When sorted by index number, Karate Chop is the first move to have its type changed.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 手刀 Shǒudāo Danish Karatehug Dutch Karateslag Finnish Karatelyönti (original series) Karateisku (AG series) French Poing-Karaté German Karateschlag Greek Τσεκουριά Καράτε Indonesian Pukulan Karate Italian Colpokarate Korean 태권당수 Taegweon Dangsu Polish Cios karate Portuguese Brazil Golpe de Caratê Portugal Golpe de Karaté Serbian Karate udarac Spanish Golpe Karate Turkish Karate Darbesi Vietnamese Đòn Chặt Karate

Variations of the move Karate Chop
Karate Chop • Poison Tail

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