Karate Chop (move)
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Karate Chop からてチョップ Karate Chop | ||||||||||||
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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.
Karate Chop can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, giving extra three appeal points if the move Focus Energy was used in the prior turn. It can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination and gives an extra three appeal points if the move Focus Energy was used in the prior turn.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0056 | Field | 15 | 15 | 15RSE 11FRLG |
13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | ||||||
0057 | Field | 1, 15 | 15 | 15RSE 11FRLG |
13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | ||||||
0066 | Human-Like | 1 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10XY 7ORAS |
7 | ||||||
0067 | Human-Like | 1 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1, 10 | 1, 10XY 1, 7ORAS |
1, 7 | ||||||
0068 | Human-Like | 1 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1, 10 | 1, 10XY 1, 7ORAS |
1, 7 | ||||||
0539 | Human-Like | 25 | 25 | 17 | ||||||||||
0674 | Field | Human-Like | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
0675 | |
Field | Human-Like | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
0701 | |
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 | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0239 | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0240 | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
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%
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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.
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 | ||||||||||
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- Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Karate Chop had an energy gain of 7%.
- Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Karate Chop had a power of 6, an energy gain of 8%, and a duration of 0.8 seconds.
Primeape and Machamp may only know this move if they were obtained before February 16, 2017.
Description
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In the anime
The opponent is hit by the side of the user's hand. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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
The user karate chops the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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
The user karate chops the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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
The user karate chops the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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
The user karate chops the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Primeape karate chops the opponent. | |||
Chuck's Primeape | Defeat Chuck Style Martial Arts!! | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- Karate Chop is one of 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.
In other languages
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Variations of the move Karate Chop | ||
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