Hammer Arm (move)

Hammer Arm アームハンマー Arm Hammer

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 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 Unknown

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Appeals last in the next turn.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Hammer Arm is a Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV that deals a high amount of damage and lowers the user's speed one stage.

Effect

Hammer Arm does damage, then lowers the user's speed.

In the anime

• Paul's Ursaring using Hammer Arm.
  Paul's Ursaring using Hammer Arm.

Pokémon

Rhydon. Rhydon's arm glows white. It then punches its foe.

• Used by an unnamed trainer's Rhydon in Tag! We're It...!. Debut

Ursaring. Ursaring's arms glow white. It then pounds its arms on its foe.

• Used by Paul's Ursaring from Glory Blaze to ???.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Rhydon at Lv.42
• Sudowoodo at Lv.49
• Ursaring at Lv.67
• Swampert at Lv.69
• Slaking at Lv.61
• Metagross at Lv.45
• Regirock at Lv.81
• Regice at Lv.81
• Registeel at Lv.81
• Rhyperior at Lv.42

By breeding

• Geodude
• Lickitung
• Kangaskhan
• Miltank
• Slakoth
• Cranidos

Trivia

• No Pokémon that can legally learn Hammer Arm can receive STAB from it.