Karate Chop (move)

Karate Chop からてチョップ Karate Chop

File:AnimMove 02 Karate Chop.gif

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 King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

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  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

Karate Chop (Japanese: からてチョップ Karate Chop) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage. In Generation I, this move is Template:Type2.

Effect

Generation I

Karate Chop does damage, and has a high critical hit ratio.

Generation II and on

Same as before, but now a Template:Type2 move.

In the anime

File:Karate chop.jpg

Machoke using Karate Chop.

Pokémon

Machoke. Machoke strikes the opponent with the side of its open hand.

• Used by the Machoke belonging to one of the Wobbuffet Festival crashers in Wobbu-palooza.
• Used by Chuck's Machoke in Machoke, Machoke Man.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting 15 0057 Primeape Fighting 15 0066 Machop Fighting -- 0067 Machoke Fighting -- 0068 Machamp Fighting -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting 15 0057 Primeape Fighting 15 0066 Machop Fighting 13 0067 Machoke Fighting 15 0068 Machamp Fighting 15 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Magmar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting 15 0056 Mankey Fighting 11 0057 Primeape Fighting 15 0057 Primeape Fighting 11 0066 Machop Fighting 13 0067 Machoke Fighting 13 0068 Machamp Fighting 13 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Magmar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0056 Mankey Fighting 13 0057 Primeape Fighting 13 0066 Machop Fighting 10 0067 Machoke Fighting 10 0068 Machamp Fighting 10 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Magmar, Magmortar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Electabuzz, Electivire

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Trivia

• Karate Chop is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Gust, Bite, and Sand-Attack. Coincidentally, they all were Template:Type2 moves in Generation I.

In other languages

• French: Poing-karate
• German: Karateschlag
• Italian: Colpokarate
• Spanish: Golpe Karate