Double Kick (move)

Double Kick にどげり Double Kick

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  30 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 Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool 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

Double Kick (Japanese: にどげり Double Kick) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Double Kick does damage, hitting twice per use. Though technically only the first hit can critical hit, each hit per use will do the same amount of damage.

Double Kick will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge one hit of a Double Kick attack.

Generations II and III

Same as Generation I, but either hit can be critical. Both hits can do different damage.

Generation IV

Same as Generations II and III, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Generation V

Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. Each hit will also cause Broken Armor to activate.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 43 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 12 0030 Nidorina Poison 50 0030 Nidorina Poison --, 12 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground --, 12 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 43 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 12 0033 Nidorino Poison 50 0033 Nidorino Poison --, 12 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground --, 12 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting -- 0135 Jolteon Electric 42 0135 Jolteon Electric 30 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 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 12 0030 Nidorina Poison 12 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 12 0033 Nidorino Poison 12 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting -- 0135 Jolteon Electric 30 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" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Jolteon

|- | 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 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 12 0030 Nidorina Poison 12 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 12 0033 Nidorino Poison 12 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting -- 0135 Jolteon Electric 30 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 16 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 16 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" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Jolteon
Combusken, Blaziken |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0335 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zangoose
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Jolteon
Combusken, Blaziken

|- | 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 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 9 0030 Nidorina Poison 9 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 9 0033 Nidorino Poison 9 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting -- 0135 Jolteon Electric 29 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 16 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 16 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" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Jolteon
Combusken, Blaziken |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Jolteon
Combusken, Blaziken |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0194 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Jolteon
Combusken, Blaziken |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0203 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Jolteon
Combusken, Blaziken |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0234 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Jolteon
Combusken, Blaziken |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0335 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zangoose
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Jolteon
Combusken, Blaziken |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0390 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chimchar
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Ponyta, Rapidash
Hitmonlee
Jolteon
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Wooper, Quagsire
Girafarig
Stantler
Combusken, Blaziken
Zangoose

|- | 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 9 0030 Nidorina Poison 9 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 9 0033 Nidorino Poison 9 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting -- 0135 Jolteon Electric 29 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 16 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 16 0539 Dageki Dageki Fighting 13 0585 Deerling Normal Grass 10 0586 Mebukijika Mebukijika Normal Grass 10 0638 Cobalon Cobalon Steel Fighting 7 0639 Terrakion Rock Fighting 7 0640 Virizion Grass Fighting 7 0647 Keldeo Water Fighting 7 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" | 0058 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0194 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0203 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0234 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0335 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zangoose
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0390 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chimchar
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |



|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0403 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shinx
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0522 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Blitzle
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | 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. |} |}

In the anime

File:Nidoking Double Kick.png Nidoking
The foe is quickly kicked twice in succession using both feet.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Nidoran♀ jumps into the air, flips around twice, and shoots at the opponent with its foot extended.
Emily's Maria	Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon		Debut
	Nidoran♂ jumps into the air, flips around twice, and shoots at the opponent with its foot extended.
Ralph's Tony	Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon		Debut
	Hitmonlee swings its leg and kicks the opponent, then comes around and kicks the opponent with the other leg.
Shiro's Hitmonlee	Two Hits and a Miss		None
	Nidoqueen jumps into the air and comes down, feet first, kicking the opponent with both feet.
Gary's Nidoqueen	Can't Beat the Heat!		None
	Nidoking's feet glow white and it jumps into the air above the opponent, kicking the opponent with one foot, then the other.
Paul's Nidoking	A Pyramiding Rage!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The foe is quickly kicked twice in succession using both feet.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Combusken kicks the opponent once, and then once again. The second kick is extremely fast, or Combusken kicks the opponent fast with one leg twice.
Sapphire's Toro	VS. Hariyama		Debut
	Blaziken kicks the opponent twice with one foot quickly.
Sapphire's Toro	VS. Masquerain		None

Trivia

• The animation for Double Kick in Generation V games shows the user giving two kicks per hit. However, since the move always hits twice, the animation shows the user kicking the opponent four times. The same thing happens with the moves Double Hit and Triple Kick.

In other languages

• Finnish: Tuplapotku
• French: Double pied
• German: Doppelkick
• Greek: Διπλό Λάκτισμα
• Italian: Doppiocalcio
• Korean: 두번치기 Dubeonchigi
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Chute Duplo
• Spanish: Doble Patada
• Serbian: Dupli Šut

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.