Beat Up (move)

Beat Up (Japanese: ふくろだたき Gang Up) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation IV, it was the signature move of Sneasel.

Effect

Generation II-IV

Beat Up inflicts damage on the target from each conscious Pokémon in the user's party which does not have a non-volatile status. Each attack is typeless and has a base power of 10; damage is determined using each attacking Pokémon's base Attack and the target's base Defense. IVs, EVs, Natures, and type advantages are not considered. Beat Up skips the randomization factor, but does apply same-type attack bonus for Template:Type2 Pokémon. Beat Up ignores Wonder Guard, as it is considered a typeless attack.

In a double battle, if a Pokémon uses Beat Up on its partner, the partner will attack itself (unless it suffers from a status ailment).

Each attack is preceded with the message "<name>'s Attack!", where <name> is the name of the Pokémon in the player's party.

Generation V

Beat Up's power is now based solely on the user's base attack (rather than each team member individually), divided by 10, with 5 power added to the result. Beat Up no longer lists the Pokémon that is using Beat Up, and has a chance of landing a critical hit for each hit. Beat Up now receives STAB from Template:Type2 users and no longer deals typeless damage. Beat Up ignores changes to stat levels like from Swords Dance, but each hit does increase in power from attack boosting items like Choice Band, provided that that item is held by the user.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Beat Up warps enemy Pokémon to the user's position. It can warp up to four, but may also fail.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	57			57			38				42			''''
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire							27				25			''''
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire							28				26			''''
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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison
029		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire
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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying New York City Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Silver's Party
The user gets all the party Pokémon to attack the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sneasel's Trainer releases their party of Pokémon and they all attack the opponent.
Silver's Sneasel	The Last Battle XI		Debut

Trivia

• A glitch in Gold, Silver, and Crystal Versions allows the player to turn a hatched Sneasel knowing Beat Up as its third move into a Celebi by exploiting the fact that Celebi and the move Beat Up share the same index number.

In other languages

Language Title French Baston German Prügler Greek Ξυλοδαρμός Italian Picchiaduro Korean 집단구타 Jipdan Guta Serbian Tuča Spanish Paliza

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.