Crabhammer (move)

Crabhammer (Japanese: クラブハンマー Crab Hammer) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation III, it was the signature move of the Krabby evolution family.

Effect

Crabhammer deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0098 Krabby Water 35 0099 Kingler Water 42 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 0098 Krabby Water 41 0099 Kingler Water 49 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0098 Krabby Water 45 0099 Kingler Water 57 0341 Corphish Water 35 0341 Corphish Water 34 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 39 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 38 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0098 Krabby Water 41 0099 Kingler Water 56 0341 Corphish Water 38 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 44 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0098 Krabby Water Pokéwalker - Blue Lake 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 anime

File:Corphish Crabhammer.jpg Corphish File:Crawdaunt Crabhammer.jpg Crawdaunt
The foe is hammered with a large pincer.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Kingler slams its pincer onto its opponent, or Kingler slams its claw into the ground and a round white energy ball slams into the opponent.
Giovanni's Kingler	The Battle of the Badge		Debut
Ash's Kingler	Round One - Begin!		None
	Crawdaunt hits the opponent with its claws. Sometimes they glow white before hitting it.
Team Aqua grunt's Crawdaunt	Stairway to Devon		None
Brodie's Ditto in the form of Crawdaunt	Unfair-Weather Friends		None
Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt	On Olden Pond		None
Kyle's Crawdaunt	Strategy with a Smile!		None
	One or both of Corphish's pincer glows white and it hits its opponent with one of them, or Corphish's pincers glow white and it hits the ground, sending an invisible shockwave at the opponent.
A wild Corphish	Which Wurmple's Which?		None
Ash's Corphish	Gone Corphishin'		None
A wild Corphish	Cheers on Castaways Isle!		None

Trivia

• All Pokémon that can learn this move receive STAB from it.
• Based on their Japanese names, Octazooka and this are the only moves so far that have a name of a Pokémon in them.

In other languages

• French: Pince-Masse
• German: Krabbhammer
• Italian: Martellata
• Norwegian: Krabbehammer
• Dutch: Krabhamer

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