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Crunch (move)

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Crunch redirects here. For the YTV programming block, see CRUNCH.
Crunch
かみくだく Crunch
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Type  Dark
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1 ♥
Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the Pokémon in front.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Crunch (Japanese: かみくだく Crunch) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II and III

Crunch does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat by one stage.

Generation IV

Crunch does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.

In the Anime

Shinx Shinx bites hard on objects and opponents.

Torterra Torterra bites hard on its opponent.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0203 Girafarig Girafarig
 Normal Psychic 54
0208 Steelix Steelix
 Steel Ground 49
0228 Houndour Houndour
 Dark Fire 43
0229 Houndoom Houndoom
 Dark Fire 52
0243 Raikou Raikou
 Electric 61
0246 Larvitar Larvitar
 Rock Ground 43
0247 Pupitar Pupitar
 Rock Ground 47
0248 Tyranitar Tyranitar
 Rock Dark 47
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" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Ekans | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
Houndour, Houndoom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0058 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Growlithe | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
Houndour, Houndoom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Rhyhorn | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0158 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Totodile | style="background: #FFF" | Totodile
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0209 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Snubbull | style="background: #FFF" | Snubbull
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Arbok
Growlithe, Arcanine
Rhyhorn, Rhydon
Girafarig
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Houndour, Houndoom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Teddiursa | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Arbok
Growlithe, Arcanine
Rhyhorn, Rhydon
Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom

|- | 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♀ Nidoran♀
 Poison 47
0030 Nidorina Nidorina
 Poison 53
0203 Girafarig Girafarig
 Normal Psychic 49
0208 Steelix Steelix
 Steel Ground 49
0208 Steelix Steelix
 Steel Ground 52
0209 Snubbull Snubbull
 Normal 53
0210 Granbull Granbull
 Normal 61
0228 Houndour Houndour
 Dark Fire 49
0229 Houndoom Houndoom
 Dark Fire 59
0243 Raikou Raikou
 Electric 61
0246 Larvitar Larvitar
 Rock Ground 43
0247 Pupitar Pupitar
 Rock Ground 47
0248 Tyranitar Tyranitar
 Rock Dark 47
0261 Poochyena Poochyena
 Dark 41
0262 Mightyena Mightyena
 Dark 47
0303 Mawile Mawile
 Steel 36
0318 Carvanha Carvanha
 Water Dark 22
0319 Sharpedo Sharpedo
 Water Dark 22
0328 Trapinch Trapinch
 Ground 33
0329 Vibrava Vibrava
 Ground Dragon 33
0330 Flygon Flygon
 Ground Dragon 33
0336 Seviper Seviper
 Poison 28
0341 Corphish Corphish
 Water 43
0342 Crawdaunt Crawdaunt
 Water Dark 51
0361 Snorunt Snorunt
 Ice 28
0362 Glalie Glalie
 Ice 28
0367 Huntail Huntail
 Water 36
0371 Bagon Bagon
 Dragon 41
0372 Shelgon Shelgon
 Dragon 56
0373 Salamence Salamence
 Dragon Flying 61
0384 Rayquaza Rayquaza
 Dragon Flying 35
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;" | Growlithe | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Mawile
Seviper |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Rhyhorn | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Poochyena, Mightyena
Mawile
Seviper |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0158 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Totodile | style="background: #FFF" | Totodile
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Huntail |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Teddiursa | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Mawile
Seviper |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Treecko | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Seviper
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0309 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Electrike | style="background: #FFF" | Electrike
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Mawile
Seviper

|- | 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
0019 Rattata Rattata
 Normal 22
0020 Raticate Raticate
 Normal 24
0024 Arbok Arbok
 Poison 22
0029 Nidoran♀ Nidoran♀
 Poison 47
0030 Nidorina Nidorina
 Poison 53
0058 Growlithe Growlithe
 Fire 42
0115 Kangaskhan Kangaskhan
 Normal 31
0142 Aerodactyl Aerodactyl
 Rock Flying 33
0143 Snorlax Snorlax
 Normal 44
0158 Totodile Totodile
 Water 27
0159 Croconaw Croconaw
 Water 30
0160 Feraligatr Feraligatr
 Water 32
0203 Girafarig Girafarig
 Normal Psychic 46
0208 Steelix Steelix
 Steel Ground 41
0208 Steelix Steelix
 Steel Ground 46
0209 Snubbull Snubbull
 Normal 49
0210 Granbull Granbull
 Normal 59
0228 Houndour Houndour
 Dark Fire 48
0229 Houndoom Houndoom
 Dark Fire 54
0243 Raikou Raikou
 Electric 43
0246 Larvitar Larvitar
 Rock Ground 37
0247 Pupitar Pupitar
 Rock Ground 41
0248 Tyranitar Tyranitar
 Rock Dark 41
0261 Poochyena Poochyena
 Dark 53
0295 Exploud Exploud
 Normal 40
0303 Mawile Mawile
 Steel 36
0318 Carvanha Carvanha
 Water Dark 28
0319 Sharpedo Sharpedo
 Water Dark 28
0328 Trapinch Trapinch
 Ground 33
0336 Seviper Seviper
 Poison 28
0341 Corphish Corphish
 Water 47
0342 Crawdaunt Crawdaunt
 Water Dark 57
0361 Snorunt Snorunt
 Ice 31
0362 Glalie Glalie
 Ice 31
0365 Walrein Walrein
 Ice Water --
0367 Huntail Huntail
 Water 42
0371 Bagon Bagon
 Dragon 46
0372 Shelgon Shelgon
 Dragon 50
0373 Salamence Salamence
 Dragon Flying 53
0384 Rayquaza Rayquaza
 Dragon Flying 35
0384 Rayquaza Rayquaza
 Dragon Flying 35
0387 Turtwig Turtwig
 Grass 37
0388 Grotle Grotle
 Grass 42
0389 Torterra Torterra
 Grass Ground 45
0403 Shinx Shinx
 Electric 29
0403 Shinx Shinx
 Electric 33
0404 Luxio Luxio
 Electric 33
0404 Luxio Luxio
 Electric 38
0405 Luxray Luxray
 Electric 35
0405 Luxray Luxray
 Electric 42
0419 Floatzel Floatzel
 Water 26
0445 Garchomp Garchomp
 Dragon Ground 48
0449 Hippopotas Hippopotas
 Ground 31
0450 Hippowdon Hippowdon
 Ground 31
0451 Skorupi Skorupi
 Poison Bug 45
0452 Drapion Drapion
 Poison Dark 49
0455 Carnivine Carnivine
 Grass 37
0485 Heatran Heatran
 Fire Steel 33
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" | 0004 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Charmander | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Arbok
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Exploud
Seviper
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Rhyhorn | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Growlithe, Arcanine
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Poochyena, Mightyena
Exploud
Mawile
Seviper
Walrein
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Garchomp
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Teddiursa | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Growlithe, Arcanine
Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Exploud
Mawile
Seviper
Walrein
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Treecko | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Arbok
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Exploud
Seviper
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0309 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Electrike | style="background: #FFF" | Electrike
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Growlithe, Arcanine
Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Exploud
Mawile
Seviper
Walrein
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0408 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Cranidos | style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Exploud
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0434 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Stunky | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Growlithe, Arcanine
Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Exploud
Mawile
Seviper
Walrein
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0447 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Riolu | style="background: #FFF" | Riolu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Growlithe, Arcanine
Girafarig
Snubbull, Granbull
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Exploud
Mawile
Seviper
Walrein
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Hippopotas, Hippowdon

|- | 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 other languages

  • French: Machouille
  • Spanish: Triturar
  • Italian: Sgranocchio
  • German: Knirscher
  • Hindi: Kuchalne Ka Hamla

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