Dual Chop (move)

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Dual Chop ダブルチョップ Double Chop

Battles Type  Dragon Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  40 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Move Tutor in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Move Tutor in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  1 ♥ Badly startles Pokemon that used a move of the same type.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Dual Chop (Japanese: ダブルチョップ Double Chop) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Dual Chop inflicts damage, hitting twice per use. Each strike has an equal chance to be a critical hit.

Dual Chop will hit again if the first strike breaks a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the second strike of this move.

If the target has an Ability that activates upon contact, each strike counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate twice.

If the first strike activates the target's Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy, the second one will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate again to prevent fainting, but this chance is independent of the previous one.

If the target is holding a Rocky Helmet, the user is damaged for each strike.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0066		Machop		Human-Like		Human-Like		31ORAS	31
0067		Machoke		Human-Like		Human-Like		33ORAS	33
0068		Machamp		Human-Like		Human-Like		33ORAS	33
0254		Sceptile		Monster	Dragon		36ORAS	Evo.
0424		Ambipom		Field		Field			1
0444		Gabite		Monster	Dragon	24	24	Evo.
0445		Garchomp		Monster	Dragon	24	24	1
0610		Axew		Monster	Dragon	13	13	13
0611		Fraxure		Monster	Dragon	13	13	13
0612		Haxorus		Monster	Dragon	13	13	13
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 Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Game
						BW	B2W2	XY	ORAS
0056		Mankey		Field		Field	✔	✔
0057		Primeape		Field		Field	✔	✔
0066		Machop		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0067		Machoke		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0068		Machamp		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0125		Electabuzz		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0126		Magmar		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0151		Mew		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔	✔
0239		Elekid		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔	✔
0240		Magby		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔	✔
0254		Sceptile		Monster	Dragon		✔
0256		Combusken		Field		Field	✔	✔
0257		Blaziken		Field		Field	✔	✔
0391		Monferno		Field	Human-Like	✔	✔
0392		Infernape		Field	Human-Like	✔	✔
0444		Gabite		Monster	Dragon	✔	✔
0445		Garchomp		Monster	Dragon	✔	✔
0447		Riolu		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔	✔
0448		Lucario		Field	Human-Like	✔	✔
0453		Croagunk		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0454		Toxicroak		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0466		Electivire		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0467		Magmortar		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0475		Gallade		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔
0539		Sawk		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0559		Scraggy		Field	Dragon	✔	✔
0560		Scrafty		Field	Dragon	✔	✔
0610		Axew		Monster	Dragon	✔	✔
0611		Fraxure		Monster	Dragon	✔	✔
0612		Haxorus		Monster	Dragon	✔	✔
0619		Mienfoo		Field	Human-Like	✔	✔
0620		Mienshao		Field	Human-Like	✔	✔
0624		Pawniard		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0625		Bisharp		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔
0648		Meloetta		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	✔	✔
0650		Chespin		Field		Field		✔
0651		Quilladin		Field		Field		✔
0652		Chesnaught		Field		Field		✔
0674		Pancham		Field	Human-Like		✔
0675		Pangoro		Field	Human-Like		✔
0688		Binacle		Water 3		Water 3		✔
0689		Barbaracle		Water 3		Water 3		✔
0701		Hawlucha		Human-Like		Human-Like		✔
0720		Hoopa		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		✔
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.

Special move

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0539		Sawk		Human-Like		Human-Like	Dream World - Dream Park
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.

In the anime

Fraxure Mega Garchomp
The user attacks its target by hitting it with brutal strikes.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Fraxure dives into the opponent, hitting it with its claws.
A Fraxure Iris borrowed from the Opelucid Trainers' School	Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!		Debut
	Mega Garchomp's claws glow green and it simultaneously hits its target with them.
Remo's Garchoo	Mega Evolution Special I		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

• In Pyroar Breathes, Lysandre told his Mienfoo to use Dual Chop, but the move was used off-panel.

Trivia

• This move originated as a TCG Attack.

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 雙重劈 Shuāngchóng Pī French Double Baffe German Doppelhieb Italian Doppiocolpo Korean 더블촙 Double Chop Polish Duo-Cięcie Brazilian Portuguese Pancada Dupla (BW Promo and XY Promo) Golpe Duplo Spanish Golpe Bis

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