Head Smash (move)
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Head Smash もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt | ||||||||||||
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Head Smash (Japanese: もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation IV.
Effect
Head Smash inflicts damage and the user receives half of the damage dealt as recoil.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||
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IV | V | VI | ||||||||
369 | Relicanth | Water | Rock | 78 | 78 | '''' | ||||
408 | Cranidos | Rock | 43 | 46 | '''' | |||||
409 | Rampardos | Rock | 52 | 58 | '''' | |||||
498 | Tepig | Fire | 37 | ' | ||||||
499 | Pignite | Fire | Fighting | 44 | ' | |||||
500 | Emboar | Fire | Fighting | 50 | ' | |||||
559 | Scraggy | Dark | Fighting | 53 | ' | |||||
560 | Scrafty | Dark | Fighting | 65 | ' | |||||
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 | |||||||
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IV | V | VI | ||||||||
032 | Nidoran♂ | Poison | ||||||||
222 | Corsola | Water | Rock | no | ||||||
231 | Phanpy | Ground | ||||||||
299 | Nosepass | Rock | no | |||||||
304 | Aron | Steel | Rock | |||||||
566 | Archen | Rock | Flying | no | ||||||
633 | Deino | Dark | Dragon | no | ||||||
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 V
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In the anime
The user starts to get covered by a bluish-white light glow and then charges into its opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Cranidos's body becomes surrounded in a whitish-blue aura, then the aura surrounds its body, making Cranidos look black and white. Cranidos shoots at the opponent with its head pointed at it and smashes into it. | |||
Roark's Cranidos | A Gruff Act to Follow! | Debut | |
Rampardos's body becomes surrounded by a whitish-blue aura, making it seem black and white, and it shoots at the opponent with its head pointed at it, slamming into it with its head. | |||
Roark's Rampardos | O'er the Rampardos We Watched! | None |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Cranidos headbutts the opponent. | |||
Palmer's Cranidos | Alternate Dimension Showdown VIII | Debut |
In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga
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The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Rampardos headbutts the opponent with great force. | |||
Team Galactic's Rampardos | Into The Hands Of Evil?! | Debut |
In other generations
Trivia
- In HeartGold and SoulSilver game data, Nosepass is able to learn Head Smash via breeding; however, no Pokémon that can actually learn it has an Egg Group compatible with Nosepass's. Due to this, the move later was removed in Black and White game data.
- Head Smash has the highest base power of all moves that cause recoil damage.
In other languages
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