Vital Throw (move)

Vital Throw (Japanese: あてみなげ Strike Throw) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Vital Throw deals damage and is a decreased priority move, causing the user to attack after other Pokémon that are using ordinary priority moves. However, it will strike before Pokémon using other decreased priority moves such as Focus Punch and Avalanche. Vital Throw does not miss unless the target has just used Fly, Dig, Dive, Bounce, or Shadow Force.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0066 Machop Fighting 31 0067 Machoke Fighting 34 0068 Machamp Fighting 34 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 0066 Machop Fighting 31 0067 Machoke Fighting 33 0068 Machamp Fighting 33 0296 Makuhita Fighting 13 0297 Hariyama Fighting 13 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 0066 Machop Fighting 25 0067 Machoke Fighting 25 0068 Machamp Fighting 25 0127 Pinsir Bug 25 0296 Makuhita Fighting 10 0297 Hariyama Fighting 10 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:Makuhita slamming Treecko.PNG Makuhita starting Vital Throw File:Using Vital Throw.PNG Makuhita
The user allows the foe to attack first. In return, this throw move is guaranteed not to miss.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Makuhita slams into the opponent, and as the opponent's falling, it grabs it and throws it into the ground.
Brawly's Makuhita	Brave the Wave		Debut
	Hariyama slams into the opponent, and as the opponent is falling, grabs it and throws it into the ground.
Brawly's Hariyama	Just One of the Geysers		None
	Machamp swings its arm into the opponent, then throws it with its arm.
Gavin's Machamp	From Brags to Riches		None

Trivia

• Although Vital Throw was introduced in Generation II, no Generation II Pokémon can legally learn it, with the exception of Smeargle (via Sketch).
• Although being a never-missing move, it had 100% accuracy in Generation III.
• No Pokémon introduced in Generation IV can learn this move by any means.
• Pinsir is the only non-Fighting-type Pokémon that learns Vital Throw.

In other languages

• French: Corps Perdu
• Spanish: Tiro Vital
• German: Überwurf
• Italian: Vitaltiro

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