Arm Thrust (move)

Arm Thrust つっぱり Thrust

The user looses a flurry of open-palmed arm thrusts that hit two to five times in a row.

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  15 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the judge's attention.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Arm Thrust on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Arm Thrust on Eevee's Movedex

Arm Thrust (Japanese: つっぱり Thrust) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation III. Its name refers to a sumo technique called tsuppari. It is the signature move of Makuhita and Hariyama.

Effect

Generation III

Arm Thrust inflicts damage, hitting the target between 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Each attack made has an equal chance to land a critical hit.

Arm Thrust will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation IV

Same as Generation III, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 296 Makuhita Fighting 10 297 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 296 Makuhita Fighting 7 297 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

The user looses a flurry of open-palmed arm thrusts.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Makuhita	Makuhita repeatedly hits the opponent with its hands, bringing them forward to hit the opponent one after the other.
Brawly's Makuhita	Brave the Wave		Debut
Hariyama	Hariyama hits the opponent with its arm.
Brawly's Hariyama	A Meditite Fight!		None
Paul's Hariyama	A Pyramiding Fight!		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Empujón
• German: Armstoß
• Italian: Sberletese

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.