Arm Thrust (move)

Arm Thrust つっぱり Thrust

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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 Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to 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 multi-strike move introduced in Generation III. Its name refers to a sumo technique called tsuppari. Up until Generation V, it was one of the signature moves of Makuhita and Hariyama.

Effect

Generation III

Arm Thrust inflicts damage, hitting the target 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. This gives the attack an average power of 45. Each hit made has an equal chance to be 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.

If the target has an Ability which activates upon contact, each hit counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate multiple times.

Generation IV

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

Generation V

Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint; however, Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one. Each hit will cause Weak Armor to activate.

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

Description

Games Description RSE Straight-arm punches that strike the foe 2 to 5 times. FRLG A quick flurry of straight-arm punches that hit two to five times. Colo.XD Straight-arm punches that hit the target 2 to 5 times. DPPtHGSSBWB2W2 The user looses a flurry of open-palmed arm thrusts that hit two to five times in a row.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	10			7				7
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	--, 10			--, 7				--, 7
499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting	no			no				17
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting	no			no				17
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Tyson's Hariyama	Makuhita	Paul's Hariyama	Emboar
The user looses a flurry of open-palmed arm thrusts.
Pokémon	Method
User	First 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 repeatedly hits the opponent with its hands, one after the other. Sometimes, its hands glow white.
Brawly's Hariyama	A Meditite Fight!		None
Tyson's Hariyama	At the End of the Fray		None
Fighting Dojo's Hariyama	Pasta La Vista!		None
Greta's Hariyama	Wheel of Frontier		None
Paul's Hariyama	A Pyramiding Rage!		None
Emboar	Emboar repeatedly hits the opponent with its hands, one after the other.
Bianca's Emboar	Search for the Clubultimate!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Hariyama	Makuhita
The user repeatedly hits the opponent with its hands.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Hariyama	Hariyama thrusts one of its hands forward and hits the opponent with the palm of its hand.
Brawly's Hariyama	VS Kyogre & Groudon IX		Debut
Makuhita	Makuhita repeatedly hits the opponent with its hands.
Yukari's Makuhita	VS Vileplume I		None

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 猛推 Měngtuī Finnish Panssarinyrkki French Cogne German Armstoß Greek Ώθηση Χειρός Italian Sberletese Korean 손바닥치기 Sonbadak Chigi Polish Siła Rąk Portuguese Brazil Golpe de Braço Portugal Impulso de Braços (Advanced; DP Galactic Battles) Empurrão (Battle Frontier) Romanian Mișcarea Mâinii Serbian Probijanje Rukama Spanish Empujón

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