Bite (move)

Bite かみつく Bite

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Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Bite on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Bite on Eevee's Movedex

Bite (Japanese: かみつく Bite) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation I. In Generation I, this move is Normal-type.

Effect

Generation I

Bite is a Normal-type move in this generation.

Bite inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Generation II-III

Same as Generation I, except Bite is now a Dark-type move, and now has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch. Due to the change in type, Bite is now classified as a special attack instead of a physical attack.

Generation IV and on

Bite is once again classified as a physical attack.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 A bite made using sharp fangs. This may cause the opponent to flinch, and it might not attack. GSC An attack that may cause flinching. RSEColo.XD Bites with vicious fangs. May cause flinching. FRLG The user bites with vicious fangs. It may make the foe flinch. DPPtHGSS The foe is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. It may make the target flinch. BWB2W2Conq The target is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. It may make the target flinch.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	22			18			18			16				16
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	24			19			19			16				16
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	--, 24			19			19			16				16
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			10				10
020		Raticate	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			10				10
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	17			15			13			9				9
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	17			--, 15			--, 13			--,9				--, 9
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison	29	30	30			20			21				21
030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison	36	32	32			22			23				23
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	15			12			16			13				13	12
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--, 15			12			16			13				13	12
052		Meowth*	Normal		Normal	12			11			11	10	6				6
053		Persian*	Normal		Normal	--, 12			--, 11			--, 11	--, 10	--, 6				--, 6
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	--			--			--			--				--
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire	no			no			--			--				--
115		Kangaskhan*	Normal		Normal	26			13			7			13				13
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	--, 20	20	20			20			20				20
133		Eevee*	Normal		Normal	37	30	30			30			29				29	17
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	40	30	30			30			29				29
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire	40	30	30			30			29				29	17
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	no			13			13			7				7
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	no			--, 13			--, 13			--, 7				--, 7
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	45			45			15			--				--
158		Totodile	Water		Water	no			20			20			13				13
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	no			21			21			13				13
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	no			21			21			13				13
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	no			12			16			13				13	12
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal	no			13			13			7				7
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal	no			13			13			7				7
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	no			20			25			17				17
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	no			20			27			17				17
243		Raikou	Electric		Electric	no			--			--			--				--
244		Entei	Fire		Fire	no			--			--			--				--
245		Suicune	Water		Water	no			--			--			--				--
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground	no			--			--			--				--
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground	no			--			--			--				--
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	no			--			--			--				--
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark	no			no			13			13				13
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark	no			no			--, 13			--, 13				--, 13
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			20				20
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			20				20
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	no			no			11			11				11
309		Electrike	Electric		Electric	no			no			33			28				28
310		Manectric	Electric		Electric	no			no			39			30				30
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	no			no			--			--				--
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	no			no			--			--				--
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground	no			no			--			--				--
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	no			no			--			no				no
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	no			no			--			no				no
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	no			no			10			10				10	5
359		Absol	Dark		Dark	no			no			21			28				28	20
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice	no			no			10			10				10
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice	no			no			--, 10			--, 10				--, 10
367		Huntail	Water		Water	no			no			8			6				6
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			5			5				5
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			--, 5			--, 5				--, 5
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	no			no			--, 5			--, 5				--, 5
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			21				21
388		Grotle	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			21				21
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground	no			no			no			22				22
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric	no			no			no			13		17	17
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric	no			no			no			13		18	18
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric	no			no			no			13		18	18
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground	no			no			no			21				21
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground	no			no			no			21				21
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	no			no			no			--				--
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark	no			no			no			--				--
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			7				7
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			29				29	17
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				6
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				--, 6
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				8
507		Herdier	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				--, 8
508		Stoutland	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				--, 8
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				19
513		Pansear	Fire		Grass	no			no			no			no				19
515		Panpour	Water		Water	no			no			no			no				19
550		Basculin	Water		Water	no			no			no			no				10
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark	no			no			no			no				4
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark	no			no			no			no				--
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark	no			no			no			no				--
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock	no			no			no			no				8
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock	no			no			no			no				8
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no			no				9
632		Durant	Bug	Steel	no			no			no			no				11
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no			no				9
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no			no				--
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no			no				--
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying	no			no			no			no				13
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying	no			no			no			no				13
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal
258		Mudkip	Water		Water	no			no
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric	no			no
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal	no			no
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting	no			no
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 131 Lapras Water Ice New York Pokémon Center 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 other games

Pokémon Conquest

Bite is the only move of Krokorok.

In the anime

Snubbull	Mawile	Basculin	Grotle
The foe is bitten with viciously sharp fangs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Ekans	Ekans bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Jessie's Ekans	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		Debut
Meowth	Meowth bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Meowth of Team Rocket	The Path to the Pokémon League		None
Duplica's Ditto in the form of Meowth	Ditto's Mysterious Mansion		Used via Transform
Arbok	Arbok bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Jessie's Arbok	The Ninja Poké-Showdown		None
Growlithe	Growlithe bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Officer Jenny's Growlithe	The Case of the K-9 Caper!		None
Snubbull	Snubbull bites down on the opponent with its mouth and doesn't let go.
Madame Muchmoney's Snubbull	Snubbull Snobbery		None
Houndour	Houndour bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
A wild Houndour	Hour of the Houndour		None
Cassidy's Houndour	Showdown at the Oak Corral		None
Totodile	Totodile runs up to the opponent and bites down on it with its powerful jaws.
Ash's Totodile	The Totodile Duel		None
Khoury's Totodile	Bagged Then Tagged!		None
Granbull	Granbull bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Lisa's Granbull	Spell of the Unown		None
Madame Muchmoney's Granbull	The Trouble with Snubbull		None
Cassidy's Granbull	Sleight of Sand!		None
Croconaw	Croconaw bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Dundee's Croconaw	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
Bryan's Croconaw	The Champ Twins!		None
Steelix	Steelix bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Hun's Steelix	The Legend of Thunder!		Dub only Steelix cannot legally learn Bite
Gyarados	Gyarados bites down on the opponent with its jaws.
Clair's Gyarados	Better Eight Than Never		None
Crasher Wake's Gyarados	A Crasher Course in Power!		None
Larvitar	Larvitar bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Ash's Larvitar	You're a Star, Larvitar!		None
Chris's Larvitar	The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!		None
Blastoise	Blastoise bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Gary's Blastoise	Can't Beat the Heat!		None
Houndoom	Houndoom bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Harrison's Houndoom	Playing with Fire!		None
Poochyena	Poochyena bites down on the opponent with its jaws.
Katrina's Poochyena	A Bite to Remember		None
Gym Badge thief's Poochyena	The Blue Badge of Courage		None
Sharpedo	Sharpedo bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
A wild Sharpedo	Sharpedo Attack!		None
Mightyena	Mightyena bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Butch's Mightyena	Oaknapped		None
Electrike	Electrike bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Wattson's Electrike	Watt's With Watson		None
Seviper	Seviper bites down on the opponent with its jaws.
Jessie's Seviper	ZigZag Zangoose!		None
Lucy's Seviper	Queen of the Serpentine!		None
Nero's Seviper	Saving Braviary		None
Manectric	Manectric bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Wattson's Manectric	Manectric Charge		None
Huntail	Huntail bites down on the opponent using its jaws.
Keith's Huntail	The Evolutionary War		None
Mawile	Mawile bites the opponent using the huge steel jaws on its head.
Samantha's Mawile	Once in a Mawile		None
Carnivine	Carnivine bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
James's Carnivine	Dawn of a New Era!		None
Turtwig	Turtwig bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Ash's Turtwig	Gettin' Twiggy With It!		None
Gardenia's Turtwig	The Grass-Type is Always Greener!		None
Hippopotas	Hippopotas bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
A wild Hippopotas	Mass Mip-Po-Sis!		None
Girafarig	Girafarig runs up to the opponent and turns around. Then, the mouth on the end of its tail bites down on the opponent.
Roman's Girafarig	A Full Course Tag Battle!		Girafarig cannot legally learn Bite
Nidoran♀	Nidoran♀ bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Multiple wild Nidoran♀	Leading a Stray!		None
Nidoran♂	Nidoran♂ bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Multiple wild Nidoran♂	Leading a Stray!		Nidoran♂ cannot legally learn Bite
Grotle	Grotle bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Ash's Grotle	The Lonely Snover!		None
Sandile	Sandile bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws.
Sunglasses Sandile	A Sandile Gusher of Change!		None
Multiple wild Sandile	A Sandile Gusher of Change!		None
Pansage	Pansage bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Cilan's Pansage	Triple Leaders, Team Threats!		None
Basculin	Basculin bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws.
Cilan's Basculin	A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!		None
Krokorok	Krokorok's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent. As Krokorok moves while its teeth glow white, they leave behind white streaks of energy.
Clay's Krokorok	Battling the King of the Mines!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Vaporeon	Gyarados	Totodile	Croconaw
The user bites the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Gyarados	Gyarados bites down on the opponent.
Red's Gyara	Can You Diglett?		Debut
Arbok	Arbok glides its sharp fangs along the opponent's body to slice it in half.
Agatha's Arbok	Weezing Winks Out		None
Vaporeon	Vaporeon bites down on the opponent.
Red's Vee	Clefabulous Clefable		None
Totodile	Totodile bites down on the opponent.
Silver's Totodile	Totodile Rock		None
Houndour	Houndour bites down on the opponent.
The Masked Man's Houndour	You Ain't Nothin' But a Houndour		None
Croconaw	Croconaw bites down on the opponent.
Silver's Croconaw	Tyranitar War		None
Snubbull	Snubbull bites down on the opponent.
Green's Snubbull	The Last Battle VII		None
Mawile	Mawile turns around and uses the jaws on the back of its head to bite the opponent.
Multiple wild Mawile	VS. Mawile		None
Eevee	Eevee bites down on the opponent with its sharp teeth.
Karen's Eevee	Escape!!		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

	Shinx	Drapion
The user bites the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Zubat	Zubat bites down on the opponent with its fangs.
B-2's Zubat	Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!!		Debut
Shinx	Shinx bites down on the opponent with its sharp teeth.
Hareta's Shinx	Serious Training On Iron Island!!		None
Drapion	Drapion bites down on the opponent with its sharp teeth.
B-2's Drapion	Serious Training On Iron Island!!		None
Gyarados	Gyarados bites down on the opponent with its teeth.
Cyrus's Gyarados	The Battle Rages On		None

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jou's Big Adventure manga

	Totodile
The user bites down on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Totodile	Totodile opens its mouth and bites the opponent using its fangs.
Jou's Totodile	Aim to be the Strongest! The Hot-Blooded Brotherly Combination!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

	Houndour	Feraligatr
The user bites down on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Snubbull	Snubbull bites the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Snubbull	A Finger Lickin' Battle		Debut
Houndour	Houndour bites the opponent.
Giovanni's Houndour	Showdown at the Radio Tower!!		None
Feraligatr	Feraligatr bites down on the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Feraligatr	Don't Accuse Me!!		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

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

Trivia

• Bite is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Gust, Karate Chop, and Sand-Attack. They were all Normal-type moves in Generation I.
  • Bite is the only of these moves that changed to a type introduced in Generation II.
• Bite is the only move to have its damage category change from physical to special, then back to physical again. This is due to the move being Normal-type in Generation I, Dark-type in Generation II and III, and classified as a physical move in Generation IV.
• If Secret Power is used in a cave in Generation III, it will have the same animation as Bite.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 咬咬功 Ngáauhngáauhgūng Mandarin 咬咬 Yǎoyǎo Danish Bid Dutch Bijt Finnish Puraisu French Morsure German Biss Greek Δάγκωμα Hindi काटने का हमला Katne Ka Hamla Indonesian Gigit Italian Morso Korean 물기 Mulgi Polish Ugryzienie Portuguese Brazil Mordida Portugal Dentada (until DP Series) Morder (Diamond and Pearl Series) Romanian Mușcătura Serbian Ugriz Spanish Latin America Mordida Spain Mordisco

Variations of the move Bite
Bite • Heart Stamp

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