Bullet Punch (move)

Bullet Punch バレットパンチ Bullet Punch

The user strikes with a tough punch as fast as a bullet. This move always goes first.

Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  +1 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 IV Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  0 Jam  0

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Bullet Punch on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Bullet Punch on Eevee's Movedex

Bullet Punch (Japanese: バレットパンチ Bullet Punch) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Bullet Punch does damage, and is an increased priority move. If the target does not use an increased priority move during the round that it is used, Bullet Punch will go first regardless of the user's or target's speed. If the target also uses a move with an increased priority of +1 during the same round that the user uses Bullet Punch, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that Bullet Punch is (or attempts to be) used, Bullet Punch's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 16 212 Scizor Bug Steel --PtHGSS 375 Metang Steel Psychic 32 376 Metagross Steel Psychic 32 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 066 Machop Fighting Hitmonchan 236 Tyrogue Fighting Hitmonchan 296 Makuhita Fighting Hitmonchan 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic Hitmonchan 447 Riolu Fighting Machop, Machoke, Machamp Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop Makuhita, Hariyama Meditite, Medicham Croagunk, Toxicroak 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting Hitmonchan Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime

Arms glowing	Metagross	Metang
The user's arms glow and it punches the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Metagross	All four of Metagross's arms glow red. Metagross then spins around, hitting the opponent in the process.
Psychic's Metagross	Glory Blaze!		Debut
Metang	Metang's fists glow and then it quickly punches the opponent.
Designer's Metang	Bibarel Gnaws Best!		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Puño Bala
• German: Patronenhieb
• Italian: Pugnoscarica
• Dutch: Kogel Slag

Variations on the move Quick Attack
	Quick Attack | Mach Punch | Aqua Jet Bullet Punch | Ice Shard | Shadow Sneak
	Vacuum Wave

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