Crabhammer (move)
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| Crabhammer クラブハンマー Crab Hammer | ||||||||||||
| The foe is hammered with a large pincer. This move has a high critical-hit ratio. | ||||||||||||
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Crabhammer (Japanese: クラブハンマー Crab Hammer) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I.
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Effect
Crabhammer deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.
In the anime
Ash's Corphish using Crabhammer |
Crawdaunt using Crabhammer on Corphish |
Pokémon
Kingler. Kingler slams its pincer onto its opponent.
- Used by Giovanni's Kingler in The Battle of the Badge. Debut.
- Used by Ash's Kingler from Round One - Begin! to the present.
Corphish. Corphish's pincer glows white and then hits its opponent with it.
- Used by Ash's Corphish from Go Go Ludicolo to present.
- Used by a wild Corphish in Cheers on Castaways Isle!
Crawdaunt. Same as above.
- Used by Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt in On Olden Pond.
- Used by Kyle's Crawdaunt in Strategy With a Smile!.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 098 | | Krabby | Water | 35 | |
| 099 | | Kingler | Water | 42 | |
| 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 II
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 098 | | Krabby | Water | 41 | |
| 099 | | Kingler | Water | 49 | |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 098 | | Krabby | Water | 45 | |
| 099 | | Kingler | Water | 57 | |
| 341 | | Corphish | Water | 35RSE | |
| 341 | | Corphish | Water | 34FRLG | |
| 342 | | Crawdaunt | Water | Dark | 39RSE |
| 342 | | Crawdaunt | Water | Dark | 38FRLG |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 098 | | Krabby | Water | 41 | |
| 099 | | Kingler | Water | 56 | |
| 341 | | Corphish | Water | 38 | |
| 342 | | Crawdaunt | Water | Dark | 44 |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
Trivia
- The only Pokémon who can learn Crabhammer are crustacean based, hence the name.
In other languages
- French: Pince-Masse
- German: Krabbhammer
- Italian: Martellata
- Norwegian: Krabbehammer
| | This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |

