Crabhammer (move)

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.

Battles Type  Water Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  90 Accuracy  85% 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 I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0  ?

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Crabhammer on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Crabhammer on Eevee's Movedex

Crabhammer (Japanese: クラブハンマー Crab Hammer) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I.

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.