Crabhammer (move)

Crabhammer クラブハンマー Crab Hammer

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Battles Type  Water Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  90 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch 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  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

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. Prior to Generation III, it was the signature move of the Krabby evolution family.

Effect

Generation I to IV

Crabhammer deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. Crabhammer has 85% Accuracy.

Generation V

The accuracy of Crabhammer is increased to 90%.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
098		Krabby	Water		Water	35			41			45			41				41
099		Kingler	Water		Water	42			49			57			56				56
341		Corphish	Water		Water	no			no			35	34	38				38
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark	no			no			39	38	44				44
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 098 KrabbyLv.12 Water Pokéwalker - Blue Lake 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 the anime

Kingler	Corphish	Crawdaunt	Ditto transformed as Crawdaunt
The foe is hammered with a large pincer.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Kingler	Kingler slams its pincer onto its opponent, or Kingler slams its claw into the ground and a round white energy ball slams into the opponent.
Giovanni's Kingler	The Battle of the Badge		Debut
Ash's Kingler	Round One - Begin!		None
Crawdaunt	Crawdaunt hits the opponent with its claws. Sometimes they glow white before hitting it.
Team Aqua Grunt's Crawdaunt	Stairway to Devon		None
Brodie's Ditto in the form of Crawdaunt	Unfair-Weather Friends		Used via Transform
Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt	On Olden Pond		None
Kyle's Crawdaunt	Strategy with a Smile!		None
Corphish	One or both of Corphish's pincer glows white and it hits its opponent with one of them, or Corphish's pincers glow white and it hits the ground, sending an invisible shockwave at the opponent.
A wild Corphish	Which Wurmple's Which?		None
Ash's Corphish	Gone Corphishin'		None
A wild Corphish	Cheers on Castaways Isle!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Krabby
The user hits the opponent with one of its claws.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Krabby	Krabby slams one of its claws into the opponent.
Misty's Kra	Striking Golduck		Debut

Trivia

• All Pokémon that can learn this move receive STAB from it.
• Based on their Japanese names, Octazooka and Crabhammer are the only moves so far that have a name of a Pokémon in them. In this case, Crab is Krabby's Japanese name.
  • Coincidentally, they are both Water-type moves.
• Crabhammer and Aqua Tail have the same type, base power, PP and both are physical moves that make contact. Starting Generation V they also have the same accuracy and the only difference between them is increased critical hit ratio of Crabhammer.

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)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	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)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 螃蟹拳 Pángxiè Quán Croatian Krablji Čekić Danish Krabbehammer Dutch Krabhamer Finnish Saksivasara French Pince-Masse German Krabbhammer Greek Σφυρί Οστρακόδερμου Indonesian Pukulan Kepiting Italian Martellata Korean 찝게햄머 Jjipge Hammer Norwegian Krabbehammer Portuguese Martelo Caranguejo Spanish Martillazo

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