Cross Chop (move)

Cross Chop クロスチョップ Cross Chop

The user delivers a double chop with its forearms crossed. It has a high critical-hit ratio.

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  80% 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 II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 If the appeal points for the Pokémon who appealed right before the user were less than 3, the user gets double the appeal points. (If they were greater than 3, user gets 0 appeal points.)

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

Cross Chop on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Cross Chop on Eevee's Movedex

Cross Chop (Japanese: クロスチョップ Cross Chop) is a damage dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Cross Chop deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 056 Mankey Fighting 39 057 Primeape Fighting 45 066 Machop Fighting 37 067 Machoke Fighting 43 068 Machamp Fighting 43 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 054 Psyduck Water Mankey, PrimeapeC 239 Elekid Electric Machop, Machoke, Machamp MagmarC 240 Magby Fire Machop, Machoke, Machamp ElectabuzzC 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 056 Mankey Fighting 31FRLG 056 Mankey Fighting 39RSE 057 Primeape Fighting 35FRLG 057 Primeape Fighting 45RSE 066 Machop Fighting 40 067 Machoke Fighting 46 068 Machamp Fighting 46 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 054 Psyduck Water Mankey, Primeape 239 Elekid Electric Machop, Machoke, Machamp Magmar Makuhita, Hariyama 240 Magby Fire Machop, Machoke, Machamp Electabuzz Makuhita, Hariyama 296 Makuhita Fighting Machop, Machoke, Machamp 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.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 239 Elekid Electric Pokémon XD (Trade for purified Togepi) 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 056 Mankey Fighting 37 057 Primeape Fighting 41 066 Machop Fighting 37 067 Machoke Fighting 40 068 Machamp Fighting 40 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 054 Psyduck Water Mankey, Primeape 216 Teddiursa Normal Psyduck, Golduck Mankey, Primeape 239 Elekid Electric Machop, Machoke, Machamp Magmar, Magmortar Makuhita,Hariyama Lucario Croagunk, Toxicroak 240 Magby Fire Machop, Machoke, Machamp Electabuzz, Electivire Makuhita, Hariyama Lucario Croagunk, Toxicroak 296 Makuhita Fighting Machop, Machoke, Machamp 447 Riolu Fighting Mankey, Primeape Machop, Machoke, Machamp Psyduck, Golduck Electabuzz, Electivire Magmar, Magmortar Teddiursa, Ursaring Makuhita, Hariyama Croagunk, Toxicroak 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting Machop, Machoke, Machamp 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

	Machoke	Croagunk
The Pokémon's hands or arms glow and then it forms a cross with them. It then hits the opponent with them.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Machoke	Machoke's arms glow white, then it forms a cross with them. It then hits the opponent with its crossed arms.
Chuck's Machoke	Machoke, Machoke Man!		Debut
Maylene's Machoke	A Triple Fighting Chance!		None
Machop	Machop's arms glow white, then it forms a cross with them. It then hits the opponent with its crossed arms.
Brawly's Machop	Brave the Wave		None
Croagunk	Croagunk's hands glow and then it forms a cross with them. It then hits the opponent with them.
Hamilton's Craig	Cream of the Croagunk Crop!		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Tajo Cruzado
• German: Kreuzhieb
• Italian: Incrocolpo

Variations on the move Cross Chop
	Cross Chop | Stone Edge

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