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Crunch (move)

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Crunch
かみくだく Crunch
Crunch.png
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Battles
Type  Dark
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the Pokémon in front.
Super Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Crunch (Japanese: かみくだく Crunch) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II. It can be seen as a more powerful version of Bite.

Contents

Effect

Generation II and III

Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat by one stage.

Generation IV and Generation V

Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams

Crunch has a 40% chance of making its opponent cringe.

Description

Games Description
Stad2 A Dark-type attack. Has a one-in-five chance of reducing the target's Spcl.Def.
GSC An attack that may lower Spcl.Def.
RSEColo.XD Crunches with sharp fangs. May lower Sp. Def.
FRLG The foe is crunched with sharp fangs. It may lower the foe’s Sp. Def.
DPPtHGSS The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target’s Defense stat.
BWB2W2Conq The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target's Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V
019 Rattata Rattata Normal Normal no no 22 22
020 Raticate Raticate Normal Normal no no 24 24
024 Arbok Arbok Poison Poison no no 22 22
029 Nidoran♀ Nidoran♀ Poison Poison no 47 47 47
030 Nidorina Nidorina Poison Poison no 53 53 53
058 Growlithe Growlithe Fire Fire no no 42 42 39
115 Kangaskhan Kangaskhan Normal Normal no no 31 37
142 Aerodactyl Aerodactyl Rock Flying no no 33 33
143 Snorlax Snorlax Normal Normal no no 44 49
158 Totodile Totodile Water Water no no 27 27
159 Croconaw Croconaw Water Water no no 30 30
160 Feraligatr Feraligatr Water Water no no 32 32
203 Girafarig Girafarig Normal Psychic 54 49 46 46
208 Steelix Steelix Steel Ground 49 49 52 41 46 46 37
209 Snubbull Snubbull Normal Normal no 53 49 49
210 Granbull Granbull Normal Normal no 61 59 59
228 Houndour Houndour Dark Fire 43 49 48 48
229 Houndoom Houndoom Dark Fire 52 59 54 54
243 Raikou Raikou Electric Electric 61 61 43 43
246 Larvitar Larvitar Rock Ground 43 43 37 37
247 Pupitar Pupitar Rock Ground 47 47 41 41
248 Tyranitar Tyranitar Rock Dark 47 47 41 41
261 Poochyena Poochyena Dark Dark no 41 53 53
262 Mightyena Mightyena Dark Dark no 47 no no
295 Exploud Exploud Normal Normal no no 40 40
303 Mawile Mawile Steel Steel no 36 36 36
318 Carvanha Carvanha Water Dark no 22 28 28
319 Sharpedo Sharpedo Water Dark no 22 28 28
328 Trapinch Trapinch Ground Ground no 33 33 33 34
329 Vibrava Vibrava Ground Dragon no 33 no no
330 Flygon Flygon Ground Dragon no 33 no no
336 Seviper Seviper Poison Poison no 28 28 28 45
341 Corphish Corphish Water Water no   43 47 47
342 Crawdaunt Crawdaunt Water Dark no   51 57 57
361 Snorunt Snorunt Ice Ice no 28 31 31
362 Glalie Glalie Ice Ice no 28 31 31
365 Walrein Walrein Ice Water no no -- --
367 Huntail Huntail Water Water no 36 42 42
371 Bagon Bagon Dragon Dragon no 41 46 46
372 Shelgon Shelgon Dragon Dragon no 56 50 50
373 Salamence Salamence Dragon Flying no 61 53 53
384 Rayquaza Rayquaza Dragon Flying no 35 35 35
387 Turtwig Turtwig Grass Grass no no 37 37
388 Grotle Grotle Grass Grass no no 42 42
389 Torterra Torterra Grass Ground no no 45 45
403 Shinx Shinx Electric Electric no no 29 33 33
404 Luxio Luxio Electric Electric no no 33 38 38
405 Luxray Luxray Electric Electric no no 35 42 42
419 Floatzel Floatzel Water Water no no 26 26 --
445 Garchomp Garchomp Dragon Ground no no 48 48
449 Hippopotas Hippopotas Ground Ground no no 31 31
450 Hippowdon Hippowdon Ground Ground no no 31 31
451 Skorupi Skorupi Poison Bug no no 45 56 45
452 Drapion Drapion Poison Dark no no 49 65 49
455 Carnivine Carnivine Grass Grass no no 37 41
485 Heatran Heatran Fire Steel no no 33 33
504 Patrat Patrat Normal Normal no no no 16
505 Watchog Watchog Normal Normal no no no 16
506 Lillipup Lillipup Normal Normal no no no 22
507 Herdier Herdier Normal Normal no no no 24
508 Stoutland Stoutland Normal Normal no no no 24
511 Pansage Pansage Grass Grass no no no 43
513 Pansear Pansear Fire Fire no no no 43
515 Panpour Panpour Water Water no no no 43
550 Basculin Basculin Water Water no no no 24
551 Sandile Sandile Ground Dark no no no 28
552 Krokorok Krokorok Ground Dark no no no 28
553 Krookodile Krookodile Ground Dark no no no 28
559 Scraggy Scraggy Dark Fighting no no no 38
560 Scrafty Scrafty Dark Fighting no no no 38
564 Tirtouga Tirtouga Water Rock no no no 21
565 Carracosta Carracosta Water Rock no no no 21
566 Archen Archen Rock Flying no no no 35
567 Archeops Archeops Rock Flying no no no 35
603 Eelektrik Eelektrik Electric Electric no no no 39
604 Eelektross Eelektross Electric Electric no no no --
621 Druddigon Druddigon Dragon Dragon no no no 25
632 Durant Durant Bug Steel no no no 31
633 Deino Deino Dark Dragon no no no 25
634 Zweilous Zweilous Dark Dragon no no no 25
635 Hydreigon Hydreigon Dark Dragon no no no 25
641 Tornadus Tornadus Flying Flying no no no 49
642 Thundurus Thundurus Electric Flying no no no 49
643 Reshiram Reshiram Dragon Fire no no no 71
644 Zekrom Zekrom Dragon Electric no no no 71
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
I II III IV V
004 Charmander Charmander Fire Fire no no ArbokSnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrLarvitarPupitarTyranitarExploudSeviperBagonShelgonSalamenceTurtwigGrotleTorterraGarchomp ArbokSnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrLarvitarPupitarTyranitarExploudSeviperBagonShelgonSalamenceTurtwigGrotleTorterraGarchompScraggyScraftyDruddigonDeinoZweilousHydreigon
023 Ekans Ekans Poison Poison   GirafarigHoundourHoundoom no no no
058 Growlithe Growlithe Fire Fire GirafarigHoundourHoundoom GirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaMightyenaMawileSeviper RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdon RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdonPatratWatchogLillipupHerdierStoutlandPansagePansearPanpourSandileKrokorokKrookodileScraggyScrafty
111 Rhyhorn Rhyhorn Ground Rock GirafarigHoundourHoundoomLarvitarPupitarTyranitar GirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomLarvitarPupitarTyranitarPoochyenaMightyenaMawileSeviper RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineSnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomLarvitarPupitarTyranitarPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinTurtwigGrotleTorterraShinxLuxioLuxrayGarchompHippopotasHippowdon RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineSnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomLarvitarPupitarTyranitarPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinTurtwigGrotleTorterraShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelGarchompHippopotasHippowdonPatratWatchogLillipupHerdierStoutlandPansagePansearPanpourSandileKrokorokKrookodileScraggyScraftyDruddigon
158 Totodile Totodile Water Water LarvitarPupitarTyranitar LarvitarPupitarTyranitarHuntail LarvitarPupitarTyranitarCorphishCrawdauntHuntail SnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrLarvitarPupitarTyranitarExploudCorphishCrawdauntWalreinHuntailTurtwigGrotleTorterraFloatzelGarchomp SnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrLarvitarPupitarTyranitarExploudCorphishCrawdauntWalreinHuntailTurtwigGrotleTorterraFloatzelGarchompTirtougaCarracostaDruddigon
209 Snubbull Snubbull Normal Normal GirafarigHoundourHoundoom no RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperSnoruntGlalieWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdon RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperSnoruntGlalieWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdonPatratWatchogLillipupHerdierStoutlandPansagePansearPanpourSandileKrokorokKrookodileScraggyScrafty
216 Teddiursa Teddiursa Normal Normal GirafarigHoundourHoundoom GirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaMightyenaMawileSeviper RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdon RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdonPatratWatchogLillipupHerdierStoutlandPansagePansearPanpourSandileKrokorokKrookodileScraggyScrafty
252 Treecko Treecko Grass Grass no LarvitarPupitarTyranitarSeviperBagonShelgonSalamence ArbokSnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrLarvitarPupitarTyranitarExploudSeviperBagonShelgonSalamenceTurtwigGrotleTorterraGarchomp ArbokSnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrLarvitarPupitarTyranitarExploudSeviperBagonShelgonSalamenceTurtwigGrotleTorterraGarchompScraggy
ScraftyDruddigonDeinoZweilousHydreigon
309 Electrike Electrike Electric Electric no GirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaMightyenaMawileSeviper RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdon RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdonPatratWatchogLillipupHerdierStoutlandPansagePansearPanpourSandileKrokorokKrookodileScraggyScrafty
408 Cranidos Cranidos Rock Rock no no SnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrLarvitarPupitarTyranitarExploudTurtwigGrotleTorterraGarchomp SnorlaxTotodileCroconawFeraligatrLarvitarPupitarTyranitarExploudTurtwigGrotleTorterraGarchompDruddigon
434 Stunky Stunky Poison Dark no no RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdon RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdonPatratWatchogLillipupHerdierStoutlandPansagePansearPanpourSandileKrokorokKrookodileScraggyScrafty
447 Riolu Riolu Fighting Fighting no no RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdon RattataRaticateArbokGrowlitheArcanineGirafarigSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaExploudMawileSeviperWalreinShinxLuxioLuxrayFloatzelHippopotasHippowdonPatratWatchogLillipupHerdierStoutlandPansagePansearPanpourSandileKrokorokKrookodileScraggyScrafty
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
004 004 Charmander Fire Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #3
New York Pokémon Center
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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
216 216 Teddiursa Normal Dream World - Rugged Mountain
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

Special move

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
158 158 Totodile Water Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
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 other games

Pokémon Conquest

Crunch is the only move of Krookodile and Zweilous.

In the anime

Angie Shinx Crunch.png Jasmine Steelix Crunch.png Ash Krokorok Crunch.png Khoury Totodile Crunch.png
Shinx Steelix Krokorok Totodile
The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
208 Steelix Steelix bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Jasmine's Steelix Nerves of Steelix! Debut
Hun's Steelix The Legend of Thunder! Initially referred as Bite in the English dub
Harrison's Steelix Playing with Fire! None
403 Shinx Shinx bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Angie's Shinx If the Scarf Fits, Wear It! None
389 Torterra Torterra bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Paul's Torterra Pedal to the Mettle! None
158 Totodile Totodile's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Khoury's Totodile A Rivalry to Gible On! None
552 Krokorok Krokorok's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Ash's Krokorok Battling the Bully! None
553 Krookodile Krookodile's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Ash's Krookodile Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three! None
505 Watchog Watchog's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with them.
Mikael's Watchog Curtain Up, Unova League! None
604 Eelektross Eelektross's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with them.
Kendrick's Eelektross Mission: Defeat Your Rival! None

In the manga

In the Be a Master! Pokémon BW manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jou's Big Adventure


In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga


In other generations

Crunch II.png Crunch III.png Crunch IV.png
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)
PtHGSS HGSS Generation V BW B2W2 Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(international)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(alternative animation)
Battrio Mystery Dungeon PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast
Crunch Stad2.png
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)
PtHGSS HGSS Generation V BW B2W2 Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(international)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(alternative animation)
Battrio Mystery Dungeon PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 咬碎 Yǎo​suì
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Knars
France Flag.png French Machouille
Germany Flag.png German Knirscher
Greece Flag.png Greek Τραγάνισμα
India Flag.png Hindi कुचलने का हमला Kuchalne Ka Hamla
Italy Flag.png Italian Sgranocchio
South Korea Flag.png Korean 깨물어부수기 Kkaemul'eobusugi
Poland Flag.png Polish Chrupanie
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Mordida Selvagem
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Esmagar
Ataque Rosca (Pokémon Chronicles)
Romania Flag.png Romanian Scârțâitul
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Drobljenje
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Bocado
Spain Flag.png Spain Triturar



Variations of the move Crunch
Physical Crunch
Special Energy BallShadow BallFlash Cannon


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