Crunch (move)

Crunch かみくだく Crunch

The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target's Defense stat.

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 Affected by BrightPowder Not 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  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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Crunch on Eevee's Movedex

Crunch (Japanese: かみくだく Crunch) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II and III

Crunch does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat by one stage.

Generation IV

Crunch does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 54 208 Steelix Steel Ground 49 228 Houndour Dark Fire 43 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 52 243 Raikou Electric 61 246 Larvitar Rock Ground 43 247 Pupitar Rock Ground 47 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 47 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 023 Ekans Poison Girafarig Houndour, HoundoomC 058 Growlithe Fire Girafarig Houndour, Houndoom 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar 158 Totodile Water Rhyhorn, Rhydon Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar 209 Snubbull Normal Arbok Growlithe, Arcanine Rhyhorn, Rhydon Girafarig Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom 216 Teddiursa Normal Arbok Growlithe, Arcanine Rhyhorn, Rhydon Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom 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 029 Nidoran♀ Poison 47 030 Nidorina Poison 53 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 49 208 Steelix Steel Ground 49RSE 208 Steelix Steel Ground 52FRLG 209 Snubbull Normal 53 210 Granbull Normal 61 228 Houndour Dark Fire 49 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 59 243 Raikou Electric 61 246 Larvitar Rock Ground 43 247 Pupitar Rock Ground 47 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 47 261 Poochyena Dark 41 262 Mightyena Dark 47 303 Mawile Steel 36 318 Carvanha Water Dark 22 319 Sharpedo Water Dark 22 328 Trapinch Ground 33 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 33 330 Flygon Ground Dragon 33 336 Seviper Poison 28 341 Corphish Water 43FRLG 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 51FRLG 361 Snorunt Ice 28 362 Glalie Ice 28 367 Huntail Water 36 371 Bagon Dragon 41 372 Shelgon Dragon 56 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 61 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 35 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 058 Growlithe Fire Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Mawile Seviper 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar Poochyena, Mightyena Mawile Seviper 158 Totodile Water Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar Huntail 216 Teddiursa Normal Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Mawile Seviper 252 Treecko Grass Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar Seviper Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence 309 Electrike Electric Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Mawile Seviper 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 019 Rattata Normal 22 020 Raticate Normal 24 024 Arbok Poison 22 029 Nidoran♀ Poison 47 030 Nidorina Poison 53 058 Growlithe Fire 42 115 Kangaskhan Normal 31 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 33 143 Snorlax Normal 44 158 Totodile Water 27 159 Croconaw Water 30 160 Feraligatr Water 32 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 46 208 Steelix Steel Ground 41DP 208 Steelix Steel Ground 46PtHGSS 209 Snubbull Normal 49 210 Granbull Normal 59 228 Houndour Dark Fire 48 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 54 243 Raikou Electric 43 246 Larvitar Rock Ground 37 247 Pupitar Rock Ground 41 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 41 261 Poochyena Dark 53 295 Exploud Normal 40 303 Mawile Steel 36 318 Carvanha Water Dark 28 319 Sharpedo Water Dark 28 328 Trapinch Ground 33 336 Seviper Poison 28 341 Corphish Water 47 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 57 361 Snorunt Ice 31 362 Glalie Ice 31 365 Walrein Ice Water -- 367 Huntail Water 42 371 Bagon Dragon 46 372 Shelgon Dragon 50 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 53 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 35 387 Turtwig Grass 37 388 Grotle Grass 42 389 Torterra Grass Ground 45 403 Shinx Electric 29DP 403 Shinx Electric 33PtHGSS 404 Luxio Electric 33DP 404 Luxio Electric 38PtHGSS 405 Luxray Electric 35DP 405 Luxray Electric 42PtHGSS 419 Floatzel Water 26 445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 48 449 Hippopotas Ground 31 450 Hippowdon Ground 31 451 Skorupi Poison Bug 45 452 Drapion Poison Dark 49 455 Carnivine Grass 37 485 Heatran Fire Steel 33 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 004 Charmander Fire Arbok Snorlax Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar Exploud Seviper Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Garchomp 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock Rattata, Raticate Growlithe, Arcanine Snorlax Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar Poochyena, Mightyena Exploud Mawile Seviper Walrein Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Garchomp Hippopotas, Hippowdon 158 Totodile Water Snorlax Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Larvitar Pupitar Tyranitar Exploud Corphish Crawdaunt Walrein Huntail Turtwig Grotle Torterra Floatzel Garchomp 209 Snubbull Normal Rattata Raticate Growlithe Arcanine Girafarig Snubbull Granbull Houndour Houndoom Poochyena Mightyena Exploud Mawile Seviper Snorunt Glalie Walrein Shinx Luxio Luxray Hippopotas Hippowdon 216 Teddiursa Normal Rattata, Raticate Growlithe, Arcanine Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Exploud Mawile Seviper Walrein Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Hippopotas, Hippowdon 252 Treecko Grass Arbok Snorlax Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar Exploud Seviper Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Garchomp 309 Electrike Electric Rattata, Raticate Growlithe, Arcanine Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Exploud Mawile Seviper Walrein Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Hippopotas, Hippowdon 408 Cranidos Rock Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar Exploud Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Garchomp 434 Stunky Poison Dark Rattata, Raticate Growlithe, Arcanine Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Exploud Mawile Seviper Walrein Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Hippopotas, Hippowdon 447 Riolu Fighting Rattata, Raticate Growlithe, Arcanine Girafarig Snubbull, Granbull Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Exploud Mawile Seviper Walrein Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Hippopotas, Hippowdon 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

The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Steelix	Steelix bites down hard on the opponent.
Jasmine's Steelix	Nerves of Steelix!		Debut
Hun's Steelix	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Harrison's Steelix	Playing with Fire!		None
Shinx	Shinx bites down hard on the opponent.
Angie's Shinx	If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!		None
Torterra	Torterra bites down hard on the opponent.
Paul's Torterra	DP131		None
Totodile	Totodile's Teeth glow white, it then bites down on rocks.
Kazunari's Totodile	DP145		None

In other languages

• French: Machouille
• Spanish: Triturar
• Italian: Sgranocchio
• German: Knirscher
• Hindi: Kuchalne Ka Hamla
• Dutch: Knars

Variations on the move Shadow Ball
	Shadow Ball | Energy Ball | Flash Cannon
	Crunch

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