Crunch (move)

Crunch かみくだく Crunch

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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 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. It can be seen as a more powerful version of Bite.

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

Shinx	Steelix	Krokorok	Totodile
The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
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
Shinx	Shinx bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Angie's Shinx	If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!		None
Torterra	Torterra bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Paul's Torterra	Pedal to the Mettle!		None
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
Krokorok	Krokorok's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Ash's Krokorok	Battling the Bully!		None
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
Watchog	Watchog's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with them.
Mikael's Watchog	Curtain Up, Unova League!		None
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

	Patrat
The user uses its sharp teeth to bite down the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Patrat	Patrat uses visual teeth to bite the foe.
Monta's Patrat	Master the Capture of Pokémon!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Garchomp	Steelix	Torterra	Seviper
The user bites down hard on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Steelix	Steelix bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Jasmine's Steelix	Capital Kabutops		Debut
Sharpedo	Sharpedo bites down hard on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Matt's Sharpedo	VS. Azumarill II		None
Glalie	Glalie bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
The Battle Factory's Glalie	VS. Glalie		None
Seviper	Seviper bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Lucy's Seviper	VS. Shuckle		None
Mawile	Mawile bites down hard on the opponent with the large jaws on the back of its head.
The Battle Factory's Mawile	The Final Battle I		None
Torterra	Torterra bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth. Then, a burst of energy erupts from its mouth, damaging the opponent.
Dia's Tru	Lucky Lucario II		None
Garchomp	Garchomp bits down hard on the opponent with its powerful jaw. It then releases a small burst of energy from its mouth, damaging the opponent.
Cynthia's Garchomp	VS. Spiritomb		None

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jou's Big Adventure

	Totodile
The user crunches down with its fangs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Totodile	Totodile bites down with its fangs.
Jou's Totodile	The Johto Region's Disaster!!		Debut

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

	Heatran
The user bites down hard on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Heatran	Heatran bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Yū's Heatran	Yū vs. Shin, Rival Showdown!!		Debut

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)	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

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​ Dutch Knars French Machouille German Knirscher Greek Τραγάνισμα Hindi कुचलने का हमला Kuchalne Ka Hamla Italian Sgranocchio Korean 깨물어부수기 Kkaemul'eobusugi Polish Chrupanie Portuguese Brazil Mordida Selvagem Portugal Esmagar Ataque Rosca (Pokémon Chronicles) Romanian Scârțâitul Serbian Drobljenje Spanish Latin America Bocado Spain Triturar

Variations of the move Crunch
Crunch Energy Ball • Shadow Ball • Flash Cannon

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