Crush Claw (move)
From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.
| Crush Claw ブレイククロー Break Claw | ||||||||||||
| The user slashes the foe with hard and sharp claws. It may also lower the target's Defense. | ||||||||||||
Battles
| ||||||||||||
Target
| ||||||||||||
Availability
| ||||||||||||
Contests
| ||||||||||||
Super Contests
| ||||||||||||
Crush Claw (Japanese: ブレイククロー Break Claw) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.
Contents |
Effect
Crush Claw inflicts damage and has a 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stat level.
In the anime
 Zangoose's hand glowing. |
 Zangoose using Crush Claw on Chimchar. |
 Turtwig stopping Zangoose's Crush Claw. |
Pokémon
Zangoose. Zangoose's claw glows blue-white. Zangoose then pounds its claw down onto its foe.
- Used by Nicholai's Zangoose in Zig Zag Zangoose!. Debut.
- Used by a Blackbelt's Zangoose in Glory Blaze.
Learnset
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 335 | 
| Zangoose | Normal | 31 | |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 027 | 
| Sandshrew | Ground | Zangoose | |
| 111 | 
| Rhyhorn | Ground | Rock | Zangoose |
| 115 | 
| Kangaskhan* | Normal | Rhyhorn, Rhydon Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile | |
| 155 | 
| Cyndaquil | Fire | Sandshrew, Sandslash Sneasel Swinub, Piloswine Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking Zangoose | |
| 215 | 
| Sneasel | Dark | Ice | Sandshrew, Sandslash Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion Swinub, Piloswine Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking Zangoose |
| 252 | 
| Treecko* | Grass | Rhyhorn, Rhydon | |
| 287 | 
| Slakoth | Normal | Zangoose | |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 028 | 
| Sandslash | Ground | 22 | |
| 335 |
| Zangoose | Normal | 31 | |
| 347 | 
| Anorith | Rock | Bug | 55 |
| 348 | 
| Armaldo | Rock | Bug | 67 |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 027 |
| Sandshrew | Ground | Sandslash Zangoose | |
| 111 |
| Rhyhorn | Ground | Rock | Sandslash Zangoose |
| 115 |
| Kangaskhan* | Normal | Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile | |
| 155 |
| Cyndaquil | Fire | Sandshrew, Sandslash Sneasel, Weavile Swinub, Piloswine Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking Zangoose | |
| 215 |
| Sneasel | Dark | Ice | Sandshrew, Sandslash Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking Zangoose |
| 252 |
| Treecko* | Grass | Rhyhorn, Rhydon | |
| 255 | 
| Torchic | Fire | Sandslash Zangoose | |
| 287 |
| Slakoth | Normal | Sandslash Zangoose | |
| 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 other languages
- Spanish: Garra Brutal
- German: Zermalmklaue
- French: Éclategriffe
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |
