Crush Claw (move)

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

Type	Normal
Category	Physical
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	75
Accuracy	95%
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 III
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests

Category	Cool
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	4 ♥♥♥♥
Subtract 4 appeal points from the Pokémon who appealed right before the user.

Super Contests

Category	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Crush Claw (Japanese: ブレイククロー Break Claw) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Crush Claw inflicts damage and has a 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stat level.

#		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.

#	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.

#	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.

#	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.

Pokémon	Method

Zangoose's claw glowing	Zangoose using Crush Claw on Chimchar	Turwig stopping Zangoose's Crush Claw
The users claw starts glowing. It then crushes its claw down on the opponent.
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Zangoose	Zangoose's claw glows blue-white. It then smashes its claw down onto its opponent.
Nicholai's Zangoose	Zig Zag Zangoose		Debut
A Blackbelt's Zangoose	Glory Blaze		None