Double Hit (move)

Double Hit (Japanese: ダブルアタック Double Attack) is a damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Double Hit does damage, hitting twice per use.

Double Hit will hit twice even if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge one hit of this move.

Other effects

An Aipom who knows this move will evolve into Ambipom when leveled up.

In the anime

Dawn's Ambipom using Double Hit

Pokémon

Aipom. Aipom hits the opponent with its tail moving rapidly.

• Used by Dawn's Aipom in Journey to the Unown!.

Ambipom. Ambipom's tails glow bright pink, and it strikes the opponent with both.

• Used by Dawn's Ambipom from Journey to the Unown! to ???.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	32
110		Weezing	Poison		33
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		43
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	49
190		Aipom	Normal		32
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	32
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	49
424		Ambipom	Normal		32
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground	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
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	Aipom, Ambipom Girafarig Zangoose Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Buneary, Lopunny
335		Zangoose	Normal		Aipom, Ambipom Girafarig Sneasel, Weavile Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Buneary, Lopunny
393		Piplup	Water		Aipom, Ambipom Girafarig Sneasel, Weavile Zangoose Buneary, Lopunny
427		Buneary	Normal		Aipom, Ambipom Girafarig Sneasel, Weavile Zangoose Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
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 languages

• German: Doppelschlag
• Italian: Doppiosmash
• Spanish: Doble Golpe

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.