Double Hit (move)

Double Hit ダブルアタック Double Attack

The user slams the foe with a tail, etc. The target is hit twice in a row.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  35 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Can be used twice in a row

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Double Hit on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Double Hit on Eevee's Movedex

Double Hit (Japanese: ダブルアタック Double Attack) is a damage-dealing 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.

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 the anime

Scizor	Ambipom	Girafarig
The user hits the opponent rapidly.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Aipom	The fists at the end of Aipom's tail glows white and it hits the opponent multiple times with it.
Dawn's Aipom	Journey to the Unown!		Debut
Ambipom	Both of Ambipom's tails glow in a pink, and it hits the opponent with them.
Dawn's Ambipom	Team Shocker!		None
Girafarig	Girafarig's hooves glow puple and it kicks the opponent.
Lyra's Girafarig	Gone With the Windworks!		None
Scizor	Scizor's pincers glow purple and punches the opponent twice.
Mitsuzō's Scizor	DP154		None

In other languages

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

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