Head Smash (move)

Head Smash もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt

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Battles Type  Rock Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  150 Accuracy  80% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Head Smash on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Head Smash on Eevee's Movedex

Head Smash (Japanese: もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Head Smash inflicts damage and the user receives half of the damage dealt as recoil.

Description

Games Description DPPt The user delivers a life-endangering head butt at full power. The user also takes terrible damage. HGSS The user delivers a life-endangering attack at full power. The user also takes terrible damage. BWB2W2 The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. The user also takes terrible damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock	78				78
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	43				46
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	52				58
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire	no				37
499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting	no				44
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting	no				50
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	no				53
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting	no				65
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
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	no
231		Phanpy*	Ground		Ground
299		Nosepass*	Rock		Rock				no
304		Aron	Steel	Rock
566		Archen*	Rock	Flying	no
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon	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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 304 Aron Steel Rock Dream World - Icy Cave 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

	Rampardos
The user starts to get covered by a bluish-white light glow and then charges into its opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Cranidos	Cranidos's body becomes surrounded in a whitish-blue aura, then the aura surrounds its body, making Cranidos look black and white. Cranidos shoots at the opponent with its head pointed at it and smashes into it.
Roark's Cranidos	A Gruff Act to Follow!		Debut
Rampardos	Rampardos's body becomes surrounded by a whitish-blue aura, making it seem black and white, and it shoots at the opponent with its head pointed at it, slamming into it with its head.
Roark's Rampardos	O'er the Rampardos We Watched!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Cranidos
The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Cranidos	Cranidos headbutts the opponent.
Palmer's Cranidos	Alternate Dimension Showdown VIII		Debut

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga

	Rampardos
The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Rampardos	Rampardos headbutts the opponent with great force.
Team Galactic's Rampardos	Into The Hands Of Evil?!		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

Trivia

• In HeartGold and SoulSilver game data, Nosepass is able to learn Head Smash via breeding; however, no Pokémon that can actually learn it has an Egg Group compatible with Nosepass's. Due to this, the move later was removed in Black and White game data.
• Head Smash has the highest base power of all moves that cause recoil damage.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 雙刃頭錘 Shuāngrèn Tóuchúi Dutch Kopdreun French Fracass'Tête German Kopfstoß Greek Κεφαλοκόπημα Hindi सिर फोड़ो Sir Phodo Italian Zuccata Korean 양날박치기 Yangnal Bakchigi Portuguese Brazil Bate-Cabeça Portugal Choque de Cabeça Romanian Lovitura la Cap Spanish Latin America Plancha de Cabeza Spain Testarazo

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