Horn Drill (move)

Horn Drill つのドリル Horn Drill

The foe is stabbed with a horn rotating like a drill. The foe instantly faints if it hits.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  30% 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 I TM07 in Generation I

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0 Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Horn Drill on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Horn Drill on Eevee's Movedex

Horn Drill (Japanese: つのドリル Horn Drill) is a Normal-type one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Horn Drill inflicts damage equal to the target's current HP. Horn Drill will break a Substitute on contact, and can be countered for infinite damage if and when it breaks a Substitute.

Horn Drill will not affect a target whose current Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat.

Generation II and on

Unlike in Generation I, Horn Drill can affect a Pokémon whose Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat. However, it cannot affect a Pokémon of a higher level.

Horn Drill can be countered for infinite damage if it misses in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. However, this does not apply to Pokémon Stadium 2 and later games.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 36RGB 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 38Y 033 Nidorino Poison 41RGB 033 Nidorino Poison 46Y 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 45 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 48 118 Goldeen Water 45 119 Seaking Water 48 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 TM07

#   Pokémon Type 030 Nidorina Poison 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 033 Nidorino Poison 034 Nidoking Poison Ground 077 Ponyta Fire 078 Rapidash Fire 086 Seel Water 087 Dewgong Water Ice 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 118 Goldeen Water 119 Seaking Water 128 Tauros Normal 131 Lapras Water Ice 139 Omastar Rock Water 148 Dragonair Dragon 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 38 033 Nidorino Poison 46 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 37 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 37 118 Goldeen Water 43 119 Seaking Water 49 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 47 033 Nidorino Poison 53 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 38 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 38 118 Goldeen Water 43 119 Seaking Water 49 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 086 Seel Water Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking Rhyhorn, Rhydon 131 Lapras Water Ice Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking Rhyhorn, Rhydon 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 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 45 033 Nidorino Poison 58 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 37 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 37 118 Goldeen Water 41 119 Seaking Water 47 464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 37 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 077 Ponyta Fire Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior 086 Seel Water Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior 131 Lapras Water Ice Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior 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 the anime

	Seaking	Rhydon
The foe is stabbed with a horn rotating like a drill.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Rhydon	Rhydon's horn spins like a drill and it charges at its opponent.
Blaine's Rhydon	Riddle Me This		Debut
An archeologist's Rhydon	Shell Shock!		None
Pietra's Rhydon	Right on, Rhydon!		None
A construction worker's Rhydon	Bibarel Gnaws Best!		None
Seaking	Seaking's horn begins to spin like a drill. Then, it rams its spinning horn into its opponent, sometimes repeatedly.
Cerulean Gym's Seaking	The Misty Mermaid		None
Unknown Trainer's Seaking	Round One - Begin!		None
Juan's Seaking	The Great Eight Fate!		None
Goldeen	Goldeen's horn spins like a drill and it hits the opponent with it.
Misty's Goldeen	Just Add Water		None

Trivia

In other languages

• French: Empal'korne
• German: Hornbohrer
• Italian: Perforcorno
• Spanish: Perforador
• Dutch: Hoornboor

One-hit knockout moves
	Fissure | Guillotine | Horn Drill
	Sheer Cold

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