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Horn Drill つのドリル
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%
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock
The move is highly inaccurate, but a hit results in a one-hit KO.
Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	1 ♥
???
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 very inaccurate Normal-type one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 1.2 Generation II 2 In the anime 2.1 Pokémon 3 Learnset 3.1 Generation I 3.1.1 By leveling up 3.1.2 By TM07 3.2 Generation II 3.2.1 By leveling up 3.3 Generation III 3.3.1 By leveling up 3.3.2 By breeding 3.4 Generation IV 3.4.1 By leveling up 3.4.2 By breeding 4 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Horn Drill does damage equal to the opponent'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 an opponent whose current Speed is greater than the user's current Speed.

Generation II

Unlike in Generation I, Horn Drill can affect a Pokémon whose Speed is greater than the user's current Speed. 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.

In the anime

Juan's Seaking using Horn Drill on Ash's Corphish.

A construction worker's Rhydon using Horn Drill.

Pokémon

Seaking. Seaking's horn quickly spins around. Seaking then rams its spinning horn into its opponent.

• Used by Juan's Seaking in The Great Eight Fate!

Rhydon. Same as above.

• Used by Blaine's Rhydon in Riddle Me This.
• Used by a construction worker's Rhydon in DP057.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

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

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

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

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