Karate Chop (move)

Karate Chop からてチョップ Karate Chop

The foe is attacked with a sharp chop. It has a high critical-hit ratio.

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  50 Accuracy  100% 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 I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Karate Chop on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Karate Chop on Eevee's Movedex

Karate Chop (Japanese: からてチョップ Karate Chop) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation I. In Generation I, this move is Normal-type.

Effect

Generation I

Karate Chop deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Generation II and on

Same as before, but Karate Chop is now a Fighting-type move.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 056 Mankey Fighting 15 057 Primeape Fighting 15 066 Machop Fighting -- 067 Machoke Fighting -- 068 Machamp Fighting -- 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 056 Mankey Fighting 15 057 Primeape Fighting 15 066 Machop Fighting 13 067 Machoke Fighting 15 068 Machamp Fighting 15 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 239 Elekid Electric Machop, Machoke, Machamp Magmar 240 Magby Fire Machop, Machoke, Machamp Electabuzz 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 056 Mankey Fighting 15RSE 056 Mankey Fighting 11FRLG 057 Primeape Fighting 15RSE 057 Primeape Fighting 11FRLG 066 Machop Fighting 13 067 Machoke Fighting 13 068 Machamp Fighting 13 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 239 Elekid Electric Machop, Machoke, Machamp Magmar 240 Magby Fire Machop, Machoke, Machamp Electabuzz 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 056 Mankey Fighting 13 057 Primeape Fighting 13 066 Machop Fighting 10 067 Machoke Fighting 10 068 Machamp Fighting 10 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 239 Elekid Electric Machop, Machoke, Machamp Magmar, Magmortar 240 Magby Fire Machop, Machoke, Machamp Electabuzz, Electivire 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

	Machop	Machoke
The opponent is hit by the side of the user's hand.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Machop	Machop repeatedly chops the opponent with the side of its opened hand..
Unknown Trainer's Machop	The Punchy Pokémon		Debut
Machoke	Machoke hands glow and it strikes the opponent with the side of its open hand, sometimes repeatedly.
Wobbuffet Festival crashers' Machoke	Wobbu-Palooza!		None
Chuck's Machoke	Machoke, Machoke Man!		None
Maylene's Machoke	A Triple Fighting Chance!		None
Machamp	Machamp repeatedly chops the opponent with its hands.
Giovanni's Machamp	The Battle of the Badge		None

Trivia

• Karate Chop is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II; the others are Gust, Bite, and Sand-Attack. Coincidentally, they all were Normal-type moves in Generation I.

In other languages

• French: Poing-karate
• German: Karateschlag
• Italian: Colpokarate
• Spanish: Golpe Karate
• Dutch: Karate Slag

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