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.
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.