Low Kick (move)

Low Kick けたぐり Kick Down

A powerful low kick that makes the foe fall over. It inflicts greater damage on heavier foes.

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  Varies 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 Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

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

Low Kick on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Low Kick on Eevee's Movedex

Low Kick (Japanese: けたぐり Kick Down) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation I that deals varying damage.

Effect

Generation I

Low Kick has a power of 50 and has a 29.7% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Low Kick can't make a target with a Substitute flinch.

Generation II

Same as before, but with a 30% chance of flinching instead.

Generation III and onwards

Low Kick doesn't have a standard power; rather, it inflicts greater damage on a heavier target. Low Kick's power is calculated as follows:

Mystery Dungeon

The damage done by Low Kick is increased or decreased based on the target of the attack (approximately by weight), from 60% to 140%.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 056 Mankey Fighting 9Y 057 Primeape Fighting -- 9Y 066 Machop Fighting 20 067 Machoke Fighting -- 20 068 Machamp Fighting -- 20 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 9 057 Primeape Fighting -- 9 066 Machop Fighting -- 067 Machoke Fighting -- 068 Machamp Fighting -- 185 Sudowoodo Rock 19 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

Low Kick in Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Level 056 Mankey Fighting 6FRLG 056 Mankey Fighting 9RSE 057 Primeape Fighting -- 6FRLG 057 Primeape Fighting -- 9RSE 066 Machop Fighting -- 067 Machoke Fighting -- 068 Machamp Fighting -- 185 Sudowoodo Rock 17 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 056 Mankey Fighting -- 057 Primeape Fighting -- 066 Machop Fighting -- 067 Machoke Fighting -- 068 Machamp Fighting -- 125 Electabuzz Electric 10 185 Sudowoodo Rock -- 9 239 Elekid Electric 10 438 Bonsly Rock 9 466 Electivire Electric -- 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 331 Cacnea Grass Machop, Machoke, Machamp Electabuzz, Electivire 427 Buneary Normal Mankey, Primeape Machop, Machoke, Machamp Electabuzz, Electivire Cacnea, Cacturne Lucario 447 Riolu Fighting Mankey, Primeape Machop, Machoke, Machamp Electabuzz, Electivire Cacnea, Cacturne Buneary, Lopunny 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.

By move tutor

In HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 055 Golduck Water 056 Mankey Fighting 057 Primeape Fighting 066 Machop Fighting 067 Machoke Fighting 068 Machamp Fighting 096 Drowzee Psychic 097 Hypno Psychic 103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 104 Cubone Ground 105 Marowak Ground 106 Hitmonlee Fighting 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 115 Kangaskhan Normal 125 Electabuzz Electric 126 Magmar Fire 141 Kabutops Rock Water 150 Mewtwo Psychic 151 Mew Psychic 157 Typhlosion Fire 158 Totodile Water 159 Croconaw Water 160 Feraligatr Water 185 Sudowoodo Rock 190 Aipom Normal 209 Snubbull Normal 210 Granbull Normal 214 Heracross Bug Fighting 215 Sneasel Dark Ice 217 Ursaring Normal 236 Tyrogue Fighting 237 Hitmontop Fighting 239 Elekid Electric 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 252 Treecko Grass 253 Grovyle Grass 254 Sceptile Grass 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 258 Mudkip Water 259 Marshtomp Water Ground 260 Swampert Water Ground 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 275 Shiftry Grass Dark 288 Vigoroth Normal 289 Slaking Normal 294 Loudred Normal 295 Exploud Normal 296 Makuhita Fighting 297 Hariyama Fighting 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 306 Aggron Steel Rock 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 327 Spinda Normal 331 Cacnea Grass 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 335 Zangoose Normal 348 Armaldo Rock Bug 352 Kecleon Normal 386 Deoxys Normal Forme Psychic 386 Deoxys Attack Forme Psychic 386 Deoxys Defense Forme Psychic 386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 390 Chimchar Fire 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 424 Ambipom Normal 427 Buneary Normal 428 Lopunny Normal 438 Bonsly Rock 447 Riolu Fighting 448 Lucario Fighting Steel 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 461 Weavile Dark Ice 466 Electivire Electric 467 Magmortar Fire 475 Gallade Psychic 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.

In the anime

The user delivers a powerful low kick that makes the foe fall over.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo swipes its leg and trips the opponent.
A wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		Debut

In other languages

• Spanish: Patada Baja
• French: Balayage
• German: Fußkick
• Portuguese: Rasteira
• Italian: Colpo Basso

Variations on the move Low Kick
	Low Kick
	Grass Knot

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