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 Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

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.

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

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