Rolling Kick (move)

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Rolling Kick
まわしげり Revolving Kick
The user cuts a quick spin and lashes out with a sharp kick.
Battles
Type  Fighting
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  60
Accuracy  85%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Contests
Category  Cool
Appeal  1
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those that have made appeals.
Super Contests
Category  Cool
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Rolling Kick (Japanese: まわしげり Revolving Kick) is damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation I.

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Effect

Generation I

Rolling Kick does damage and has a 29.7% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Rolling Kick can only cause the target to flinch if the user attacks before the target does. Rolling Kick can't make a target with a Substitute flinch.

Generation II

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

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
106 Hitmonlee Fighting 33
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
106 Hitmonlee Fighting 11
237 Hitmontop 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.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
066 Machop Fighting Hitmonlee, Hitmontop
Electabuzz
239 Elekid Electric Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Hitmonlee, Hitmontop
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
106 Hitmonlee Fighting 11
237 Hitmontop 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.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
066 Machop Fighting Hitmonlee, Hitmontop
Electabuzz
239 Elekid Electric Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Hitmonlee, Hitmontop
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
106 Hitmonlee Fighting 9
237 Hitmontop 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.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
066 Machop Fighting Hitmonlee, Hitmontop
Electabuzz, Electivire
239 Elekid Electric Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Hitmonlee, Hitmontop
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

Hitmonlee
Pokémon Method
User First Episode Used In Notes
Hitmonlee Hitmonlee kicks the foe, causing them to spin.
Master Hamm's Hitmonlee Pasta La Vista! None

In other languages

  • Spanish: Patada Giro
  • French: Mawashi Geri (same name as Japanese)
  • German: Fegekick
  • Italian: Calciorullo


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