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Skull Bash ロケットずつき
The user tucks in its head to raise its Defense in the first turn, then rams the foe on the next turn.
Battles
Type	Normal
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	100
Accuracy	100%
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock
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Contests
Category	Tough
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	4 ♥♥♥♥
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Super Contests
Category	Tough
Appeal	1 ♥
Earn +3 if no other Pokémon has chosen the same Judge.
Skull Bash on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Skull Bash on Eevee's Movedex

Skull Bash is a very damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 1.2 Generation II and beyond 2 Learnset 2.1 Generation I 2.1.1 By leveling up 2.1.2 By TM40 2.2 Generation II 2.2.1 By leveling up 2.2.2 By breeding 2.3 Generation III 2.3.1 By leveling up 2.3.2 By breeding 2.4 Generation IV 2.4.1 By leveling up 2.4.2 By breeding 3 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Skull Bash does nothing on the turn it is selected, other than say that the user lowered its head. On the following turn, Skull Bash will do damage, PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once Skull Bash is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until it is disrupted or fully executed.

If Skull Bash is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the opponent uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user lowers its head, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using Skull Bash (or fail if it can't).

Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Skull Bash.

In Stadium, Mirror Move will copy Skull Bash on either of the turns it takes to execute.

Generation II and beyond

On the turn it is selected, Skull Bash will raise the user's Defense one level.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

• Spanish: Cabezazo
• French: Coud'krâne
• German: Schädelwumme

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

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