Sky Uppercut (move)

Sky Uppercut スカイアッパー Sky Upper

The user attacks the foe with an uppercut thrown skyward with force.

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  85 Accuracy  90% 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 III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Sky Uppercut on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sky Uppercut on Eevee's Movedex

Sky Uppercut (Japanese: スカイアッパー Sky Upper) is a slightly inaccurate damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Sky Uppercut deals damage and is capable of hitting opponents while they are using the move Fly or Bounce.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		32
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	50
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	59
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	36
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
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		36
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	50
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	59
286		Breloom	Grass	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.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
427		Buneary	Normal		Hitmonchan Combusken, Blaziken
447		Riolu	Fighting		Hitmonchan Combusken, Blaziken
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.

Trivia

• Though Sky Uppercut can hit Pokémon using Fly, 22 out of the 49 Pokémon that learn Fly resist it, and the only ones that can be hit by it for super effective damage during Fly are Smeargle and Arceus in its Normal, Steel, Rock, Ice, or Dark forms.

In the anime

	Combusken	Hitmonchan
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Combusken	Combusken's claws glow light blue. Combusken then slashes its opponent.
May's Combusken	A Shroomish Skirmish		None
Hitmonchan	Hitmonchan's fist glows and then it punches the foe in an upward motion.
Kyle's Hitmonchan	Pasta La Vista!		None
Blaziken	Blaziken's fists glow light blue. Blaziken then punches its opponent.
May's Blaziken	Once More With Reeling		None

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Soco do Céu
• Spanish: Gancho Alto
• Italian: Stramontante
• German: Himmelhieb

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