Triple Kick (move)

Triple Kick トリプルキック Triple Kick

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  10 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

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

Triple Kick (Japanese: トリプルキック Triple Kick) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation II. It is Hitmontop's signature move.

Effect

Generation II

Triple Kick inflicts damage three times in a single turn. The base power of each successive hit increases by 10. Therefore, the last hit has a base power of 30. Because it deals damage in three hits, each hit has its own accuracy check (as opposed to Double Kick). However, if one hit misses, the move ends. Ignoring Lock-On and Mind Reader and modifications to accuracy and evasion, there is a 72.9% chance that it will hit 3 times, an 8.1% chance that it will hit twice, a 9% chance that it will hit once, and a 10% chance that it will miss outright. Considering Triple Kick's multiple accuracy checks and ignoring Lock-On and Mind Reader and modifications to accuracy and evasion, the move's effective power is 47.07.

Triple Kick will end immediately if it breaks a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation III

If the target has an Ability which activates upon contact, each hit counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate multiple times.

Generation IV

Same as previous generations, except it will continue attacking after a substitute is broken.

Generation V

Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint; however, Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one. Each hit will cause Weak Armor to activate.

If the target is holding a Rocky Helmet, the user is damaged for each hit.

Description

Games Description Stad2 A three-kick attack that inflicts increasing damage. When one kick misses, the move ends. GSC Hits three times with rising power. RSE Kicks the foe 3 times in a row with rising intensity. FRLG A 3-kick attack that becomes more powerful with each successive hit. Colo.XD Kicks 1 to 3 times in a row with rising intensity. DPPtHGSSBWB2W2 A consecutive three-kick attack that becomes more powerful with each successive hit.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
237		Hitmontop	Fighting		Fighting	49			20			19				19
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Chigusa's Hitmontop	Butch's Hitmontop	Mason's Hitmontop
A consecutive three-kick attack that becomes more powerful with each successive hit.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Hitmontop	Hitmontop spins on its head and kicks the opponent three times with its legs and tail.
Chigusa's Hitmontop	Two Hits and a Miss		Debut
Butch's Hitmontop	The Mystery is History		None
Mason's Hitmontop	Outrageous Fortunes		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Hitmontop
The user kicks the opponent three times at a fast speed.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Hitmontop	Hitmontop spins on its head and it kicks the opponent three times with its legs and its tail at a fast speed.
Chuck's Hitmontop	Heckled by Himontop		Debut

In the Pokémon Gold and Silver: The Golden Boys manga

	Hitmontop
The user kicks the opponent three times at a fast speed.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Hitmontop	Hitmontop spins on its head and it kicks the opponent three times with its legs and its tail quickly.
A Hitmontop Gold borrowed	Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• This is the only multi-strike move that powers up on each consecutive hit, and the only one where hits after the first one can miss.
• Triple Kick is tied with Constrict for the move with the lowest base power out of all damage-dealing moves.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 三倍足攻 Sānbèi Zúgōng Dutch Driedubbele Schop Finnish Kolmoispotku French Triple-Pied German Dreifachkick Greek Τριπλό Λάκτισμα Indonesian Triple Kick Italian Triplocalcio Korean 트리플킥 Triple Kick Brazilian Portuguese Chute Triplo Serbian Trostruki Šut Spanish Triplepatada

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