Vital Throw (move)

Vital Throw (Japanese: あてみなげ Strike Throw) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Vital Throw deals damage and is a decreased priority move, causing the user to attack after other Pokémon that are using ordinary priority moves. However, it will strike before Pokémon using other decreased priority moves such as Focus Punch and Avalanche. Vital Throw does not miss unless the target has just used Fly, Dig, Dive, or Bounce.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
066		Machop	Fighting		31
067		Machoke	Fighting		34
068		Machamp	Fighting		34
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

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
066		Machop	Fighting		31
067		Machoke	Fighting		33
068		Machamp	Fighting		33
296		Makuhita	Fighting		13
297		Hariyama	Fighting		13
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
066		Machop	Fighting		25
067		Machoke	Fighting		25
068		Machamp	Fighting		25
127		Pinsir	Bug		25
296		Makuhita	Fighting		10
297		Hariyama	Fighting		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.

Trivia

• Although Vital Throw was introduced in Generation II, no Generation II Pokémon can legally learn it.

In other languages

• Spanish: Tiro Vital
• German: Überwurf
• Italian: Vitaltiro

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