Vital Throw (move)

Vital Throw あてみなげ Strike Throw

The user allows the foe to attack first. In return, this throw move is guaranteed not to miss.

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  70 Accuracy  —% Priority  -1 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 II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 The user will appeal later in the next turn.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.

Vital Throw on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Vital Throw on Eevee's Movedex

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.

In the anime

The user allows the foe to attack first. In return, this throw move is guaranteed not to miss.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Makuhita	Makuhita slams into the opponent, and as the opponent's falling, grabs it and throws it into the ground.
Brawly's Makuhita	Brave the Wave		Debut
Hariyama	Hariyama waits for the opponent to attack, dodges then throws the foe.
Brawly's Hariyama	Just One of the Geysers!		None

Trivia

• Although Vital Throw was introduced in Generation II, no Generation II Pokémon can legally learn it, with the exception of Smeargle (via Sketch).
• Although being a never-missing move, it had 100% accuracy in Generation III

In other languages

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

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