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==List of swipe moves==
==List of swipe moves==
===2-5 hits per turn===
===2-5 hits per turn===
Most swipe moves have a chance to hit an opponent two, three, four, or five times in one turn.  Generally, these moves have a higher chance of hitting fewer times.
Most swipe moves have a chance to hit an opponent two, three, four, or five times in one turn.  Generally, these moves have a higher chance of hitting fewer times.  These moves will always have the maximum of five hits when used by a Pokémon with {{a|Skill Link}}.


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====Skill Link====
{{a|Skill Link}} is an [[ability]] introduced in [[Generation IV]]. Six {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} have this Ability. It causes moves which deal multiple hits to always strike their maximum number of times. Note that only moves that can hit 2-5 times are affected by this ability.


===2 hits per turn===
===2 hits per turn===

Revision as of 03:17, 12 July 2011

Swipe moves, also called multi-hit moves, are moves that strike an opponent more than one time in the same turn. Most swipe moves will hit the opponent 2-5 times in a turn, but some work differently. Swipe moves generally have low base power and imperfect accuracy to compensate for the fact that they hit multiple times. Up until Generation III, if a hit from a swipe move broke an enemy Substitute, the move would stop. In subsequent generations, however, if a swipe move breaks a Substitute (and didn't use the last hit to break it), the move continues, striking the Pokémon that was behind the Substitute.

List of swipe moves

2-5 hits per turn

Most swipe moves have a chance to hit an opponent two, three, four, or five times in one turn. Generally, these moves have a higher chance of hitting fewer times. These moves will always have the maximum of five hits when used by a Pokémon with Skill Link.

Name Base power Accuracy Notes
Arm Thrust 15 100% Until Generation V, was the signature move of Makuhita and Hariyama.
Barrage 15 85 Signature move of Exeggcute and Exeggutor.
Bone Rush 25 90% Until Generation IV, was a signature move of Cubone and Marowak.
Bullet Seed 25 100%
Comet Punch 18 85%
DoubleSlap 15 85%
Fury Attack 15 85%
Fury Swipes 18 80%
Icicle Spear 25 100% Prior to Generation V, was the signature move of Shellder.
Pin Missile 14 85%
Rock Blast 25 90%
Spike Cannon 20 100%
Tail Slap 25 85% Signature move of Minccino and Cinccino.

2 hits per turn

Several swipe moves hit an opponent exactly twice in one turn. For the most part, these moves are found on fewer Pokémon, several of them being signature moves, and generally have higher power than other swipe moves, as they only hit twice.

Name Base power Accuracy Notes
Bonemerang 50 90% One of the signature moves of Cubone and Marowak
Double Hit 35 90% Required for Aipom to evolve into Ambipom.
Double Kick 30 100%
Dual Chop 40 90%
Gear Grind 50 85% One of the signature moves of Klink, Klang, and Klinklang.
Twineedle 25 100% Prior to Generation V, the signature move of Beedrill.


1-3 hit(s) per turn

Triple Kick works differently from other swipe moves. It will hit an opponent three times in one turn, but its base power (10 originally) will increase by 10 with each hit. However, unlike other swipe moves, each hit has its own accuracy check, and once one hit misses, the entire move is ended.

Name Base power Accuracy Notes
Triple Kick 10 90% Signature move of Hitmontop.

Trivia

  • Out of all the swipe moves that hit twice, only Double Kick and Double Hit are not now nor have they ever been signature moves.
  • DoubleSlap is the only swipe move with "double" in its name that can hit 2-5 times.
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