Multistrike move

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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