Chip Away (move)

(Japanese: なしくずし Little by Little) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Little by Little inflicts damage, ignoring the target's Defense and Evasion boosts. This move does not bypass Reflect.

Learnset

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 23 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 23 0108 Lickitung Normal 37 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 34 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 53 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 31 0143 Snorlax Normal 25 0158 Totodile Water 29 0159 Croconaw Water 33 0160 Feraligatr Water 37 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground 14 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground 14 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 14 0287 Slakoth Normal 37 0288 Vigoroth Normal 43 0289 Slaking Normal 37 0408 Cranidos Rock 28 0409 Rampardos Rock 28 0446 Munchlax Normal 25 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 30 0532 Timburr Fighting 24 0533 Dotekkotsu Dotekkotsu Fighting 24 0534 Roobushin Roobushin Fighting 24 0550 Basculin Water 16 0550 Basculin Water 16 0559 Zuruggu Zuruggu Dark Fighting 27 0560 Zuruzukin Zuruzukin Dark Fighting 27 0621 Crimgan Crimgan Dragon 31 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Zuruggu, Zuruzukin |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0029 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♀
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Lickitung, Lickilicky
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Snorlax
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Cranidos, Rampardos
Zuruggu, Zuruzukin
Crimgan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0032 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Lickitung, Lickilicky
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Snorlax
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Cranidos, Rampardos
Zuruggu, Zuruzukin
Crimgan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corphish, Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Lickitung, Lickilicky
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Snorlax
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Cranidos, Rampardos
Crimgan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoking
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Zuruggu, Zuruzukin |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0296 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Makuhita
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Timburr, Dotekkotsu, Roobushin |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0341 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Corphish
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Trivia

• No Template:Type2 Pokémon introduced in Generation V can learn this move, despite being Normal itself.

In other languages

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