Crunch (move): Difference between revisions

Crunch (Japanese: かみくだく Crunch) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II. It can be seen as a more powerful version of Bite.

Effect

Generation II and III

Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat by one stage.

Generation IV

Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams

Crunch has a 40% chance of making its opponent cringe.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal										22				22			'
020		Raticate	Normal		Normal										24				24			'
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison										22				22			'
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison							47			47				47			'
030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison							53			53				53			'
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire										42				42			'
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal										31				37			'
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying										33				33			'
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal										44				49			'
158		Totodile	Water		Water										27				27			'
159		Croconaw	Water		Water										30				30			'
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water										32				32			'
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic				54			49			46				46			'
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground				49			49	52	41		46	46			'
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal							53			49				49			'
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal							61			59				59			'
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire				43			49			48				48			''''
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire				52			59			54				54			''''
243		Raikou	Electric		Electric				61			61			43				43			'
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground				43			43			37				37			'''
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground				47			47			41				41			'''
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark				47			47			41				41			''''
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark							41			53				53			''''
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark							47										''''
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal										40				40			'
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel							36			36				36			'
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark							22			28				28			''''
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark							22			28				28			''''
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground							33			33				33			'
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon							33										'
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon							33										'
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison							28			28				28			'
341		Corphish	Water		Water								43	47				47			'
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark								51	57				57			''''
361		Snorunt	Ice		Ice							28			31				31			'
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice							28			31				31			'
365		Walrein	Ice	Water										--				--			'
367		Huntail	Water		Water							36			42				42			'
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon							41			46				46			'
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon							56			50				50			'
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying							61			53				53			'
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying							35			35				35			'
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass										37				37			'
388		Grotle	Grass		Grass										42				42			'
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground										45				45			'
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric										29		33	33			'
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric										33		38	38			'
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric										42				'			'
419		Floatzel	Water		Water										26				26			'
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground										48				48			'
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground										31				31			'
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground										31				31			'
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug										45				56			'''
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark										49				65			''''
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass										37				41			'
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel										33				33			'
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal														16			'
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal														16			'
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal														22			'
507		Herdier	Normal		Normal														24			'
508		Stoutland	Normal		Normal														24			'
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass														43			'
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire														43			'
515		Panpour	Water		Water														43			'
550		Basculin	Water		Water														24			'
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark														28			''''
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark														28			''''
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark														28			''''
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting														38			''''
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting														38			''''
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock														21			'
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock														21			'
566		Archen	Rock	Flying														35			'
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying														35			'
603		Eelektrik	Electric		Electric														39			'
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric														--			'
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon														25			'
632		Durant	Bug	Steel														31			'
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon														25			''''
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon														25			''''
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon														25			''''
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying														49			'
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying														49			'
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire														71			'
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric														71			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	C
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	C
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock
158		Totodile	Water		Water
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass
309		Electrike	Electric		Electric
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Generation II

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0004 Charmander Fire New York City Pokémon Center 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

File:Torterra Crunch Giga Drain.png Torterra Steelix File:Shinx Crunch.png Shinx
The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Steelix bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Jasmine's Steelix	Nerves of Steelix!		Debut
Hun's Steelix	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Harrison's Steelix	Playing with Fire!		None
	Shinx bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Angie's Shinx	If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!		None
	Torterra bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Paul's Torterra	Pedal to the Mettle!		None
	Totodile's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Khoury's Totodile	A Rivalry to Gible On!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Cynthia Garchomp Crunch Adventures.png Garchomp Steelix Torterra
The user bites down hard on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Steelix bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Jasmine's Steelix	Heads On Kabutops!		Debut
	Sharpedo bites down hard on the opponent with its powerful jaws.
Matt's Sharpedo	VS. Azumarill II		None
	Glalie bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
The Battle Factory's Glalie	VS. Glalie		None
	Seviper bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Lucy's Seviper	VS. Shuckle		None
	Mawile bites down hard on the opponent with the large jaws on the back of its head.
The Battle Factory's Mawile	The Final Battle I		None
	Torterra bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Diamond's Tru	VS. Lucario II		None
	Garchomp bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Cynthia's Garchomp	VS. Spiritomb		None

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Knars French Machouille German Knirscher Greek Τραγάνισμα Hindi Kuchalne Ka Haml Italian Sgranocchio Korean 깨물어부수기 Kkaemul'eobusugi Polish Chrupanie Portuguese Brazil Mordidona Mordida Selvagem (Anime) Portugal Esmagar Ataque Rosca (Pokémon Chronicles) Serbian Drobljenje Spanish Triturar

Variations of the move Crunch
Crunch Shadow Ball • Flash Cannon Formerly a variation Energy Ball

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.