Double Kick (move)
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Double Kick (Japanese: にどげり Double Kick) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I
Double Kick inflicts damage, hitting the target twice per use. Although only the first strike can be a critical hit, the second one will deal the same amount of damage.
Double Kick will end immediately if the first strike breaks a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the second strike of this move.
Generation II
Each strike now does damage independently, consequently enabling either of them to be critical.
Generations III and IV
Double Kick will now hit again if the first strike breaks a substitute.
If the target has an Ability that activates upon contact, each strike counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate twice.
Generation V
If the first strike activates the target's Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy, the second one will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate again to prevent fainting, but this chance is independent of the previous one.
If the target has Weak Armor, each strike will activate it.
If the target is holding a Rocky Helmet, the user is damaged for each strike.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||||
029 | Nidoran♀ | Poison | 43 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
030 | Nidorina | Poison | 50 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
031 | Nidoqueen | Poison | Ground | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
032 | Nidoran♂ | Poison | 43 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
033 | Nidorino | Poison | 50 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
034 | Nidoking | Poison | Ground | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
106 | Hitmonlee | Fighting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
135 | Jolteon | Electric | 42 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 17 | ||||||
256 | Combusken | Fire | Fighting | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
257 | Blaziken | Fire | Fighting | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
539 | Sawk | Fighting | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||
585 | Deerling | Normal | Grass | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
586 | Sawsbuck | Normal | Grass | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
638 | Cobalion | Steel | Fighting | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
639 | Terrakion | Rock | Fighting | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
640 | Virizion | Grass | Fighting | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
647 | Keldeo | Water | Fighting | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
659 | Bunnelby | Normal | 20 | |||||||||||||
660 | Diggersby | Normal | Ground | 20 | ||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
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058 | Growlithe | Fire | ||||||||||||
077 | Ponyta | Fire | ||||||||||||
104 | Cubone | Ground | ||||||||||||
155 | Cyndaquil | Fire | ||||||||||||
194 | Wooper | Water | Ground | |||||||||||
203 | Girafarig | Normal | Psychic | |||||||||||
234 | Stantler | Normal | ||||||||||||
252 | Treecko | Grass | ||||||||||||
335 | Zangoose | Normal | ||||||||||||
390 | Chimchar | Fire | ||||||||||||
403 | Shinx | Electric | ||||||||||||
522 | Blitzle | Electric | ||||||||||||
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. |
In other games
Description
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In the anime
In the main series
The foe is quickly kicked twice in succession using both feet. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Nidoran♀ jumps into the air, flips around twice, and shoots at the opponent with its foot extended. | |||
Emily's Maria | Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon | Debut | |
Nidoran♂ jumps into the air, flips around twice, and shoots at the opponent with its foot extended. | |||
Ralph's Tony | Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon | Debut | |
Hitmonlee swings its leg and kicks the opponent, then comes around and kicks the opponent with the other leg. | |||
Shiro's Hitmonlee | Two Hits and a Miss | None | |
Nidoqueen jumps into the air and comes down, feet first, kicking the opponent with both feet. | |||
Gary's Nidoqueen | Can't Beat the Heat! | None | |
Nidoking's feet glow white and it jumps into the air above the opponent, kicking the opponent with one foot, then the other. | |||
Paul's Nidoking | A Pyramiding Rage! | None | |
Blitzle rears up on its hind legs, then turns its body around so its backside is facing the opponent. Blitzle then kicks the opponent upwards with both of its hind legs, first one, then the other. | |||
Stephan's Blitzle | Oshawott's Lost Scalchop! | None | |
Sawk charges at the opponent and jumps high into the air. It then comes down with one of its legs extended and lands on it. It then swings around and kicks the opponent from the side with its other foot, or Sawk charges at the opponent and kicks the opponent once with one foot, then kicks it again with the other. | |||
Stephan's Sawk | The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk! | None | |
Zebstrika rears up on its hind legs, then turns around so the backside of its body is facing the opponent. It then kicks the opponent upwards with both of its back legs. Sometimes, it doesn't rear up on its hind legs before turning around, or Zebstrika rears up on its hind legs and jabs the opponent twice with its front hooves, first with one, then the other, or Zebstrika turns around and jabs the opponent twice with one of its back hooves. | |||
Elesa's Zebstrika | Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! | None | |
Diggerby kicks its opponent with its legs multiple times or it stands on its hands and then kicks its opponent with its legs. | |||
A wild Diggersby | A Trip Down Memory Train! | None |
In Pokémon Origins
The foe is quickly kicked twice in succession. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Nidoran♂ jumps into the air and kicks the opponent with one of its feet, then flips around and kicks the opponent with its other foot. | |||
Red's Nidoran♂ | File 1 - Red | Debut | |
Nidoqueen jumps into the air and kicks the opponent with one of its feet, then flips around and slams its tail onto the opponent. | |||
Giovanni's Nidoqueen | File 3 - Giovanni | None |
- In File 3 - Giovanni, Red told his Jolteon to use Double Kick, but Jolteon was defeated by Giovanni's Rhyhorn's Thunderbolt before it could execute the move.
In the manga
In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga
The user kicks the opponent twice in succession. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Nidoran♀ kicks the opponent twice in succession. | |||
An Unknown Trainer's Nidoran♀ | PW34 | Debut |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The foe is quickly kicked twice in succession using both feet. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Combusken kicks the opponent twice in succession. The second kick is extremely fast, or Combusken kicks the opponent twice with one leg quickly. | |||
Sapphire's Chic | Heavy Hitting Hariyama | Debut | |
Blaziken kicks the opponent twice with one foot quickly. | |||
Sapphire's Chic | Master Class with Masquerain | None |
- In Valiant Venomoth!, Green told her Nidorina, Nido, to use Double Kick, but when Lorelei's Cloyster blew Sabrina's Venomoth's Sleep Powder away with Blizzard, it hit Nido instead, causing her to fall asleep and become unable to use Double Kick.
In the Pokémon Try Adventure manga
The user kicks quickly in succession. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Chimchar kicks quickly in succession. | |||
Katsuya's Hikoza | TA15 | Debut |
In other generations
Trivia
- The animation for Double Kick in Generation V games shows the user giving two kicks per hit. However, since the move always hits twice, the animation shows the user kicking the opponent four times. The same thing happens with Double Hit.
In other languages
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