High Jump Kick (move)

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High Jump Kick (Japanese: とびひざげり Jumping Knee Kick), spelled Hi Jump Kick prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation III, it was one of the signature moves of Hitmonlee.

Effect

Generation I

Hi Jump Kick does damage with a base power of 85. If it misses, the user will take crash damage of 1 HP. If used against a Ghost-type, it will always count as a miss.

In this generation only, if the user of Hi Jump Kick attacks first and faints itself due to crash damage, the target will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round.

In Stadium, the crash damage is corrected to 1/8 of the potential damage.

Generations II and III

The crash damage is increased from 1 HP to half of the damage it would've dealt if it had hit. The user will receive crash damage if Hi Jump Kick is prevented by Protect or Detect. The user does not receive crash damage due to type immunity, it only displays the type immunity message.

In Stadium 2, the crash damage is adjusted to 1/8 of the potential damage.

Generation IV

Hi Jump Kick's base power is increased from from 85 to 100. It cannot be used if Gravity is in effect. It now crashes due to type immunity.

Generation V

Hi Jump Kick's base power is increased from 100 to 130, and its PP is reduced from 20 to 10. The crash damage is now equal to half of the user's max HP, rounded down.

Generation VI

If High Jump Kick is blocked by Mat Block, the user will receive the standard crash damage.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0106		Hitmonlee		Human-Like		Human-Like	48	26	26	29	29	29	29
0257		Blaziken		Field		Field					1	1	1
0307		Meditite		Human-Like		Human-Like			32RSE 33FRLG	32	32	32XY 28ORAS	28
0308		Medicham		Human-Like		Human-Like			32RSE 33FRLG	32	32	32XY 28ORAS	28
0428		Lopunny		Field	Human-Like						66ORAS	66
0559		Scraggy		Field	Dragon					31	31	31
0560		Scrafty		Field	Dragon					31	31	31
0619		Mienfoo		Field	Human-Like					53	50	50
0620		Mienshao		Field	Human-Like					56	56	56
0701		Hawlucha		Human-Like		Human-Like						44	44
0763		Tsareena		Grass		Grass							49
0795		Pheromosa		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered							67
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0236		Tyrogue		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0447		Riolu		Field	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔
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

Pokémon Conquest

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Stars: ★★★★★ Power: 65 Accuracy: 90%

Effect: If this move misses, the user takes some damage.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Description

In the anime

In the main series

Hitmonlee Hawlucha Medicham Scrafty
The foe is attacked with a knee kick from a jump. If it misses, the user is hurt instead.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Hitmonlee leaps into the air and strikes the opponent with its knee. It gets hurt if the attack misses, or Hitmonlee jumps into the air, front flips and kicks the opponent down, or Hitmonlee jumps into the air and lands in front of the opponent. It then jumps up and knees the opponent with one of its knees.
Giant's Hitmonlee	The Punchy Pokémon		Debut Japanese version only
Shiro's Hitmonlee	Two Hits and a Miss		Dub debut
Wobbuffet Festival crasher's Hitmonlee	Wobbu-Palooza!		None
Gilbert's Hitmonlee	Saved by the Beldum		None
Master Hamm's Hitmonlee	Pasta La Vista!		None
Barry's Hitmonlee	Casting a Paul on Barry!		None
	Meditite jumps into the air and strikes the opponent with its knee.
Shauna's Meditite	A Meditite Fight!		None
	Medicham leaps into the air and strikes the opponent with its knee. If the attack misses, it hurts itself.
Grace's Medicham	Pros and Con Artists		None
Greta's Medicham	Wheel of Frontier		None
A wild Medicham	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel		None
	Scrafty jumps into the air and one of its knees starts to glow red-orange. Scrafty then strikes the opponent with its knee. If the attack misses, when Scrafty lands, the knee that was glowing becomes surrounded briefly in yellow static, damaging it.
A wild Scrafty	Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!		None
	Scraggy leaps at the opponent and it swings its knee around once while going towards the opponent. It then thrusts its knee forward and it begins to glow red-orange. It then strikes the opponent with its knee. When Scraggy misses, its knee rams into the ground with great force, causing it to hold its knee in pain.
Ash's Scraggy	Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!		None
	Mienshao jumps into the air and one of its knees starts to glow purple. Mienshao then strikes the opponent with its knee.
Delbert's Mienshao	Search for the Clubultimate!		None
A wild Mienshao	Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!		None
	One of Hawlucha's legs glow white and it hits the opponent with one of them. If the attack misses, it causes recoil damage.
Ash's Hawlucha	The Forest Champion!		None
	Mienfoo jumps into the air and one of its knees starts to glow white. Mienfoo then strikes the opponent with its knee. If the attack misses, it causes recoil damage
Korrina's Mienfoo	Showdown at the Shalour Gym!		None

In Pokémon Origins

Hitmonlee
The foe is attacked with a knee kick from a jump. If it misses, the user is hurt instead.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Hitmonlee leaps into the air and strikes the opponent with its knee.
Red's Hitmonlee	File 3: Giovanni		Debut

In the manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

Medicham
The user jumps high and kicks with one of its legs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Medicham jumps high and kicks the opponent with one of its legs.
Greta's Medicham	An Awesome Showdown!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Hitmonlee
The user kicks the opponent with one of its bent knees.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Hitmonlee does a handstand and swings its legs at the opponent, hitting them with one of its bent knees.
Bruno's Hitmonlee	Punching Poliwrath		Debut

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Hitmonlee
The user jumps high and kicks with one of its legs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Hitmonlee jumps high and kicks the opponent with one of its long legs.
A Hitmonlee Gold briefly used	Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!		None

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Hitmonlee
The user jumps high and kicks with one of its legs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Hitmonlee jumps high and kicks the opponent with one of its legs.
Giovanni's Hitmonlee	Pikachu Was Kidnapped!!		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 飛膝撞 Fēi​xī​zhuàng​ Danish Højt Hopspark Dutch Hoge sprongschop Finnish Hyppypotku* Ylähyppypotku* French Pied Voltige German Turmkick Greek Υψομετρικό Λάκτισμα Indonesian Tendangan Salto Italian Calcinvolo Korean 무릎차기 Mureupchagi Polish Saltocios Portuguese Brazil Super Voadora Chute de Pulo Alto (XY series-present and TCG) Pulo Alto (XY120*) Chute Alto (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Portugal Chuto com salto Alto Pontapé em Salto (Best Wishes Series) Serbian Šut iz Visokog Skoka Spanish Latin America Patada de Salto Alto Spain Pat. Salto Alta* Pat. S. Alta* Turkish Uçan Tekme Vietnamese Nhảy Đá Lên Gối

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