Karate Chop (move)

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Karate Chop
からてチョップ Karate Chop
Karate Chop VII.png
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Type  Fighting
Category  Physical
PP  25 (max. 40)
Power  50
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Quite an appealing move.

Karate Chop (Japanese: からてチョップ Karate Chop) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation II, it was a Normal-type move.

Effect

Generation I

Karate Chop deals damage and has an increased critical-hit ratio.

It is Normal-type in this generation.

Generations II to VII

Karate Chop is now a Fighting-type move.

Karate Chop can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, giving extra three appeal points if the move Focus Energy was used in the prior turn. It can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination and gives an extra three appeal points if the move Focus Energy was used in the prior turn.

Generation VIII

Karate Chop cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description
Stad A Normal-type attack. Often turns into a critical hit and inflicts double the damage.
Stad2 A Fighting-type attack. Often turns into a critical hit and inflicts double the damage.
GSC Has a high critical hit ratio.
RSEColo.XD A chopping attack with a high critical-hit ratio.
FRLG
DPPtHGSSPBR
The foe is attacked with a sharp chop. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
The target is attacked with a sharp chop. Critical hits land more easily.
SwSh This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0056 Mankey FightingIC Big.png Field Field 15 15 15RSE
11FRLG
13 13 13 8SMUSUM
13
0057 Primeape FightingIC Big.png Field Field 1, 15 15 15RSE
11FRLG
13 13 13 8SMUSUM
13PE
0066 Machop FightingIC Big.png Human-Like Human-Like 1 13 13 10 10 10XY
7ORAS
7SMUSUM
16PE
0067 Machoke FightingIC Big.png Human-Like Human-Like 1 15 13 10 1, 10 1, 10XY
1, 7ORAS
1, 7SMUSUM
16PE
0068 Machamp FightingIC Big.png Human-Like Human-Like 1 15 13 10 1, 10 1, 10XY
1, 7ORAS
1, 7SMUSUM
16PE
0539 Sawk FightingIC Big.png Human-Like Human-Like 25 25 17
0674 Pancham FightingIC Big.png Field Human-Like 12 12
0675 Pangoro FightingIC Big.png
DarkIC Big.png
Field Human-Like 12 12
0701 Hawlucha FightingIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png
Human-Like Human-Like 4 4
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
0239 Elekid ElectricIC Big.png Human-Like Human-Like
0240 Magby FireIC Big.png Human-Like 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: 31
Accuracy: 100%
Effect: Has an increased critical hit ratio.
Users: Machop
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.

Pokémon GO

GO Fighting.png Karate Chop
Fast Attack
Gyms & Raids
Power 8
Energy boost 10
Duration 0.8 seconds
Damage window 0.6 - 0.8 seconds
Karate Chop GO.png
Trainer Battles
Power 5
Energy boost 7
Turns 2
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility
MankeyMachopMachokeMagmarSmeargleMagbyMagmortar

Primeape*Machamp*

By Elite Fast TM
By GO Snapshot
As Shadow Pokémon
As Purified Pokémon
Formerly eligible
None

Updates

Gyms & Raids
  • July 30, 2016
    • Energy boost: 7 → 8
  • February 16, 2017
    • Power: 6 → 8
    • Energy boost: 8 → 10
    • Duration: 0.8 → 1.3 seconds
  • February 21, 2017
    • Duration: 1.3 → 0.8 seconds

Description

Games Description
MDRB
MDTDS
Inflicts damage on the target. It has a high critical-hit rate.
BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる きゅうしょに あたりやすい
Conq. The target is attacked with a sharp chop. Critical hits land more easily.
MDGtI IconKanji2MD.pngUNUSED
SMD It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.


In the anime

Ash Hawlucha Karate Chop.png
Hawlucha
Mad Magmar Magmortar Karate Chop.png
Magmortar
Stephan Sawk Karate Chop.png
Sawk
Chuck Machoke Karate Chop.png
Machoke
The opponent is hit by the side of the user's hand.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Machop Machop repeatedly chops the opponent with the side of its opened hand, or Machop's arm glows white and it chops the opponent with the side of its opened hand.
A Trainer's Machop The Punchy Pokémon Debut
Brawly's Machop Just One of the Geysers None
Emily's Machop Sitting Psyduck None
Machamp Machamp repeatedly chops the opponent with its hands, or one of Machamp's hands glow white and it chops the opponent with the side of its open hand.
Giovanni's Machamp The Battle of the Badge None
Gavin's Machamp From Brags to Riches None
Emily's Machamp Sitting Psyduck None
Machoke Machoke strikes the opponent with the side of its open hand, sometimes repeatedly. Sometimes, its hands glow white.
A Wobbuffet Festival crasher's Machoke Wobbu-Palooza! None
Chuck's Machoke Machoke, Machoke Man! None
Emily's Machoke Sitting Psyduck None
Sawk Sawk's hand glows white and he strikes the opponent with the side of his open hand.
Stephan's Sawk The Clubsplosion Begins! None
Hawlucha Hawlucha's claw and wing glow white and it strikes the opponent with the side of its wing, or both of Hawlucha's wings glow white and strikes the opponent with them.
Ash's Hawlucha The Forest Champion! None
Carl's Dark Hawlucha When Light and Dark Collide! None
Magmortar One of Magmortar's arms becomes outlined in a white glow and hits the opponent with it, or it hits the opponent with one of its hands once or with both of them multiple times.
Mad Magmar's Magmortar A Young Royal Flame Ignites! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga


In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga


In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 空手劈 Hūngsáu Pek *
手刀 Sáudōu *
Mandarin 空手劈 Kōngshǒu Pī *
手刀 Shǒudāo *
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Karate úder
Denmark Flag.png Danish Karatehug
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Karateslag
Finland Flag.png Finnish Karatelyönti (original series)
Karateisku (AG series)
France Flag.png French Poing-Karaté
Germany Flag.png German Karateschlag
Greece Flag.png Greek Τσεκουριά Καράτε
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Pukulan Karate
Italy Flag.png Italian Colpokarate
South Korea Flag.png Korean 태권당수 Taegwondangsu
Lithuania Flag.png Lithuanian Karatė Kirtis
Poland Flag.png Polish Cios Karate*
Atak Karate*
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Golpe de Caratê (games, anime, TCG, manga, The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Golpe de Karatê (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Golpe de Karaté
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Karate udarac
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Golpe de Karate
Karatazo (AG140)
Spain Flag.png Spain Golpe Kárate*
Golpe Karate*
Sweden Flag.png Swedish Karateslag
Turkey Flag.png Turkish Karate Darbesi
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Đòn Chặt Karate


Variations of the move Karate Chop
PhysicalIC HOME.png Karate ChopPoison Tail


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