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Malicious Moonsault ハイパーダーククラッシャー Hyper Dark Crusher

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  — (max. —) Power  180 Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Malicious Moonsault (Japanese: ハイパーダーククラッシャー Hyper Dark Crusher) is a damage-dealing Dark-type Z-Move introduced in Generation VII. It is the exclusive Z-Move of Incineroar and a transformed version of its Darkest Lariat.

Effect

Malicious Moonsault inflicts damage. If the target has used Minimize, Malicious Moonsault deals double its regular damage.

Description

Learnset

Incineroar can use Malicious Moonsault if it knows Darkest Lariat, holds an Incinium Z, and if its Trainer wears a Z-Ring^SM or Z-Power Ring^USUM.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Max Malicious Moonsault, described as a faster and fiercer version of this move, is featured as Incineroar's Final Smash.

In the anime

Professor Kukui/The Masked Royal Incineroar
The user strengthens its body using its Z-Power and crashes into the target with full force.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Incineroar strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. Its body then becomes surrounded in yellow-orange fire and it jumps into the air, landing chest-first onto the opponent and causing a big explosion.
Professor Kukui's Incineroar	Pushing the Fiery Envelope!		Debut Base move is Darkest Lariat

Trivia

• Despite its English name, Malicious Moonsault actually has Incineroar doing a 450° splash rather than a moonsault.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 極惡飛躍粉碎擊 Gihk'ok Fēiyeuhk Fánseuigīk Mandarin 極惡飛躍粉碎擊 / 极恶飞跃粉碎击 Jí'è Fēiyuè Fěnsuìjí / Jí'è Fēiyuè Fěnsuìjī French Dark Body Press German Hyper Dark Crusher Italian Iperschianto delle Tenebre Korean 하이퍼다크크러셔 Hyper Dark Crusher Polish Księżycowe Salto Grozy Portuguese Brazil Mortal Malicioso Portugal Salto Presa Brutal Russian Злодейский Мунсолт Zlodeyskiy Munsolt* Злоумышленный мунсолт Zloumyshlennyy munsolt* Spanish Hiperplancha Oscura

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