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'''One-hit knockout moves''', commonly abbreviated as '''one-hit KO moves''' or '''OHKO moves''', are moves whose effect is to immediately drop the target's HP to zero. When such a move successfully hits, the game will display the message "It's a one-hit KO!" (shortened to "One-hit KO!" in Generation I).
'''One-hit knockout moves''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|一撃必殺|いちげきひっさつ}}わざ''' ''one-hit knockout move''), commonly abbreviated as '''one-hit KO moves''' or '''OHKO moves''', are [[move]]s whose effect is to immediately drop the target's {{stat|HP}} to zero. When such a move successfully hits, the game will display the message "It's a one-hit KO!" (or simply "One-hit KO!" in [[Generation I]]).


All OHKO moves have a base {{PP}} of 5. In Generation I, their accuracy was a constant 30%, but they would automatically fail if the user's {{stat|Speed}} stat was lower than the target's. In later generations, this was changed to instead make them automatically fail if the target was of a higher level than the user, and the accuracy would instead start at 30% and increase by 1% for each level the user was above the target. Therefore, if the user was 70 levels higher than the target, the move would always hit.
All OHKO moves have a base {{PP}} of 5. If an OHKO move becomes a [[Z-Move]], it will have a power of 180.


The accuracy of OHKO moves is fixed to the above formula, and will not be affected by Accuracy or Evasion stat stages. For example, holding a [[Wide Lens]] will not make OHKO moves any more likely to hit, and using {{m|Double Team}} will not make them any less likely to hit. However, any effects that cause a move to completely ignore the accuracy check (such as {{a|No Guard}} or [[X Accuracy]] in Generation II or earlier) will allow OHKO moves to always hit.
A Pokémon with the Ability {{a|Sturdy}} will be unaffected by OHKO moves, unless that Ability is negated (such as through {{a|Mold Breaker}} or {{m|Gastro Acid}}). A Pokémon with {{a|Wonder Guard}} is also immune unless it is weak to the type of the OHKO move. At full HP, a Pokémon holding a {{DL|In-battle effect item|Focus Sash}} will instead be reduced to 1 HP by any OHKO move.


Pokémon with the Ability {{a|Sturdy}} are unaffected by OHKO moves, unless the user negates that Ability through {{a|Mold Breaker}} or a variant of it. A Pokémon with {{a|Wonder Guard}} is also immune.{{fact}} At full HP, Pokémon holding a [[Focus Sash]] will instead be reduced to 1 HP by any OHKO move.
In the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]] of games, OHKO moves can hit regardless of level, although they are very prone to missing as always. When one hits, the game states that the target fainted through "calamitous damage" (changed to the standard "It's a one-hit KO!" in {{FB|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: |Gates to Infinity}}). However, they actually do 9999 damage, which can be seen when the attacks are reflected by {{DL|IQ|IQ skills}} such as Counter Hitter if the Pokémon is revived by a {{DL|Seed|Reviver Seed}}.


In the Mystery Dungeon games, OHKO moves can hit regardless of level, although they are very prone to missing as always. When one hits, the game states that the target fainted through "calamitous damage" (changed to the standard "It's a one-hit KO!" in Gates to Infinity).
==Accuracy mechanics==
 
===Generation I===
All OHKO moves have an [[accuracy]] of 30%, but they will automatically fail if the user's {{stat|Speed}} stat is lower than the target's. An [[X Accuracy]] will guarantee that all OHKO moves hit. The accuracy of OHKO moves in Generation I is affected by the standard {{stat|accuracy}} and {{stat|evasion}} stats.
 
===Generation II===
OHKO moves automatically fail if the target has a higher [[level]] than the user. Their accuracy starts at 76/256 (approximately 30%) and increases by 2/256 (approximately 0.8%) for each level the user is above the target. This means that if the user's level is 90 levels greater than the target's, the move will have 100% accuracy. An X Accuracy will guarantee that all OHKO moves hit. The accuracy of OHKO moves in Generation II is affected by the standard accuracy and evasion stats.<ref>http://upcarchive.playker.info/0/upokecenter/dex/index.html%3Flang=en&move=32.html</ref>
 
===Generation III onward===
OHKO moves automatically fail if the target has a higher level than the user. Their accuracy starts at 30% and increases by 1% for each level the user is above the target. {{stat|Accuracy}} and {{stat|evasion}} stats no longer influence the move's accuracy, including modifiers from items such as [[Wide Lens]] or {{Abilities}} such as {{a|Compound Eyes}}. Effects that allow moves to always hit (such as {{a|No Guard}} or {{m|Lock-On}}) still work on OHKO moves.
 
In Generation VII, the accuracy of {{m|Sheer Cold}} is lowered if the user is not an {{type|Ice}} Pokémon. In addition, all OHKO moves now display their accuracy as 30% instead of —; the working accuracy is still calculated by the same formula, however.


==List of moves==
==List of moves==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* These moves are often combined with {{m|Lock-On}} or {{m|Mind Reader}} to ensure it hits. {{p|Articuno}} can learn Mind Reader and {{m|Sheer Cold}}; in [[Generation II]], {{p|Poliwrath}} can have {{m|Fissure}} and Mind Reader if it is taught Fissure in a [[Generation I]] game and traded over; and {{p|Smeargle}} can have any combination of the two types of move using {{m|Sketch}}.
* Starting in [[Generation III]], type-effectiveness messages no longer appear with the successful use of a one-hit KO move. Appropriate type-effectiveness sound effects still play, however.
* {{p|Lapras}} can learn the most one-hit KO moves of any Pokémon (excluding Smeargle), being able to learn {{m|Sheer Cold}}, {{m|Fissure}}, and {{m|Horn Drill}}.
* {{p|Lapras}} can learn the most one-hit KO moves of any Pokémon (excluding Smeargle), being able to learn {{m|Sheer Cold}}, {{m|Fissure}}, and {{m|Horn Drill}}.
* In Generation II, all one-hit KO moves were ineffective against one type of Pokémon. {{m|Guillotine}} and {{m|Horn Drill}} could not affect {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon unless {{m|Foresight}} was also used, and {{m|Fissure}} could not affect {{type|Flying}} Pokémon. {{m|Sheer Cold}} (introduced in Generation III) broke this pattern, as no type is immune to {{type|Ice}} attacks.
* All one-hit KO moves are normally ineffective against a type of Pokémon. {{m|Fissure}} cannot affect {{type|Flying}} Pokémon, {{m|Guillotine}} and {{m|Horn Drill}} cannot affect {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon, and {{m|Sheer Cold}} cannot affect {{type|Ice}} Pokémon (as of [[Generation VII]]). Of these, only Sheer Cold's ineffectiveness is not based on a type immunity, and thus cannot be bypassed (e.g. with a move like {{m|Gravity}} or {{m|Foresight}}). Sheer Cold is also the only one-hit KO move where this ineffectiveness did not exist until after its debut generation.
* Starting in Generation VII, Sheer Cold is the only one-hit KO move to potentially have different accuracy mechanics compared to all other one-hit KO moves.
* Sheer Cold is the only one-hit knockout move to be introduced outside of [[Generation I]].
 
==References==
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Revision as of 18:28, 22 October 2018

One-hit knockout moves (Japanese: 一撃必殺わざ one-hit knockout move), commonly abbreviated as one-hit KO moves or OHKO moves, are moves whose effect is to immediately drop the target's HP to zero. When such a move successfully hits, the game will display the message "It's a one-hit KO!" (or simply "One-hit KO!" in Generation I).

All OHKO moves have a base PP of 5. If an OHKO move becomes a Z-Move, it will have a power of 180.

A Pokémon with the Ability Sturdy will be unaffected by OHKO moves, unless that Ability is negated (such as through Mold Breaker or Gastro Acid). A Pokémon with Wonder Guard is also immune unless it is weak to the type of the OHKO move. At full HP, a Pokémon holding a Focus Sash will instead be reduced to 1 HP by any OHKO move.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series of games, OHKO moves can hit regardless of level, although they are very prone to missing as always. When one hits, the game states that the target fainted through "calamitous damage" (changed to the standard "It's a one-hit KO!" in Gates to Infinity). However, they actually do 9999 damage, which can be seen when the attacks are reflected by IQ skills such as Counter Hitter if the Pokémon is revived by a Reviver Seed.

Accuracy mechanics

Generation I

All OHKO moves have an accuracy of 30%, but they will automatically fail if the user's Speed stat is lower than the target's. An X Accuracy will guarantee that all OHKO moves hit. The accuracy of OHKO moves in Generation I is affected by the standard accuracy and evasion stats.

Generation II

OHKO moves automatically fail if the target has a higher level than the user. Their accuracy starts at 76/256 (approximately 30%) and increases by 2/256 (approximately 0.8%) for each level the user is above the target. This means that if the user's level is 90 levels greater than the target's, the move will have 100% accuracy. An X Accuracy will guarantee that all OHKO moves hit. The accuracy of OHKO moves in Generation II is affected by the standard accuracy and evasion stats.[1]

Generation III onward

OHKO moves automatically fail if the target has a higher level than the user. Their accuracy starts at 30% and increases by 1% for each level the user is above the target. Accuracy and evasion stats no longer influence the move's accuracy, including modifiers from items such as Wide Lens or Abilities such as Compound Eyes. Effects that allow moves to always hit (such as No Guard or Lock-On) still work on OHKO moves.

In Generation VII, the accuracy of Sheer Cold is lowered if the user is not an Ice-type Pokémon. In addition, all OHKO moves now display their accuracy as 30% instead of —; the working accuracy is still calculated by the same formula, however.

List of moves

Fissure Guillotine
Fissure VII.png Guillotine VII.png
Ground Normal
Horn Drill Sheer Cold
Horn Drill VII 2.png Sheer Cold VII 2.png
Normal Ice

Trivia

  • Starting in Generation III, type-effectiveness messages no longer appear with the successful use of a one-hit KO move. Appropriate type-effectiveness sound effects still play, however.
  • Lapras can learn the most one-hit KO moves of any Pokémon (excluding Smeargle), being able to learn Sheer Cold, Fissure, and Horn Drill.
  • All one-hit KO moves are normally ineffective against a type of Pokémon. Fissure cannot affect Flying-type Pokémon, Guillotine and Horn Drill cannot affect Ghost-type Pokémon, and Sheer Cold cannot affect Ice-type Pokémon (as of Generation VII). Of these, only Sheer Cold's ineffectiveness is not based on a type immunity, and thus cannot be bypassed (e.g. with a move like Gravity or Foresight). Sheer Cold is also the only one-hit KO move where this ineffectiveness did not exist until after its debut generation.
  • Starting in Generation VII, Sheer Cold is the only one-hit KO move to potentially have different accuracy mechanics compared to all other one-hit KO moves.
  • Sheer Cold is the only one-hit knockout move to be introduced outside of Generation I.

References

  1. ↑ http://upcarchive.playker.info/0/upokecenter/dex/index.html%3Flang=en&move=32.html


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