Karate Chop (move)

Karate Chop からてチョップ Karate Chop

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  50 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

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.

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• Effect
  • Generation I
  • Generations II to VII
  • Generation VIII
• Description
• Learnset
  • By leveling up
  • By breeding
• In other games
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
  • Pokémon Conquest
  • Pokémon Masters EX
  • Pokémon GO
    • Updates
  • Description
• In the anime
• In the manga
  • Pokémon Adventures
  • Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All
  • Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~
  • Pokémon Pocket Monsters
• In other generations
  • Core series games
  • Side series games
  • Spin-off series games
• Trivia
• In other languages

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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. RSEColoXD 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 SMUSUMPE The target is attacked with a sharp chop. Critical hits land more easily. SwShBDSP 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		Field	15	15	15RSE 11FRLG	13	13	13	8SMUSUM 13PE
0057		Primeape		Field	1, 15	15	15RSE 11FRLG	13	13	13	8SMUSUM 13PE
0066		Machop		Human-Like	1	13	13	10	10	10XY 7ORAS	7SMUSUM 16PE
0067		Machoke		Human-Like	1	15	13	10	1, 10	1, 10XY 1, 7ORAS	1, 7SMUSUM 16PE
0068		Machamp		Human-Like	1	15	13	10	1, 10	1, 10XY 1, 7ORAS	1, 7SMUSUM 16PE
0539		Sawk		Human-Like					25	25	17
0674		Pancham		Field Human-Like						12	12
0675		Pangoro		Field Human-Like						12	12
0701		Hawlucha		Flying 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		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0240		Magby		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 Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Karate Chop is a move with 10 base power, 18 PP and 90% accuracy. The user attacks enemy in the front. Unlike in main series, this move does not have increased critical hit ratio, despite what the description says.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move now has an increased critical hit ratio.

Pokémon Conquest

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Stars: ★★★ Power: 31 Accuracy: 100%

Effect: Has an increased critical hit ratio.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right, to act as their origin point.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move, if the move changes their positioning at all.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.

Pokémon Masters EX

Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Physical	1	—	16	19	100%	An opponent	—	Critical hits land more easily.

Pokémon GO

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

Trainer Battles

• January 11, 2021
  • Energy boost: 7 → 8

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 UNUSED SMD MDRTDX It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.

In the anime

Hawlucha Magmortar Sawk Machoke
The opponent is hit by the side of the user's hand.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	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 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 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's hand glows white and he strikes the opponent with the side of his open hand.
Stephan's Sawk	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None
	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 it strikes the opponent with them; or, one of Hawlucha's claws glows with gold energy and it chops the opponent with it.
Ash's Hawlucha	The Forest Champion!		None
Carl's Dark Hawlucha	When Light and Dark Collide!		None
Bea's Hawlucha	Solitary and Menacing!		Hawlucha cannot legally use Karate Chop in Generation VIII
	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 Cave of Mirrors!, Mirror Ash ordered his Hawlucha to use Karate Chop, but due to it being too timid to attack, Hawlucha was never seen using the move.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Machamp Sawk
The user karate chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Machamp strikes the opponent with the side of one of its open hands.
Blue's Machamp	A Charizard... and a Champion		Debut
	Sawk strikes the opponent with an open palm.
Marshal's Sawk	The Power of Dreams		None

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

Primeape
The user karate chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Primeape's hand glows and then karate chops the opponent.
Shinji's Primeape	GDZ28		Debut

Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~

Machop
The user karate chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Machop's karate chops the opponent.
An Unknown Trainer's Machop	The Yellow Scroll: Hanbei vs Kanbei		Debut

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Primeape
The user karate chops the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Primeape karate chops the opponent.
Chuck's Primeape	Defeat Chuck Style Martial Arts!!		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

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	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

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	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

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	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Side series games

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	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

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	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Spin-off series games

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	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Trivia

• Karate Chop is one of four moves to have its type changed in Generation II; the others are Gust, Bite, and Sand Attack. They were all Normal-type moves in Generation I.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	空手劈 Hūngsáu Pek * 手刀 Sáudōu *
	Mandarin	空手劈 Kōngshǒu Pī * 手刀 Shǒudāo *
Czech		Karate úder
Danish		Karatehug
Dutch		Karateslag
Finnish		Karatelyönti (original series) Karateisku (AG series)
French		Poing Karaté* Poing-Karaté*
German		Karateschlag
Greek		Τσεκουριά Καράτε
Indonesian		Pukulan Karate
Italian		Colpokarate
Korean		태권당수 Taegwondangsu
Lithuanian		Karatė Kirtis
Polish		Cios Karate* Atak Karate*
Portuguese	Brazil	Golpe de Caratê (games, anime, TCG, manga, The Official Pokémon Handbook) Golpe de Karatê (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
	Portugal	Golpe de Karaté
Serbian		Karate udarac
Spanish	Latin America	Golpe de Karate Karatazo (AG140)
	Spain	Golpe Kárate* Golpe Karate*
Swedish		Karateslag
Thai		คาราเต้ช็อป
Turkish		Karate Darbesi
Vietnamese		Đòn Chặt Karate

Variations of the move Karate Chop
Karate Chop • Poison Tail

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