Bone Club (move)

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Bone Club ホネこんぼう Bone Club

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Battles Type  Ground Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  65 Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

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

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the Judge's attention.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

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

Bone Club (Japanese: ホネこんぼう Bone Club) is a damage-dealing Ground-type move introduced in Generation I. It is one of Cubone and Marowak's signature moves.

Effect

Bone Club inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch. Bone Club cannot cause a target with a substitute to flinch.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 A physical attack using a bone as a club. If it connects, it may cause the target to flinch. GSC An attack that may cause flinching. RSE Clubs the foe with a bone. May cause flinching. FRLG The foe is clubbed with a bone held in hand. It may make the foe flinch. Colo.XD Clubs target with a bone. May cause flinching. DPPtHGSSPBR The user clubs the foe with a bone. It may also make the target flinch. BWB2W2 The user clubs the target with a bone. It may also make the target flinch. XYORAS SM The user clubs the target with a bone. This may also make the target flinch.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
104		Cubone		Monster		Monster	1RGB 10Y	9	9	7	7	7	7
105		Marowak		Monster		Monster	1RGB 1, 10Y	1, 9	1, 9	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7
105		Marowak Alola Form		Monster		Monster							1, 7
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon GO

Bone Club
Special Attack Type Ground Power 40 Energy bar Duration 1.6 seconds Critical rate 5% Drain  ?%
Eligible Pokémon:

• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Bone Club had a power of 20.
• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Bone Club had a power of 25 and an energy bar of .

Description

Games Description MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It may also cause the target to cringe, making it incapable of action.

In the anime

	Marowak	Cubone
The user clubs the foe with a bone.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Cubone	Cubone hits the opponent with the bone it's holding.
Giselle's Cubone	The School of Hard Knocks		Debut
A wild Cubone	Pikachu's Ghost Carnival		None
Marowak	Marowak grips the bone that it's holding tightly, and then knocks it into the opponent.
Otoshi's Marowak	Bad to the Bone		None
Gavin's Marowak	From Brags to Riches		None
Jeffrey's Marowak	Gymbaliar!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Marowak	Cubone
The user hits the opponent with a bone.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Marowak	Marowak hits the opponent with its bone.
Miles's Marowak	Take a Chance on Chansey		Debut
Cubone	Cubone hits the opponent with the bone it holds.
Crystal's Bonee	Querulous Qwilfish		None

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	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 骨棒 Gwātpáahng Mandarin 骨棒 Gǔbàng Danish Knoglekølle Dutch Botknuppel Finnish Luunuija French Massd'os German Knochenkeule Greek Οστέϊνο Ρόπαλο Ostéino Rópalo Italian Ossoclava Korean 뼈다귀치기 Ppyeo Dagwichigi Norwegian Beinklubbe Polish Atak Kości Portuguese Brazil Bastão de Osso (games, anime) Clava de Osso (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Portugal Ataque Osso (Indigo League, EP009) Tacada de Osso (Indigo League, EP073) Bastão de Osso (Advanced Battle) Taco de Osso (Diamond and Pearl) Romanian Ciomagul de Os Russian Костяная дубина Kostyanaya dubina Serbian Kost palica Spanish Hueso Palo Swedish Benklubba Vietnamese Dùi Cui Xương

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