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, TR, 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 Generation VIII Generation IX

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. ColoXD Clubs target with a bone. May cause flinching. DPPtHGSS 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 The user clubs the target with a bone. This may also make the target flinch.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
104		Cubone	Ground		Ground	1	10	9			9			7				7			7
105		Marowak	Ground		Ground	1	1, 10	1, 9			1, 9			1, 7				1, 7			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. 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 GO

Template:GoSpecialAttack Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, Bone Club had a power of 20.

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 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 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 hits the opponent with its bone.
Miles's Marowak	Take a Chance on Chansey		Debut
	Cubone hits the opponent with the bone it holds.
Crystal's Bonee	Querulous Qwilfish		None

In other generations

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	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 骨棒 Gǔbàng Danish Knoglekølle Dutch Botknuppel Finnish Luunuija French Massd'os German Knochenkeule Greek Οστέϊνο Ρόπαλο Italian Ossoclava Korean 뼈다귀치기 Ppyeo Dagwichigi Norwegian Beinklubbe Polish Atak Kości Portuguese Brazil Bastão de Osso 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 Serbian Kost palica Spanish Hueso Palo

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