Close Combat (move)

Close Combat
インファイト Infight

Battles

Type	Fighting
Category	Physical
PP	5 (max. 8)
Power	120
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Does not affect any Pokémon*

Availability

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

Super Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Smart
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Close Combat (Japanese: インファイト Infight) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Close Combat deals damage and then lowers the Defense stat and Special Defense stat of the user by one stage each.

In the anime

Staraptor: Staraptor gets close to its opponent and kicks, slashes, and pecks it with its talons and beak.

Used by Jun's Staraptor in DP101. Debut.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0056	Mankey	Fighting		49
0057	Primeape	Fighting		59
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting		53
0107	Hitmonchan	Fighting		56
0214	Heracross	Bug	Fighting	37
0237	Hitmontop	Fighting		51
0296	Makuhita	Fighting		40
0297	Hariyama	Fighting		52
0335	Zangoose	Normal		53
0391	Monferno	Fire	Fighting	36
0392	Infernape	Fire	Fighting	41
0398	Staraptor	Normal	Flying	34
0448	Lucario	Fighting	Steel	42
0475	Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	53
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}