Dual Chop (move)

Dual Chop ダブルチョップ Double Chop

Battles Type  Dragon Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  40 Accuracy  90% 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 May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Move Tutor in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Move Tutor in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  1 ♥ Badly startles Pokemon that used a move of the same type.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Dual Chop (Japanese: ダブルチョップ Double Chop) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Dual Chop inflicts damage, hitting twice per use. Each strike has an equal chance to be a critical hit.

Dual Chop will hit again if the first strike breaks a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the second strike of this move.

If the target has an Ability that activates upon contact, each strike counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate twice.

If the first strike activates the target's Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy, the second one will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate again to prevent fainting, but this chance is independent of the previous one.

If the target is holding a Rocky Helmet, the user is damaged for each strike.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 XYORAS The user attacks its target by hitting it with brutal strikes. The target is hit twice in a row.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting				31
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting				33
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting				33
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass				36
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground	24			24
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	24			24
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	13			13
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon	13			13
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon	13			13
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 Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					BW	B2W2	XY	ORAS
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
125		Electabuzz	Electric		Electric											✔		✔
126		Magmar	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic											✔		✔
239		Elekid	Electric		Electric											✔		✔
240		Magby	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass													✔
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting											✔		✔
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting											✔		✔
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting											✔		✔
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting											✔		✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground											✔		✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground											✔		✔
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel											✔		✔
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting											✔		✔
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting											✔		✔
466		Electivire	Electric		Electric											✔		✔
467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting											✔		✔
539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting											✔		✔
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting											✔		✔
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
620		Mienshao	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel											✔		✔
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel											✔		✔
648		Meloetta	Normal	Psychic											✔		✔
650		Chespin	Grass		Grass													✔
651		Quilladin	Grass		Grass													✔
652		Chesnaught	Grass	Fighting													✔
674		Pancham	Fighting		Fighting													✔
675		Pangoro	Fighting	Dark													✔
688		Binacle	Rock	Water													✔
689		Barbaracle	Rock	Water													✔
701		Hawlucha	Fighting	Flying													✔
720		Hoopa	Psychic	Ghost													✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0539 Sawk Fighting Dream World - Dream Park Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Fraxure Mega Garchomp
The user attacks its target by hitting it with brutal strikes.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Fraxure dives into the opponent, hitting it with its claws.
A Fraxure Iris borrowed from the Opelucid Trainers' School	Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!		Debut
	Mega Garchomp's claws glow green and it simultaneously hits its target with them.
Remo's Garchoo	Mega Evolution Special I		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

• In Pyroar Breathes, Lysandre told his Mienfoo to use Dual Chop, but the move was used off-panel.

Trivia

• This move originated as a TCG Attack.

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

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 雙重劈 Shuāngchóng Pī French Double Baffe German Doppelhieb Italian Doppiocolpo Korean 더블촙 Double Chop Polish Duo-Cięcie Brazilian Portuguese Pancada Dupla (BW Promo and XY Promo) Golpe Duplo Spanish Golpe Bis

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