Dynamic Punch (move)

DynamicPunch ばくれつパンチ Exploding Punch

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  50% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM01 in Generation II Move Tutor in Pokémon Emerald

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

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

DynamicPunch (Japanese: ばくれつパンチ Exploding Punch) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

DynamicPunch inflicts damage and will confuse the target if it hits.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting							43				32			''''
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting				49			46				49			''''
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting				59			51				55			''''
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting				59			51				55			''''
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting				54			45				45			''''
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting											34			''''
533		Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting											37			''''
534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting											37			''''
622		Golett	Ground	Ghost											30			'
623		Golurk	Ground	Ghost											30			'
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 TM01

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I [[|]]		II TM01		III --		IV --		V --		VI TM08
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔												✔
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	✔												✔
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	✔												✔
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	✔												✔
025		Pikachu	Electric		Electric	✔												✔
026		Raichu	Electric		Electric	✔												✔
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground	✔												✔
028		Sandslash	Ground		Ground	✔												✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	✔												✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	✔												✔
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
036		Clefable	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
040		Wigglytuff	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	✔												✔
055		Golduck	Water		Water	✔												✔
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting	✔												✔
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting	✔												✔
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	✔												✔
063		Abra	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting	✔												✔
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting	✔												✔
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting	✔												✔
074		Geodude	Rock	Ground	✔												✔
075		Graveler	Rock	Ground	✔												✔
076		Golem	Rock	Ground	✔												✔
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	✔												✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	✔												✔
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	✔												✔
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	✔												✔
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	✔												✔
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
104		Cubone	Ground		Ground	✔												✔
105		Marowak	Ground		Ground	✔												✔
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting	✔												✔
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting	✔												✔
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	✔												✔
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	✔												✔
125		Electabuzz	Electric		Electric	✔												✔
126		Magmar	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔												✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
157		Typhlosion	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water	✔												✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	✔												✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	✔												✔
161		Sentret	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
162		Furret	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	✔												✔
166		Ledian	Bug	Flying	✔												✔
180		Flaaffy	Electric		Electric	✔												✔
181		Ampharos	Electric		Electric	✔												✔
183		Marill	Water		Water	✔												✔
184		Azumarill	Water		Water	✔												✔
185		Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock	✔												✔
186		Politoed	Water		Water	✔												✔
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
194		Wooper	Water	Ground	✔												✔
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	✔												✔
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic	✔												✔
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	✔												✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	✔												✔
239		Elekid	Electric		Electric	✔												✔
240		Magby	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
241		Miltank	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
242		Blissey	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔												✔
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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
239		Elekid	Electric		Electric
240		Magby	Fire		Fire
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting
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

In Pokémon Emerald

#   Pokémon Type 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0007 Squirtle Water 0008 Wartortle Water 0009 Blastoise Water 0025 Pikachu Electric 0026 Raichu Electric 0027 Sandshrew Ground 0028 Sandslash Ground 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0054 Psyduck Water 0055 Golduck Water 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0063 Abra Psychic 0064 Kadabra Psychic 0065 Alakazam Psychic 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0088 Grimer Poison 0089 Muk Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0096 Drowzee Psychic 0097 Hypno Psychic 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0108 Lickitung Normal 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0113 Chansey Normal 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0125 Electabuzz Electric 0126 Magmar Fire 0143 Snorlax Normal 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0158 Totodile Water 0159 Croconaw Water 0160 Feraligatr Water 0161 Sentret Normal 0162 Furret Normal 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 0180 Flaaffy Electric 0181 Ampharos Electric 0183 Marill Water 0184 Azumarill Water 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 0186 Politoed Water 0190 Aipom Normal 0194 Wooper Water Ground 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0216 Teddiursa Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 0239 Elekid Electric 0240 Magby Fire 0241 Miltank Normal 0242 Blissey Normal 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0252 Treecko Grass 0253 Grovyle Grass 0254 Sceptile Grass 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 0260 Swampert Water Ground 0271 Lombre Water Grass 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0287 Slakoth Normal 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0293 Whismur Normal 0294 Loudred Normal 0295 Exploud Normal 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0299 Nosepass Rock 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 0303 Mawile Steel 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 0311 Plusle Electric 0312 Minun Electric 0313 Volbeat Bug 0314 Illumise Bug 0316 Gulpin Poison 0317 Swalot Poison 0326 Grumpig Psychic 0327 Spinda Normal 0331 Cacnea Grass 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 0335 Zangoose Normal 0352 Kecleon Normal 0356 Dusclops Ghost 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 0377 Regirock Rock 0378 Regice Ice 0379 Registeel Steel 0383 Groudon Ground 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 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

File:Nidoqueen DynamicPunch.png Nidoqueen File:Alakazam DynamicPunch.png Alakazam File:Flaaffy DynamicPunch.png Flaaffy File:Croagunk DynamicPunch.png Croagunk
A ball of light forms on the user's fist. It then punches the opponent with it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	A ball of light forms around Teddiursa's paw as it charges the opponent, fist raised. It then strikes the opponent causing a burst of light.
Molly Hale's Teddiursa	Spell of the Unown		Debut
	Primeape punches the opponent with great force.
Butch's Primeape	The Fortune Hunters		None
	A ball of green light forms around Alakazam's fists and it punches the opponent repeatedly until it hits it.
Alex Davis's Alakazam	Power Play!		None
	Granbull swings its arm around until the whole arm starts to glow white. Then it brings its arm forward and punches the opponent.
Madame Muchmoney's Granbull	The Trouble with Snubbull		None
	Golem's fist glows white and it punches the opponent.
Goneff's Golem	The Wayward Wobbuffet		None
	Magby makes a fist and energy gathers in it, forming a ball. Magby then punches the opponent.
Satchel's Magby	You're a Star, Laritar!		None
	Nidoking's fist glows white and it punches the opponent.
Oscar's Nidoking	The Bicker the Better		None
	Nidoqueen's fist glows white and it punches the opponent.
Andi's Nidoqueen	The Bicker the Better		None
	Flaaffy's eyes flash red and a white orb appears around its fist. It then punches the opponent.
Sullivan's Hannah	Whiscash and Ash		None
	All four of Machamp's fists becomes surrounded by a bluish-white aura and it punches the opponent with one of them.
Gavin's Machamp	From Brags to Riches		None
	Swampert's fist becomes surrounded in a orange aura and it punches the opponent with it.
Tucker's Swampert	Tactics Theatrics!!		None
	Chansey punches the opponent.
Nurse Joy's Chansey	Overjoyed!		None
	Machoke's fist becomes surrounded by a light blue aura and it punches the opponent.
Maylene's Machoke	Lost Leader Strategy!		None
	Croagunk's fist becomes surrounded by a light blue aura and it punches the opponent.
Hamilton's Craig	Cream of the Croagunk Crop!		None
	Timburr's fist becomes surrounded by a red aura and it punches the opponent.
Trip's Timburr	BW034		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Sudowoodo Politoed File:Whitney Miltank Dynamic Punch Adventures.png Miltank
The user gathers strength and punches the opponent with great force.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	One of Sudowoodo's arms buldges with muscle and it punches the opponent with great force.
Gold's Sudobo	Tyranitar War		Debut
	Politoed punches the opponent with great force.
Gold's Polibo	Delibird Delivery - 1		None
	Poliwrath punches the air in front of it and it fires a beam of energy from the fist at the opponent.
Chuck's Poliwrath	Scrappy Skarmory		None
	Primeape punches the air in front of it and it fires a beam of energy from the fist at the opponent.
Chuck's Primeape	Scrappy Skarmory		None
	Miltank punches the opponent with great force.
Whitney's Mil Mil	Savvy Swinub		None

In other generations

														File:DynamicPunch IV.png
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 爆裂拳 Bàoliè Quán Dutch Dynamische Slag French Dynamopoing German Wuchtschlag Greek Δυναμική Γροθιά Italian Dinamipugno Korean 폭발펀치 Pokbal Punch Portuguese Soco Dinâmico Serbian Dinamit Pesnica Spanish Puño Dinámico

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