Head Smash (move)

Head Smash もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt

Battles Type  Rock Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  150 Accuracy  80% 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 IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jam  0

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

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

Head Smash (Japanese: もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Head Smash inflicts damage and the user receives half of the damage dealt as recoil.

Description

Games Description DPPt The user delivers a life-endangering head butt at full power. The user also takes terrible damage. HGSS The user delivers a life-endangering attack at full power. The user also takes terrible damage. BWB2W2 The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. The user also takes terrible damage. XYORAS The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. This also damages the user terribly.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock	78				78			1, 78 1, 56
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	43				46			46
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	52				58			58
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire					37			37
499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting					44			44
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting					50			50
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting					53			50
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting					65			65
681		Aegislash	Steel	Ghost								1
697		Tyrantrum	Rock	Dragon								1, 58
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
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	no
231		Phanpy*	Ground		Ground
299		Nosepass*	Rock		Rock				no
304		Aron	Steel	Rock
566		Archen*	Rock	Flying	no
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon	no
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.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0304 Aron Steel Rock Dream World - Icy Cave Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By events

Generation VI

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 2014 Korean World Championship Series Aggron 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

Rampardos Cranidos
The user starts to get covered by a bluish-white light glow and then charges into its opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Cranidos's body becomes surrounded in a whitish-blue aura, then the aura surrounds its body, making Cranidos look black and white. Cranidos shoots at the opponent with its head pointed at it and smashes into it.
Roark's Cranidos	A Gruff Act to Follow!		Debut
	Rampardos's body becomes surrounded by a whitish-blue aura, making it seem black and white, and it shoots at the opponent with its head pointed at it, slamming into it with its head.
Roark's Rampardos	O'er the Rampardos We Watched!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Cranidos Emboar
The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Cranidos headbutts the opponent.
Palmer's Cranidos	The Final Dimensional Duel VIII		Debut
	Emboar jumps into the air and crashes into the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Black's Bo	The Cold Hard Truth		None

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga

Rampardos
The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Rampardos headbutts the opponent with great force.
Team Galactic's Rampardos	Into The Hands Of Evil?!		Debut

In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master! manga

Rampardos
The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Rampardos rams the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Ryū's Rampardos	ABM08		Debut

In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder manga

Emboar
The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Emboar crashes into the opponent in the air with a powerful headbutt.
Shin's Emboar	Get the Legendary Pokémon		Debut

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

Trivia

• In HeartGold and SoulSilver's game data, Nosepass can learn Head Smash via breeding, but no Pokémon that can learn it are in Nosepass's Egg Group, Mineral, making it impossible to pass down the move legitimately. This learnset data was then removed in Generation V. The move remains unavailable to Nosepass in Generation VI, despite the fact that Aegislash would now be able to pass down the move.
• Head Smash has the highest base power of all recoil moves.
  • It is also tied with Rock Wrecker for the highest base power of all Rock-type moves.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 雙刃頭錘 Shuāngrèn Tóuchúi Dutch Kopdreun French Fracass'Tête German Kopfstoß Greek Κεφαλοκόπημα Hindi सिर फोड़ो Sir Phodo Italian Zuccata Korean 양날박치기 Yangnal Bakchigi Polish Super Taran Portuguese Brazil Bate-Cabeça Portugal Choque de Cabeça Romanian Lovitura la Cap Spanish Latin America Plancha de Cabeza (DP016-DP018) Golpe de Cabeza* (DP107) Spain Testarazo

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