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Karate Chop (move)

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Karate Chop
からてチョップ Karate Chop
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Type  Fighting
Category  Physical
PP  25 (max. 40)
Power  50
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Quite an appealing move.

Karate Chop (Japanese: からてチョップ Karate Chop) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation II, it was a Normal-type move.

Effect

Generation I

Karate Chop deals damage and has an increased critical-hit ratio.

It is Normal-type in this generation.

Generation II onward

Karate Chop is now a Fighting-type move.

Karate Chop can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, giving extra three appeal points if the move Focus Energy was used in the prior turn. It can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination and gives an extra three appeal points if the move Focus Energy was used in the prior turn.

Description

Games Description
Stad A Normal-type attack. Often turns into a critical hit and inflicts double the damage.
Stad2 A Fighting-type attack. Often turns into a critical hit and inflicts double the damage.
GSC Has a high critical hit ratio.
RSEColoXD A chopping attack with a high critical-hit ratio.
FRLG
DPPtHGSSPBR 		The foe is attacked with a sharp chop. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SM 		The target is attacked with a sharp chop. Critical hits land more easily.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0056     Field Field 15 15 15RSE
11FRLG 		13 13 13 8
0057     Field Field 1, 15 15 15RSE
11FRLG 		13 13 13 8
0066     Human-Like Human-Like 1 13 13 10 10 10XY
7ORAS 		7
0067     Human-Like Human-Like 1 15 13 10 1, 10 1, 10XY
1, 7ORAS 		1, 7
0068     Human-Like Human-Like 1 15 13 10 1, 10 1, 10XY
1, 7ORAS 		1, 7
0539     Human-Like Human-Like 25 25 17
0674     Field Human-Like 12 12
0675    
  		Field Human-Like 12 12
0701    
  		Human-Like Human-Like 4 4
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 Types Parent
Egg Groups 		Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0239     Human-Like Human-Like ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0240     Human-Like Human-Like ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
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 Conquest

 
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Stars: ★★★
Power: 31
Accuracy: 100%
Effect: Has an increased critical hit ratio.
Users:  
Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon GO

  Karate Chop
Fast Attack
Gyms & Raids
Power 8
Energy boost 10
Duration 0.8 seconds
Damage window ? seconds
Trainer Battles
Power ?
Energy boost ?
Turns ?
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility
      
 
By Elite Fast TM
By GO Snapshot
As Shadow Pokémon
As Purified Pokémon
Formerly eligible
None
  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Karate Chop had an energy gain of 7%.
  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Karate Chop had a power of 6, an energy gain of 8%, and a duration of 0.8 seconds.
  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 21, 2017, Karate Chop had a duration of 1.3 seconds.

Primeape and Machamp may only know this move if they were obtained before February 16, 2017.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It has a high critical hit rate.
Conq. The target is attacked with a sharp chop. Critical hits land more easily.


In the anime

 
Hawlucha
 
Machop
 
Sawk
 
Machoke
The opponent is hit by the side of the user's hand.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Machop repeatedly chops the opponent with the side of its opened hand, or Machop's arm glows white and it chops the opponent with the side of its opened hand.
Unknown Trainer's Machop The Punchy Pokémon Debut
Brawly's Machop Just One of the Geysers None
Emily's Machop Sitting Psyduck None
  Machamp repeatedly chops the opponent with its hands, or one of Machamp's hands glow white and it chops the opponent with the side of its open hand.
Giovanni's Machamp The Battle of the Badge None
Gavin's Machamp From Brags to Riches None
Emily's Machamp Sitting Psyduck None
  Machoke strikes the opponent with the side of its open hand, sometimes repeatedly. Sometimes, its hands glow white.
A Wobbuffet Festival crasher's Machoke Wobbu-Palooza! None
Chuck's Machoke Machoke, Machoke Man! None
Emily's Machoke Sitting Psyduck None
  Sawk's hand glows white and it strikes the opponent with the side of its open hand.
Stephan's Sawk The Clubsplosion Begins! None
  Hawlucha's claw and wing glow white and it strikes the opponent with the side of its wing, or both of Hawlucha's wings glow white and strikes the opponent with them.
Ash's Hawlucha The Forest Champion! None
Carl's Hawlucha When Light and Dark Collide! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga


In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga


In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In other generations

Core series games

 
Generation I
       
Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V

Spin-off series games

 
Stadium
       
Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution
 
MD: Red and Blue

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 空手劈 Hūngsáu Pek *
手刀 Sáudōu *
Mandarin 空手劈 Kōngshǒu Pī *
手刀 Shǒudāo *
  Danish Karatehug
  Dutch Karateslag
  Finnish Karatelyönti (original series)
Karateisku (AG series)
  French Poing-Karaté
  German Karateschlag
  Greek Τσεκουριά Καράτε
  Indonesian Pukulan Karate
  Italian Colpokarate
  Korean 태권당수 Taegweon Dangsu
  Polish Cios karate
Portuguese   Brazil Golpe de Caratê (anime, TCG, manga, The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Golpe de Karatê (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
  Portugal Golpe de Karaté
  Serbian Karate udarac
  Spanish Golpe Karate
  Turkish Karate Darbesi
  Vietnamese Đòn Chặt Karate


Variations of the move Karate Chop
  Karate Chop • Poison Tail


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