Sky Uppercut (move)

Sky Uppercut
スカイアッパー Sky Upper
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Type  Fighting
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  85
Accuracy  90%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  1
Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  1
Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type.

Sky Uppercut (Japanese: スカイアッパー Sky Upper) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Sky Uppercut deals damage and can hit Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turns of Fly, Bounce, and Sky Drop.

Description

Games Description
RSEColo.XD An uppercut thrown as if leaping into the sky.
FRLG The user attacks with an uppercut thrown skywards with force.
DPPtHGSS The user attacks the foe with an uppercut thrown skyward with force.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SM
The user attacks the target with an uppercut thrown skyward with force.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0107     Human-Like Human-Like 32 36 41 41 41
0207     Bug Bug 45B2W2 45 45
0256     Field Field 50 50 50 50XY
53ORAS
53
0257     Field Field 59 59 59 59XY
57ORAS
57
0286     Fairy Grass 36 33 33 33XY
39ORAS
39
0472     Bug Bug 45B2W2 45 45
0674     Field Human-Like 48 48
0675     Field Human-Like 52 52
0783     Dragon Dragon 1
0784     Dragon Dragon 1
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
0427     Field Human-Like
0447     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
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

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It hits even a Pokémon that is either flying or bouncing.


In the anime

 
Combusken
 
Hitmonchan
 
Blaziken
 
Breloom
The user attacks the foe with an uppercut thrown skyward with force.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Combusken's claws glow light blue. It then uppercuts the opponent, leaving a white trail behind its claws.
May's Combusken A Shroomish Skirmish Debut
  One of Breloom's claws glow light blue, and it uppercuts the opponent.
Fighting Dojo's Breloom Pasta La Vista! None
  Hitmonchan's fist glows light blue and it uppercuts the opponent, leaving a light blue trail behind its fist.
Kyle Hamm's Hitmonchan Pasta La Vista! None
  Both of Blaziken's fists glow light blue and Blaziken uppercuts the opponent. If Blaziken misses, it uppercuts the opponent with the other fist as well.
May's Blaziken Once More With Reeling! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 衝天拳 Chūngtīn Kyùhn *
上天拳 Séuhngtīn Kyùhn *
Mandarin 衝天拳 / 冲天拳 Chōngtiān Quán *
上天拳 Shàngtiān Quán *
  Dutch Luchtkaakslag
  Finnish Taivasisku
Taivashyökkäys
  French Stratopercut
  German Himmelhieb
  Greek Ουράνιο Κόψιμο'
  Italian Stramontante
  Korean 스카이업퍼 Sky Upper
Portuguese   Brazil Upper-cut Celeste (TCG)
  Portugal Gancho Aéreo
  Serbian Nebeski aperkat
  Spanish Gancho Alto


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.