Mega Punch (move)

Mega Punch
メガトンパンチ Megaton Punch
Mega Punch IX.png
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  80
Accuracy  85%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam  0  
A highly appealing move.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

Mega Punch (Japanese: メガトンパンチ Megaton Punch) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM01 in Generation I and TM00 in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

It can be thought of as a counterpart to Mega Kick, being the same type and having a similar name.

Effect

Generation I to VIII

Mega Punch deals damage and has no secondary effect.

Mega Punch can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 4 bonus appeal points if Focus Energy or Mind Reader was used in the previous turn.

Description

Games Description
StadStad2 A Normal-type attack move. It is highly accurate and relatively powerful.
GSC A powerful punch thrown very hard.
RSEColo.XD A strong punch thrown with incredible power.
FRLG
DPPtHGSSPBR
The foe is slugged by a punch thrown with muscle-packed power.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSPLA
SV
The target is slugged by a punch thrown with muscle-packed power.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0076    
 
Mineral Mineral 1
0076  
Golem
Alolan Form
 
 
Mineral Mineral 1
0107     Human-Like Human-Like 48 38 38 41 46 46 46 40 32 32 32
0115     Monster Monster 36 25 25 19 25 25 25 28
0151     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 55
0486     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 1DP 36 36 36
0622    
 
Mineral Mineral 21 21 25 32 32
0623    
 
Mineral Mineral 21 21 25 32 32
0794    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 37 35
0809     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 54 48
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 Egg Groups Egg Move
0074    
 
Mineral Mineral
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.


By TM/Move Tutor

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Compatibility
0004     Monster Dragon
0005     Monster Dragon
0006    
 
Monster Dragon
0007     Monster Water 1
0008     Monster Water 1
0009     Monster Water 1
0025     Field Fairy
0026     Field Fairy
0026  
Raichu
Alolan Form
 
 
Field Fairy
0031    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0034    
 
Monster Field
0035     Fairy Fairy
0036     Fairy Fairy
0039    
 
Fairy Fairy
0040    
 
Fairy Fairy
0054     Water 1 Field
0055     Water 1 Field
0056     Field Field
0057     Field Field
0061     Water 1 Water 1
0062    
 
Water 1 Water 1
0063     Human-Like Human-Like
0064     Human-Like Human-Like
0065     Human-Like Human-Like
0066     Human-Like Human-Like
0067     Human-Like Human-Like
0068     Human-Like Human-Like
0074    
 
Mineral Mineral
0075    
 
Mineral Mineral
0076    
 
Mineral Mineral
0080    
 
Monster Water 1
0080  
Slowbro
Galarian Form
 
 
Monster Water 1
0094    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0096     Human-Like Human-Like
0097     Human-Like Human-Like
0104     Monster Monster
0105     Monster Monster
0105  
Marowak
Alolan Form
 
 
Monster Monster
0106     Human-Like Human-Like
0107     Human-Like Human-Like
0108     Monster Monster
0112    
 
Monster Field
0113     Fairy Fairy
0115     Monster Monster
0122    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0122  
Mr. Mime
Galarian Form
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0124    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0125     Human-Like Human-Like
0126     Human-Like Human-Like
0143     Monster Monster
0149    
 
Water 1 Dragon
0150     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0151     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0157     Field Field
0158     Monster Water 1
0159     Monster Water 1
0160     Monster Water 1
0165    
 
Bug Bug
0166    
 
Bug Bug
0172     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0173     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0174    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0175     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0176    
 
Flying Fairy
0180     Monster Field
0181     Monster Field
0183    
 
Water 1 Fairy
0184    
 
Water 1 Fairy
0185     Mineral Mineral
0186     Water 1 Water 1
0190     Field Field
0195    
 
Water 1 Field
0199    
 
Monster Water 1
0199  
Slowking
Galarian Form
 
 
Monster Water 1
0209     Field Fairy
0210     Field Fairy
0215    
 
Field Field
0216     Field Field
0217     Field Field
0225    
 
Water 1 Field
0236     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0237     Human-Like Human-Like
0238    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0239     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0240     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0241     Field Field
0242     Fairy Fairy
0248    
 
Monster Monster
0252     Monster Dragon
0253     Monster Dragon
0254     Monster Dragon
0255     Field Field
0256    
 
Field Field
0257    
 
Field Field
0259    
 
Monster Water 1
0260    
 
Monster Water 1
0271    
 
Water 1 Grass
0272    
 
Water 1 Grass
0280    
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0281    
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0282    
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0286    
 
Fairy Grass
0287     Field Field
0288     Field Field
0289     Field Field
0293     Monster Field
0294     Monster Field
0295     Monster Field
0296     Human-Like Human-Like
0297     Human-Like Human-Like
0302    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0303    
 
Field Fairy
0306    
 
Monster Monster
0307    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0308    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0311     Fairy Fairy
0312     Fairy Fairy
0313     Bug Human-Like
0314     Bug Human-Like
0326     Field Field
0327     Field Human-Like
0330    
 
Bug Dragon
0331     Grass Human-Like
0332    
 
Grass Human-Like
0335     Field Field
0352     Field Field
0356     Amorphous Amorphous
0377     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0378     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0379     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0383     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0385    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0386  
Deoxys
Attack Forme
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered FR
0386  
Deoxys
Defense Forme
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered LG
0386  
Deoxys
Speed Forme
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered E
0427     Field Human-Like
0428     Field Human-Like
0446     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0447     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0448    
 
Field Human-Like
0453    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0454    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0459    
 
Monster Grass
0460    
 
Monster Grass
0461    
 
Field Field
0463     Monster Monster
0464    
 
Monster Field
0466     Human-Like Human-Like
0467     Human-Like Human-Like
0468    
 
Flying Fairy
0475    
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0477     Amorphous Amorphous
0486     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0494    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0531     Fairy Fairy
0532     Human-Like Human-Like
0533     Human-Like Human-Like
0534     Human-Like Human-Like
0537    
 
Water 1 Water 1
0538     Human-Like Human-Like
0539     Human-Like Human-Like
0552    
 
Field Field
0553    
 
Field Field
0554     Field Field
0554  
Darumaka
Galarian Form
  Field Field
0555     Field Field
0555  
Darmanitan
Galarian Form
  Field Field
0559    
 
Field Dragon
0560    
 
Field Dragon
0571     Field Field
0579     Amorphous Amorphous
0613     Field Field
0614     Field Field
0619     Field Human-Like
0620     Field Human-Like
0621     Dragon Monster
0622    
 
Mineral Mineral
0623    
 
Mineral Mineral
0660    
 
Field Field
0674     Field Human-Like
0675    
 
Field Human-Like
0695    
 
Monster Dragon
0701    
 
Flying Human-Like
0706     Dragon Dragon
0727    
 
Field Field
0745  
Lycanroc
Midnight Form
  Field Field
0759    
 
Field Field
0760    
 
Field Field
0765    
 
Field Field
0766     Field Field
0776    
 
Monster Dragon
0783    
 
Dragon Dragon
0784    
 
Dragon Dragon
0787    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0794    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0799    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0802    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0807     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0809     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0810     Field Grass
0811     Field Grass
0812     Field Grass
0839    
 
Mineral Mineral
0849  
Toxtricity
All forms
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0852     Water 1 Human-Like
0853     Water 1 Human-Like
0859    
 
Fairy Human-Like
0860    
 
Fairy Human-Like
0861    
 
Fairy Human-Like
0862    
 
Field Field
0866    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0880    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0881    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0891     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0892  
Urshifu
Single Strike Style
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0892  
Urshifu
Rapid Strike Style
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0893  
Zarude
All forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
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 Mystery Dungeon series

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
MDRB 16 - 12 - 88% - Front Enemy No
MDTDS 16 - 12 - 88% - Front Enemy No
BSL 16 - 12 - 88% - Front Enemy No
MDGtI 15 99 18 50 85% 98% Front Enemy No
SMD 15 99 18 40 85% 98% Front Enemy No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Pokémon Rumble Rush

  Mega Punch
★★★★
Attack power 42.97498
Charge time 0.62 seconds
Range type Arc (melee)
Number of hits 1
Number of projectiles 1
Critical hit rate 1.5%
Additional effect None

Description

Games Description
MDRB
MDTDS
Inflicts damage on the target.
BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる
MDGtI
SMD
MDRTDX
It damages an enemy.


In the anime

Main series

 
Snorlax
 
Golett
 
Slowbro
 
Buneary
The user punches the target with muscle-packed power.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Raichu punches the opponent. Sometimes, its paw glows white.
Lt. Surge's Raichu Electric Shock Showdown Debut
Kay's Raichu Stage Fight! None
  Slowbro's paw glows purple or white and punches the opponent.
Professor Westwood V's Slowbro The Evolution Solution! None
Prima's Slowbro The Mandarin Island Miss Match None
  Drowzee's fist glows white and it punches the opponent.
Butch and Cassidy's Drowzee Pikachu Re-Volts None
  Snorlax's paw glows white or becomes surrounded by a black orb of energy and punches the opponent.
Ash's Snorlax Bound For Trouble None
Roman's Snorlax A Full Course Tag Battle! None
  Nidoqueen punches the opponent with great force.
Gary's Nidoqueen A Tent Situation None
  Poliwrath punches the opponent with great force.
Andreas's Poliwrath Hook, Line, and Stinker None
  Poliwhirl punches the opponent with great force.
Misty's Poliwhirl Hook, Line, and Stinker None
  Hitmonchan punches the opponent with great force. The punch leaves behind a white trail of energy.
Kiyo's Hitmonchan A Tyrogue Full of Trouble None
A Trainer's Hitmonchan Saved by the Beldum None
  Geodude's fist glows white and it punches the opponent.
Roxanne's Geodude A Winner by a Nosepass None
Brock's Geodude Grating Spaces! None
  Loudred's whole arm glows white and it punches the opponent.
Mitch Mitchum's Loudred Rough, Tough Jigglypuff None
  Mewtwo's fist becomes surrounded in a white aura and it punches the opponent.
A mirage Mewtwo The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon None
  Aggron's fist becomes surrounded in a white aura and it punches the opponent.
James's Aggron Grating Spaces! None
  Golett rushes up to the opponent while holding one of its fists back and strikes it with a powerful punch.
Luke's Golett Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome! None
  Golurk's fist becomes surrounded in a black orb of energy surrounded by a white aura and it punches the opponent.
An illusionary Golurk An Epic Defense Force! None
  Zangoose's fist becomes surrounded by a gray orb of energy and it punches the opponent.
Weiss's Zangoose Saving Braviary! None
  The fluff on one of Buneary's ears becomes surrounded in a black orb of energy surrounded by a white aura and it strikes the opponent with it.
Alternate World Dawn's Buneary Showdown at the Gates of Warp! None
  Blissey's fist becomes surrounded by a black orb of energy and punches the opponent.
Brock's Blissey The Arceus Chronicles (Part 3) None
  Politoed's fist becomes surrounded by a black orb of energy and punches the opponent.
Misty's Politoed A Fated Face-Off! None


Pokémon Origins

 
Charizard
 
Rhydon
 
Mega Charizard X
The user's fist glows and hits the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Charizard's fist becomes surrounded in yellow-orange fire. It then punches the opponent.
Red's Charizard File 3: Giovanni Debut
  Rhydon's fist becomes surrounded in light blue energy. It then punches the opponent.
Giovanni's Rhydon File 3: Giovanni Debut
  Mega Charizard X's fist glows yellow. It then punches the opponent.
Red's Charizard File 4: Charizard None


In the manga

Ash & Pikachu


Magical Pokémon Journey


Pokémon Adventures


Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!


Pokémon Pocket Monsters


Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games


Trivia

  • Torchic and Togekiss can learn Mega Punch despite them lacking any visible arms.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 百萬噸重拳 Baakmaahn-dēun Chúhngkyùhn *
超級拳擊 Chīukāp Kyùhngīk *
百萬噸拳擊 Baakmaahn-dēun Kyùhngīk *
埋身攻擊 Màaihsān Gūnggīk *
Mandarin 百萬噸重拳 / 百万吨重拳 Bǎiwàn-dùn Zhòngquán *
百萬噸拳擊 / 百万吨拳击 Bǎiwàn-dùn Quánjí / Bǎiwàn-dùn Quánjī *
  Czech Mega rána
  Danish Megaslag
  Dutch Megaslag
  Finnish Megatälli (original series)
Meganyrkki/Megamäjäys (AG)
  French Ultimapoing
  German Megahieb
  Greek Μεγαγροθιά
  Hindi महा मुक्का Maha Mukka
  Italian Megapugno
  Korean 메가톤펀치 Megatonpeonchi
  Polish Megauderzenie
Portuguese   Brazil Megassoco (games, Shining Legends-present, PS130-present, The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Mega Soco (anime, Jungle-Fates Collide, PS030-PS120)
  Portugal Megassoco
  Russian Мега удар Mega udar
  Serbian Mega pesnica
Spanish   Latin America Megagolpe
  Spain Megapuño
  Swedish Megasmäll
  Turkish Mega Yumruk
  Vietnamese Cú Đấm Siêu Cấp


Generation I TMs
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Generation I HMs
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Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
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6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
BDSP
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2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
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8081828384858687888990919293949596979899


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