Smart Strike (move)

Smart Strike
スマートホーン Smart Horn
Smart Strike IX.png
Smart Strike IX 2.png
Type  Steel
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  70
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation VII
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Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
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Jamming  0  

Smart Strike (Japanese: スマートホーン Smart Horn) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation VII. It was TM67 in Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, TM96 in Pokémon Sword and Shield. and is TM053 in Generation IX.

Effect

Smart Strike inflicts damage and bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly.

Description

Games Description
SMUSUM
SwShBDSPLA
SV
The user stabs the target with a sharp horn. This attack never misses.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0078     Field Field 1, Evo. 1, Evo.
1023    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 7
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

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Compatibility
0032     Monster Field
0033     Monster Field
0034    
 
Monster Field
0058  
Growlithe
Hisuian Form
 
 
Field Field
0059  
Arcanine
Hisuian Form
 
 
Field Field
0078     Field Field
0078  
Rapidash
Galarian Form
 
 
Field Field
0086     Water 1 Field
0087    
 
Water 1 Field
0091    
 
Water 3 Water 3
0111    
 
Monster Field
0112    
 
Monster Field
0118     Water 2 Water 2
0119     Water 2 Water 2
0128     Field Field
0128  
Tauros
Paldean Form
(Combat Breed)
  Field Field
0128  
Tauros
Paldean Form
(Blaze Breed)
 
 
Field Field
0128  
Tauros
Paldean Form
(Aqua Breed)
 
 
Field Field
0131    
 
Monster Water 1
0151     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0168    
 
Bug Bug
0176    
 
Flying Fairy
0205    
 
Bug Bug
0206     Field Field
0214    
 
Bug Bug
0232     Field Field
0306    
 
Monster Monster
0464    
 
Monster Field
0468    
 
Flying Fairy
0503     Field Field
0503  
Samurott
Hisuian Form
 
 
Field Field
0522     Field Field
0523     Field Field
0530    
 
Field Field
0545    
 
Bug Bug
0586  
Sawsbuck
All forms
 
 
Field Field
0589    
 
Bug Bug
0626     Field Field
0638    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0639    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0640    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0642  
Thundurus
Incarnate Forme
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0642  
Thundurus
Therian Forme
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0647  
Keldeo
All forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0716     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0787    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0788    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0797    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0798    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0800  
Necrozma
All available forms
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0804    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered USUM
0834    
 
Monster Water 1
0870     Fairy Mineral
0896     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0898  
Calyrex
Ice Rider
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0904    
 
Water 2 Water 2
0982  
Dudunsparce
All forms
  Field Field
0984    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0990    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
1010    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
1020    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
1023    
 
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.


Special move

Generation IX

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0870     Fairy Mineral Wild Tera Pokémon - East Province (Area Three)SV
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
MDRTDX 12 ? 15 ? —% - Front Enemy No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Pokémon Rumble Rush

  Smart Strike
★★★★
Attack power 108.7621
Charge time 1.7 seconds
Range type Dash
Number of hits 1
Number of projectiles 1
Critical hit rate 1.5%
Additional effect None

Description

Games Description
MDRTDX It damages an enemy. It never misses.


In the anime

 
Aggron


The user stabs the target with a sharp horn.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Aggron's horns glow white and it stabs the opponent with them.
Steven's Aggron Battling as Hard as Stone! Debut


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 修長之角 Sāuchèuhng-jī Gok
Mandarin 修長之角 / 修长之角 Xiūcháng-zhī Jiǎo
  French Estocorne
  German Schmalhorn
  Italian Sottilcorno
  Korean 스마트혼 SeumateuhonIX+
스마트호른 SeumateuhoreunVIIVIII
  Polish Sprytny Cios
Portuguese   Brazil Golpe Preciso
  Portugal Ataque Certeiro
  Spanish Cuerno Certero


Generation VII TMs
SMUSUM
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
PE
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
0001020304050607080910111213141516171819
2021222324252627282930313233343536373839
4041424344454647484950515253545556575859
6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
BDSP
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
0001020304050607080910111213141516171819
2021222324252627282930313233343536373839
4041424344454647484950515253545556575859
6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
Generation IX TMs
SV
001002003004005006007008009010011012013014015016017018019
020021022023024025026027028029030031032033034035036037038
039040041042043044045046047048049050051052053054055056057
058059060061062063064065066067068069070071072073074075076
077078079080081082083084085086087088089090091092093094095
096097098099100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114
115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133
134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152
153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171
Added in SV 2.0.1
172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186
187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201
Added in SV 3.0.0
202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216
217218219220221222223224225226227228229


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