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'''Contact''' or '''direct attack''' is a term used to describe the condition when one Pokémon in a {{pkmn|battle}} physically touches the opponent in order to deal damage.

Up until [[Generation IV]], [[move]]s that made contact could be either [[physical move|physical]] or [[special move|special]] with [[damage]] dealing for moves that made contact depending on the move's [[type]]. However, since the distinction between physical and special are no longer based on [[type]], most moves that make contact are physical. All [[status move]]s do not make contact. The use of contact-based moves can be affected directly by certain [[ability|Abilities]] of the foe, such as {{a|Cute Charm}} and {{a|Effect Spore}}, and indirectly by certain attackers' Abilities, like {{a|Guts}}. The use of contact moves can also trigger several [[item]]s. Contact can also be used to spread [[Pokérus]].

==List of physical moves that don't make contact==

These are physical moves that '''do not''' make contact.

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|- style="background: #{{physical color light}};"

! {{color2|000000|Move}}

! {{color2|000000|Type}}

{{movelist|Attack Order|Bug}}

{{movelist|Barrage|Normal}}

{{movelist|Beat Up|Dark}}

{{movelist|Bonemerang|Ground}}

{{movelist|Bone Club|Ground}}

{{movelist|Bone Rush|Ground}}

{{movelist|Bulldoze|Ground}}

{{movelist|Bullet Seed|Grass}}

{{movelist|Earthquake|Ground}}

{{movelist|Egg Bomb|Normal}}

{{movelist|Explosion|Normal}}

{{movelist|Feint|Normal}}

{{movelist|Fissure|Ground}}

{{movelist|Fling|Dark}}

{{movelist|Freeze Shock|Ice}}

{{movelist|Fusion Bolt|Electric}}

{{movelist|Gear Grind|Steel}}

{{movelist|Gunk Shot|Poison}}

{{movelist|Ice Shard|Ice}}

{{movelist|Icicle Crash|Ice}}

{{movelist|Icicle Spear|Ice}}

{{movelist|Magnet Bomb|Steel}}

{{movelist|Magnitude|Ground}}

{{movelist|Metal Burst|Steel}}

{{movelist|Natural Gift|Normal}}

{{movelist|Pay Day|Normal}}

{{movelist|Poison Sting|Poison}}

{{movelist|Pin Missile|Bug}}

{{movelist|Present|Normal}}

{{movelist|Psycho Cut|Psychic}}

{{movelist|Razor Leaf|Grass}}

{{movelist|Rock Blast|Rock}}

{{movelist|Rock Slide|Rock}}

{{movelist|Rock Throw|Rock}}

{{movelist|Rock Tomb|Rock}}

{{movelist|Rock Wrecker|Rock}}

{{movelist|Sacred Fire|Fire}}

{{movelist|Sand Tomb|Ground}}

{{movelist|Secret Power|Normal}}

{{movelist|Seed Bomb|Grass}}

{{movelist|Sky Attack|Flying}}

{{movelist|Spike Cannon|Normal}}

{{movelist|Selfdestruct|Normal}}

{{movelist|Smack Down|Rock}}

{{movelist|Stone Edge|Rock}}

{{movelist|Twineedle|Bug}}

==List of special moves that make contact==

These are special moves that '''do''' make contact.

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! {{color2|000000|Move}}

! {{color2|000000|Type}}

{{movelist|Draining Kiss|Fairy}}

{{movelist|Final Gambit|Fighting}}

{{movelist|Grass Knot|Grass}}

{{movelist|Infestation|Bug}}

{{movelist|Petal Dance|Grass}}

{{movelist|Trump Card|Normal}}

{{movelist|Wring Out|Normal}}

==List of Abilities which have effects involving contact==

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| If a contact-based move faints a Pokémon with this Ability, the attacker loses 1/4 of their max HP.

| Has a 30% chance of [[Infatuation|infatuating]] an attacker on contact.

| Has a 30% chance of inducing either {{status|Poison}}, {{status|Paralysis}}, or {{status|Sleep}} in an attacker on contact.

| Has a 30% chance of {{status|burning}} an attacker on contact.

| Lowers the attacker's {{stat|Speed}} by one stage on contact.

| Damages an attacker for 1/8 of their max HP on contact.

| Replaces the attacker's Ability with Mummy until returned.

| Steals the attacker's held item on contact.

| Each contact-based hit from a Pokémon with this Ability has a {{tt|30|20 in the Japanese versions of Black and White}}% chance of {{status|poisoning}} the target.

| Damages an attacker for {{tt|1/8|1/16 in Generation III}} of their max HP on contact.

| Boosts the power of contact moves.

==List of items which have effects involving contact==

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! Spr

| {{DL|In-battle effect item|Rocky Helmet}}

| Damages the attacking Pokémon for 1/6 of their max HP on contact.

| {{DL|In-battle effect item|Sticky Barb}}

| Damages holder each turn for 1/8 of their max HP. May transfer to attacker when holder is hit by a contact move.

* In all of the console games except [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]], battle animations for moves that make contact don't show the attacking Pokémon hitting the defending one at all; however, in the handheld games, it differs from attack to attack.

 

* {{cat|Physical moves|List of physical moves}}

* {{cat|Special moves|List of special moves}}

[[fr:Attaque directe]]