Horn Drill (move)

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Horn Drill つのドリル Horn Drill

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM07 in Generation I

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Horn Drill (Japanese: つのドリル Horn Drill) is a Template:Type2 one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Horn Drill has 30% accuracy and inflicts damage equal to the target's current HP. Horn Drill will break a Substitute on contact, and can be countered for infinite damage if and when it breaks a Substitute.

Horn Drill will not affect a target whose current Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat.

Generation II and on

Unlike in Generation I, Horn Drill can affect a Pokémon whose Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat. However, it cannot affect a Pokémon of a higher level. The accuracy of Horn Drill depends on the level of the user and the level of the target and is worked out with the formula: Accuracy = ((level of user-level of target) + 30)%. Horn Drill ignores all changes to accuracy and evasion stats.

Horn Drill can be countered for infinite damage if it misses in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. However, this does not apply to Pokémon Stadium 2 and later games.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 36 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 38 0033 Nidorino Poison 41 0033 Nidorino Poison 46 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 45 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 48 0118 Goldeen Water 45 0119 Seaking Water 48 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM07

#   Pokémon Type 0030 Nidorina Poison 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 0033 Nidorino Poison 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0077 Ponyta Fire 0078 Rapidash Fire 0086 Seel Water 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0118 Goldeen Water 0119 Seaking Water 0128 Tauros Normal 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0139 Omastar Rock Water 0148 Dragonair Dragon 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 38 0033 Nidorino Poison 46 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 37 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 37 0118 Goldeen Water 43 0119 Seaking Water 49 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0206 Dunsparce Normal New York City Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 47 0033 Nidorino Poison 53 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 38 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 38 0118 Goldeen Water 43 0119 Seaking Water 49 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Rhyhorn, Rhydon

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 45 0033 Nidorino Poison 58 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 37 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 37 0118 Goldeen Water 41 0119 Seaking Water 47 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 37 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 45 0033 Nidorino Poison 58 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 63 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 71 0118 Goldeen Water 41 0119 Seaking Water 47 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 71 0530 Excadrill Ground Steel 31 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Seaking Horn Drill.jpg Seaking File:Rhydon Horn Drill.jpg Rhydon
The foe is stabbed with a horn rotating like a drill.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Rhydon's horn spins like a drill and it charges at the opponent.
Blaine's Rhydon	Riddle Me This		Debut
An archeologist's Rhydon	Shell Shock!		None
Pietra's Rhydon	Right on, Rhydon!		None
A Coordinator's Rhydon	Harley Rides Again		None
Head Designer's Rhydon	Bibarel Gnaws Best!		None
	Seaking's horn begins to spin like a drill. Then, it rams its spinning horn into the opponent, sometimes repeatedly.
Cerulean Gym's Seaking	The Misty Mermaid		None
Unknown Trainer's Seaking	Round One - Begin!		None
Juan's Seaking	The Great Eight Fate!		None
	Goldeen's horn spins like a drill and it hits the opponent with it.
Misty's Goldeen	Just Add Water		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Rhydon Horn Drill Adventures.png Rhydon
The foe is stabbed with a horn rotating like a drill.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Rhydon's horn spins like a drill and it stabs the opponent with it.
Koga's Rhydon	Raging Rhydon		Debut
Silver's Rhydon	Spinning Top Hitmontop		None

In other languages

• Dutch: Hoornboor
• Finnish: Sarvipora
• French: Empal'korne
• German: Hornbohrer
• Greek: Κέρατο Τρυπάνι
• Italian: Perforcorno
• Korean: 뿔드릴 Ppul Drill
• Spanish: Perforador
• Serbian: Rog-Bušilica

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