Sky Uppercut (move)

Sky Uppercut スカイアッパー Sky Upper

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  85 Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  [[Generation {{{gen}}}]] Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Sky Uppercut is a slightly inaccurate damage-dealing Fighting-type move that is capable of hitting opponents while they are using the move Fly. It was introduced in Generation III.

In the anime

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May's Combusken using Sky Uppercut.

Pokémon

Combusken. Combusken's claws glow light blue. Combusken then slashes its opponent.

• Used by May's Combusken from A Shroomish Skirmish to ???.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

• Hitmonchan at Lv.32
• Combusken at Lv.50
• Blaziken at Lv.59
• Breloom at Lv.36

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Hitmonchan at Lv.36
• Combusken at Lv.50
• Blaziken at Lv.59
• Breloom at Lv.33

By breeding

• Buneary
• Riolu

Trivia

• Though Sky Uppercut can hit Pokémon using Fly, 22 out of the 49 Pokémon that learn Fly resist it, and the only ones that can be hit by it for Super Effective damage would be the Normal, Steel, Rock, Ice, and Dark type Arceus.

In other languages

Spanish: Gancho Alto