Crush Claw (move)

Crush Claw ブレイククロー Break Claw

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  75 Accuracy  95% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Subtract 4 appeal points from the Pokémon who appealed right before the user.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Crush Claw (Japanese: ブレイククロー Break Claw) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Crush Claw inflicts damage and has a 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stat level.

In the anime

• Zangoose CrushClaw1.JPG

  Zangoose's hand glowing.

• Zangoose CrushClaw2.JPG

  Zangoose using Crush Claw on Chimchar.

• Zangoose CrushClaw3.jpg

  Turtwig stopping Zangoose's Crush Claw.

Pokémon

Zangoose. Zangoose's claw glows blue-white. Zangoose then pounds its claw down onto its foe.

• Used by Nicholai's Zangoose in Zig Zag Zangoose!. Debut.
• Used by a Blackbelt's Zangoose in Glory Blaze.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0335 Zangoose Normal 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" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Zangoose |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Zangoose |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0115 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kangaskhan
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Sneasel
Swinub, Piloswine
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0215 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sneasel
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Swinub, Piloswine
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Zangoose

|- | 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 0028 Sandslash Ground 22 0335 Zangoose Normal 31 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 55 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 67 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" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sandslash
Zangoose |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Sandslash
Zangoose |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0115 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kangaskhan
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Sneasel, Weavile
Swinub, Piloswine
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0215 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sneasel
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Sandslash
Zangoose |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sandslash
Zangoose

|- | 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 other languages

• Spanish: Garra Brutal
• German: Zermalmklaue
• French: Éclategriffe
• Italian: Tritartigli