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Crabhammer (move)

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Crabhammer
クラブハンマー Crab Hammer
Crabhammer IX.png
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Type  Water
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  100
Accuracy  90%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

Crabhammer (Japanese: クラブハンマー Crab Hammer) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation III, it was the signature move of Krabby and Kingler.

Effect

Generations I to IV

Crabhammer deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. Crabhammer has 90 base power and 85% accuracy.

Crabhammer can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 3 bonus appeal points if Rain Dance or Swords Dance was used in the previous turn.

Generation V

The accuracy of Crabhammer is increased to 90%.

Generation VI onwards

The base power of Crabhammer is increased to 100.

Description

Games Description
StadStad2 A move that is used only by Pokémon with pincers. Likely to get a critical hit.
GSC Has a high critical hit ratio.
RSEColoXD Hammers with a pincer. Has a high critical-hit ratio.
FRLG A large pincer is used to hammer the foe. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
DPPtHGSSPBR The foe is hammered with a large pincer. This move has a high critical-hit ratio.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSPLA 		The target is hammered with a large pincer. Critical hits land more easily.
SV The target is hammered with a large pincer. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0098 Krabby WaterIC Big.png Water 3 Water 3 35 41 45 41 41 41 41 36 44 44
0099 Kingler WaterIC Big.png Water 3 Water 3 42 49 57 56 56 56 56 41 54 54
0207 Gligar GroundIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png 		Bug Bug − − − − − − − 45
0341 Corphish WaterIC Big.png Water 1 Water 3 35RSE
34FRLG 		38 38 38XY
43ORAS 		43 44 44 44
0342 Crawdaunt WaterIC Big.png
DarkIC Big.png 		Water 1 Water 3 39RSE
38FRLG 		44 44 44XY
48ORAS 		48 52 52 52
0472 Gliscor GroundIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png 		Bug Bug − − − − − 45
0692 Clauncher WaterIC Big.png Water 1 Water 3 30 30 55 55
0693 Clawitzer WaterIC Big.png Water 1 Water 3 30 30 63 63
0739 Crabrawler FightingIC Big.png Water 3 Water 3 37 37
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 breeding

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Egg Move
VI VII IX
0692 Clauncher WaterIC Big.png Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔ −
0950 Klawf RockIC Big.png Water 3 Water 3 ✔
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 IV

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0098 Krabby
KrabbyLv. 12
 WaterIC Big.png Water 3 Water 3 Pokéwalker - Blue Lake
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

Crabhammer inflicts damage. The move has an increased critical hit ratio (50% in the Rescue Team series, 30% in the Explorers and Adventure Squad series).

Game Base
Power 		Max
Power 		Base
PP 		Max
PP 		Base
Accuracy 		Max
Accuracy 		Range Target Cuts
corners
MDRB 18 - 12 - 88% - Front Enemy No
MDTDS 18 - 12 - 77.44% - Front Enemy No
BSL 18 - 12 - 77.44% - Front Enemy No
SMD 20 99 15 30 90% 98% Front Enemy No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, Crabhammer is a Charged Attack that has been available since August 23, 2019.

GO Water.png Crabhammer
Charged Attack
Gyms & Raids
Power 85
Energy cost 50
Duration 1.9 seconds
Damage window 1.5 - 1.75 seconds
Crabhammer GO.png
Trainer Battles
Power 85
Energy cost 50
Secondary effect GO boost arrow.png 2 Attack
Effect chance 12.5%
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility
KinglerCrawdauntClauncherClawitzerCrabrawlerCrabominable
By Elite Charged TM
By GO Snapshot
As Shadow Pokémon
As Purified Pokémon
Formerly eligible
None

Updates

Trainer Battles
  • January 11, 2021
    • Power: 75 → 85

Pokémon Rumble Rush

WaterIC RR.png Crabhammer
★★★★★
Attack power 52.30148
Charge time 0.66 seconds
Range type Arc (melee)
Number of hits 1
Number of projectiles 1
Critical hit rate 3%
Additional effect None
Crabhammer Rumble Rush.png

Description

Games Description
MDRB
MDTDS 		Inflicts damage on the target. It has a high critical-hit rate.
BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる きゅうしょに あたりやすい
MDGtI IconKanji2MD.pngUNUSED
SMD
MDRTDX 		It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.

In the anime

Ash Kingler Crabhammer.png
Kingler
Saridakis Crawdaunt Crabhammer.png
Crawdaunt
Rodman Clauncher Crabhammer.png
Clauncher
Lob Clawitzer Crabhammer.png
Clawitzer
The user hammers the target with a large pincer.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Kingler Kingler slams its pincer onto its opponent; or, Kingler slams its claw into the ground, causing a white ball of energy to fly into the opponent.
Giovanni's Kingler The Battle of the Badge Debut
Ash's Kingler Round One - Begin! None
Crawdaunt Crawdaunt hits the opponent with its claws. Sometimes, the pincers glow white before hitting it; or, one of Crawdaunt's pincers becomes surrounded by water and it hits the opponent with it.
A Team Aqua Grunt's Crawdaunt Stairway to Devon None
Brodie's Ditto in the form of Crawdaunt Unfair Weather Friends Used via Transform
Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt On Olden Pond None
Kyle's Crawdaunt Strategy with a Smile! None
A wild Crawdaunt A Fiery Training Camp Trick! None
Corphish One or both of Corphish's pincers glow white and it hits its opponent with one of them; or, Corphish's pincers glow white and it hits the ground with them, sending an invisible shock wave at the opponent; or, one of Corphish's claws glows blue and becomes surrounded in spiraling water. It then hits the opponent with its claw.
A wild Corphish Which Wurmple's Which? None
Ash's Corphish Gone Corphishin' None
A wild Corphish Cheers on Castaways Isle! None
Clauncher A stream of water spirals around Clauncher's right claw. It then jumps and hits the opponent with its claw.
Rodman's Clauncher Going for the Gold! None
Misty's Clauncher A Fated Face-Off! None
Clawitzer Clawitzer's big claw becomes surrounded in water and then it charges at the opponent until it strikes them.
Sawyer's Clawitzer A Full-Strength Battle Surprise! None
Lob's Clawitzer A Festival Reunion! None


In the manga

Ash & Pikachu


The Electric Tale of Pikachu


Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Core series games

Crabhammer I.png Crabhammer II.png Crabhammer III.png Crabhammer IV.png
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV
Crabhammer V.png Crabhammer VI.png Crabhammer VII.png Crabhammer VIII.png
Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII

Side series games

Crabhammer Stad.png Crabhammer Stad2.png Crabhammer Colo.png Crabhammer XD.png
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD
Crabhammer PBR.png
Battle Revolution

Spin-off series games

Crabhammer PMD RB.png Crabhammer PSMD.png
MD: Red and Blue SMD

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 蟹鉗錘 Háaihkìhm Chèuih *
螃蟹刀 Pòhngháaih Dōu *
Mandarin 蟹钳锤 Xièqián Chuí *
螃蟹拳 Pángxiè Quán*
Croatia Flag.png Croatian Krablji Čekić
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Kladivo
Denmark Flag.png Danish Krabbehammer
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Krabhamer
Finland Flag.png Finnish Rapumoukari (EP063)
Rapuvasara (original series)
Saksivasara (RS series)
France Flag.png French Pince-Masse
Germany Flag.png German Krabbhammer
Greece Flag.png Greek Σφυρί Οστρακόδερμου
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Pukulan Kepiting
Italy Flag.png Italian Martellata
South Korea Flag.png Korean 집게해머 JibgehaemeoIX+
찝게햄머 JjibgehaemmeoII, IV–VIII
Norway Flag.png Norwegian Krabbehammer
Poland Flag.png Polish Krabomłot
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Martelo Caranguejo (GO, anime, TCG, manga)
Martelo (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Martelo de Caranguejo (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Martelo Caranguejo
Martelada (XY022)
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Martillazo (previously)
Golpe Martillo (present)
Spain Flag.png Spain Martillazo
Sweden Flag.png Swedish Krabbhammare
Thailand Flag.png Thai ค้อนก้ามปู
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Búa Càng


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