Crunch (move)

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Crunch
かみくだく Crunch
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Type  Dark
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
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 adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the Pokémon in front.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Crunch (Japanese: かみくだく Crunch) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II. It can be seen as a more powerful version of Bite.

Effect

Generation II and III

Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat by one stage.

Generation IV and Generation V

Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams

Crunch has a 40% chance of making its opponent cringe.

Description

Games Description
A Dark-type attack. Has a one-in-five chance of reducing the target's Spcl.Def.
An attack that may lower Spcl.Def.
RSE Crunches with sharp fangs. May lower Sp. Def.
FRLG The foe is crunched with sharp fangs. It may lower the foe’s Sp. Def.
The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target’s Defense stat.
Conq The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target's Defense stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
019   Rattata Normal Normal     22 22 '
020   Raticate Normal Normal     24 24 '
024   Arbok Poison Poison     22 22 '
029   Nidoran♀ Poison Poison   47 47 47 '
030   Nidorina Poison Poison   53 53 53 '
058   Growlithe Fire Fire     42 42 39 '
115   Kangaskhan Normal Normal     31 37 '
142   Aerodactyl Rock Flying     33 33 '
143   Snorlax Normal Normal     44 49 '
158   Totodile Water Water     27 27 '
159   Croconaw Water Water     30 30 '
160   Feraligatr Water Water     32 32 '
203   Girafarig Normal Psychic 54 49 46 46 '
208   Steelix Steel Ground 49 49 52 41 46 46 37 '
209   Snubbull Normal Normal   53 49 49 '
210   Granbull Normal Normal   61 59 59 '
228   Houndour Dark Fire 43 49 48 48 ''''
229   Houndoom Dark Fire 52 59 54 54 ''''
243   Raikou Electric Electric 61 61 43 43 '
246   Larvitar Rock Ground 43 43 37 37 '''
247   Pupitar Rock Ground 47 47 41 41 '''
248   Tyranitar Rock Dark 47 47 41 41 ''''
261   Poochyena Dark Dark   41 53 53 ''''
262   Mightyena Dark Dark   47     ''''
295   Exploud Normal Normal     40 40 '
303   Mawile Steel Steel   36 36 36 '
318   Carvanha Water Dark   22 28 28 ''''
319   Sharpedo Water Dark   22 28 28 ''''
328   Trapinch Ground Ground   33 33 33 34 '
329   Vibrava Ground Dragon   33     '
330   Flygon Ground Dragon   33     '
336   Seviper Poison Poison   28 28 28 45 '
341   Corphish Water Water     43 47 47 '
342   Crawdaunt Water Dark     51 57 57 ''''
361   Snorunt Ice Ice   28 31 31 '
362   Glalie Ice Ice   28 31 31 '
365   Walrein Ice Water     -- -- '
367   Huntail Water Water   36 42 42 '
371   Bagon Dragon Dragon   41 46 46 '
372   Shelgon Dragon Dragon   56 50 50 '
373   Salamence Dragon Flying   61 53 53 '
384   Rayquaza Dragon Flying   35 35 35 '
387   Turtwig Grass Grass     37 37 '
388   Grotle Grass Grass     42 42 '
389   Torterra Grass Ground     45 45 '
403   Shinx Electric Electric     29 33 33 '
404   Luxio Electric Electric     33 38 38 '
405   Luxray Electric Electric     35 42 42 '
419   Floatzel Water Water     26 26 -- '
445   Garchomp Dragon Ground     48 48 '
449   Hippopotas Ground Ground     31 31 '
450   Hippowdon Ground Ground     31 31 '
451   Skorupi Poison Bug     45 56 45 '''
452   Drapion Poison Dark     49 65 49 ''''
455   Carnivine Grass Grass     37 41 '
485   Heatran Fire Steel     33 33 '
504   Patrat Normal Normal       16 '
505   Watchog Normal Normal       16 '
506   Lillipup Normal Normal       22 '
507   Herdier Normal Normal       24 '
508   Stoutland Normal Normal       24 '
511   Pansage Grass Grass       43 '
513   Pansear Fire Fire       43 '
515   Panpour Water Water       43 '
550   Basculin Water Water       24 '
551   Sandile Ground Dark       28 ''''
552   Krokorok Ground Dark       28 ''''
553   Krookodile Ground Dark       28 ''''
559   Scraggy Dark Fighting       38 ''''
560   Scrafty Dark Fighting       38 ''''
564   Tirtouga Water Rock       21 '
565   Carracosta Water Rock       21 '
566   Archen Rock Flying       35 '
567   Archeops Rock Flying       35 '
603   Eelektrik Electric Electric       39 '
604   Eelektross Electric Electric       -- '
621   Druddigon Dragon Dragon       25 '
632   Durant Bug Steel       31 '
633   Deino Dark Dragon       25 ''''
634   Zweilous Dark Dragon       25 ''''
635   Hydreigon Dark Dragon       25 ''''
641   Tornadus Flying Flying       49 '
642   Thundurus Electric Flying       49 '
643   Reshiram Dragon Fire       71 '
644   Zekrom Dragon Electric       71 '
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 Type Father
II III IV V VI
004   Charmander Fire Fire                                              
023   Ekans Poison Poison            
058   Growlithe Fire Fire                                                                       
111   Rhyhorn Ground Rock                                                                                                   
158   Totodile Water Water                                                       
209   Snubbull Normal Normal                                                                   
216   Teddiursa Normal Normal                                                                       
252   Treecko Grass Grass                                               
     
309   Electrike Electric Electric                                                                     
408   Cranidos Rock Rock                               
434   Stunky Poison Dark                                                             
447   Riolu Fighting Fighting                                                             
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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0004   Charmander Fire Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #3
New York 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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0216   Teddiursa Normal Dream World - Rugged Mountain
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Special move

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0158   Totodile Water Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In the anime

 
Shinx
 
Steelix
 
Krokorok
 
Totodile
The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Steelix bites down hard on the opponent with its mouth.
Jasmine's Steelix Nerves of Steelix! Debut
Hun's Steelix The Legend of Thunder! Initially referred as Bite in the English dub
Harrison's Steelix Playing with Fire! None
  Shinx bites down on the opponent using its mouth.
Angie's Shinx If the Scarf Fits, Wear It! None
  Torterra bites down on the opponent with its mouth.
Paul's Torterra Pedal to the Mettle! None
  Totodile's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Khoury's Totodile A Rivalry to Gible On! None
  Krokorok's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Ash's Krokorok Battling the Bully! None
  Krookodile's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaw.
Ash's Krookodile Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three! None
  Watchog's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with them.
Mikael's Watchog Curtain Up, Unova League! None
  Eelektross's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent with them.
Kendrick's Eelektross Mission: Defeat Your Rival! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 咬碎 Yǎo​suì
  Dutch Knars
  French Machouille
  German Knirscher
  Greek Τραγάνισμα
  Hindi कुचलने का हमला Kuchalne Ka Hamla
  Italian Sgranocchio
  Korean 깨물어부수기 Kkaemul'eobusugi
  Polish Chrupanie
Portuguese   Brazil Mordida Selvagem
  Portugal Esmagar
Ataque Rosca (Pokémon Chronicles)
  Romanian Scârțâitul
  Serbian Drobljenje
Spanish   Latin America Bocado
  Spain Triturar



Variations of the move Crunch
  Crunch
  Shadow BallFlash Cannon
Formerly a variation
  Energy Ball


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.