Double Kick (move)

Double Kick
にどげり Double Kick
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Type  Fighting
Category  Physical
PP  30 (max. 48)
Power  30
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
Works well if it's the same type as the one before.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Double Kick (Japanese: にどげり Double Kick) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Double Kick inflicts damage, striking twice per use. Although only the first hit can be a critical hit, the second hit will deal the same amount of damage.

Double Kick will not hit twice if the first hit breaks a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the second hit of this move.

Generation II

Same as Generation I, but both hits will do damage independently, consequently enabling either of them to be critical.

Generation III

If the target has an Ability which activates upon contact, each hit counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate multiple times.

Generation IV

Same as previous generations, except it will continue attacking after a substitute is broken.

Generation V

Unlike previous generations, if the first hit activates the target's Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy, the second hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint; however, Focus Band can still activate again to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one. Each hit will cause Weak Armor to activate.

If the target is holding a Rocky Helmet, the user is damaged for each hit.

Description

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Games Description
A Fighting-type attack. As the name implies, it is actually two quick kicks in succession.
A double kicking attack.
RSE A double-kicking attack that strikes the foe twice.
FRLG Two legs are used to quickly kick the foe twice in one turn.
A double-kicking attack that hits the target twice.
The foe is quickly kicked twice in succession using both feet.
The target is quickly kicked twice in succession using both feet.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
029   Nidoran♀ Poison Poison 43 12 12 12 9 9 '
030   Nidorina Poison Poison 50 12 12 12 9 9 '
031   Nidoqueen Poison Ground   -- -- -- -- -- '
032   Nidoran♂ Poison Poison 43 12 12 12 9 9 '
033   Nidorino Poison Poison 50 12 12 12 9 9 '
034   Nidoking Poison Ground   -- -- -- -- -- '
106   Hitmonlee Fighting Fighting -- -- -- -- -- ''''
135   Jolteon Electric Electric 42 30 30 30 29 29 17 '
256   Combusken Fire Fighting     16 16 16 ''''
257   Blaziken Fire Fighting     16 16 16 ''''
539   Sawk Fighting Fighting         13 ''''
585   Deerling Normal Grass         10 '
586   Sawsbuck Normal Grass         10 '
638   Cobalion Steel Fighting         7 ''''
639   Terrakion Rock Fighting         7 ''''
640   Virizion Grass Fighting         7 ''''
647   Keldeo Water Fighting         7 ''''
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
058   Growlithe Fire Fire               
077   Ponyta Fire Fire                            
104   Cubone Ground Ground            
155   Cyndaquil Fire Fire                    
194   Wooper Water Ground                    
203   Girafarig Normal Psychic                    
234   Stantler Normal Normal                    
252   Treecko Grass Grass            
335   Zangoose Normal Normal                         
390   Chimchar Fire Fire                       
403   Shinx Electric Electric               
522   Blitzle Electric Electric               
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 the anime

 
Nidoran
 
Nidoking
 
Blitzle
 
Sawk
The foe is quickly kicked twice in succession using both feet.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Nidoran♀ jumps into the air, flips around twice, and shoots at the opponent with its foot extended.
Emily's Maria Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon Debut
  Nidoran♂ jumps into the air, flips around twice, and shoots at the opponent with its foot extended.
Ralph's Tony Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon Debut
  Hitmonlee swings its leg and kicks the opponent, then comes around and kicks the opponent with the other leg.
Shiro's Hitmonlee Two Hits and a Miss None
  Nidoqueen jumps into the air and comes down, feet first, kicking the opponent with both feet.
Gary's Nidoqueen Can't Beat the Heat! None
  Nidoking's feet glow white and it jumps into the air above the opponent, kicking the opponent with one foot, then the other.
Paul's Nidoking A Pyramiding Rage! None
  Blitzle rears up on its hind legs, then turns its body around so its backside is facing the opponent. Blitzle then kicks the opponent upwards with both of its hind legs, first one, then the other.
Stephan's Blitzle Oshawott's Lost Scalchop! None
  Sawk charges at the opponent and jumps high into the air. It then comes down with one of its legs extended and lands on it. It then swings around and kicks the opponent from the side with its other foot, or Sawk charges at the opponent and kicks the opponent once with one foot, then kicks it again with the other.
Stephan's Sawk The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk! None
  Zebstrika rears up on its hind legs, then turns around so the backside of its body is facing the opponent. It then kicks the opponent upwards with both of its back legs. Sometimes, it doesn't rear up on its hind legs before turning around, or Zebstrika rears up on its hind legs and jabs the opponent twice with its front hooves, first with one, then the other, or Zebstrika turns around and jabs the opponent twice with one of its back hooves.
Elesa's Zebstrika Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • The animation for Double Kick in Generation V games shows the user giving two kicks per hit. However, since the move always hits twice, the animation shows the user kicking the opponent four times. The same thing happens with Double Hit.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 連環腿 Liánhuántuǐ
  Dutch Dubbel Schop
  Finnish Tuplapotku
  French Double-Pied
  German Doppelkick
  Greek Διπλό Λάκτισμα
  Hindi दोहरी लात Dohri laat
  Italian Doppiocalcio
  Korean 두번치기 Dubeonchigi
  Polish Podwójne Kopnięcie
Portuguese   Brazil Chute Duplo
  Portugal Chute Duplo
  Romanian Lovitura Dublă
  Serbian Dupli Šut
  Spanish Doble Patada


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