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A '''physical move''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|物理技|ぶつりわざ}}''' ''physical move''), sometimes referred to as '''physical attack''', is one of the three [[damage category|categories]] of [[move]]s and one of the two that inflict [[damage]].

==Terminology==

==Generations I-III==

*{{TypeIcon|Fighting}}

*{{TypeIcon|Flying}}

*{{TypeIcon|Ground}}

*{{TypeIcon|Rock}}

*{{TypeIcon|Bug}}

*{{TypeIcon|Ghost}}

*{{TypeIcon|Steel}}

From [[Generation IV]] onward, every individual [[move]] is designated as either physical or special, independent of its [[type]]. Most damaging moves of the types that were physical before Generation IV are physical moves, and most {{t|Dark}} moves are also largely physical. However, there are exceptions, such as {{m|Focus Blast}} and {{m|Hyper Beam}}.

===Abilities affecting physical moves===

===Special moves with physical characteristics===

{{movelist/category-head|Special}}

{{movelist/category|7|Photon Geyser|Psychic||100|100|5|anyadjacent|The user attacks the target with a pillar of light. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat— whichever is higher for the user.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Shell Side Arm|Poison||90|100|10|anyadjacent|This move inflicts physical or special damage, whichever will be more effective. This may also poison the target.}}

{{movelist/category-foot|Special}}

===List of moves===

{{movelist/category-head|Physical}}

{{movelist/category|7|Accelerock|Rock||40|100|20|anyadjacent|The user smashes into the target at high speed. This move always goes first.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Aerial Ace|Flying|Cool|60|—|20|any|The user confounds the target with speed, then slashes. This attack never misses.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Anchor Shot|Steel||80|100|20|anyadjacent|The user entangles the target with its anchor chain while attacking. The target becomes unable to flee.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Aqua Jet|Water|Cool|40|100|20|anyadjacent|The user lunges at the target at a speed that makes it almost invisible. This move always goes first.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Aqua Tail|Water|Beautiful|90|90|10|anyadjacent|The user attacks by swinging its tail as if it were a vicious wave in a raging storm.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Arm Thrust|Fighting|Tough|15|100|20|anyadjacent|The user lets loose a flurry of open-palmed arm thrusts that hit two to five times in a row.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Aura Wheel|Electric||110|100|10|anyadjacent|Morpeko attacks and raises its Speed with the energy stored in its cheeks. This move's type changes depending on the user's form.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Avalanche|Ice|Beautiful|60|100|10|anyadjacent|The power of this attack move is doubled if the user has been hurt by the target in the same turn.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Barrage|Normal|Cute|15|85|20|anyadjacent|Round objects are hurled at the target to strike two to five times in a row.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Beak Blast|Flying||100|100|15|anyadjacent|The user first heats up its beak, and then it attacks the target. Making direct contact with the Pokémon while it's heating up its beak results in a burn.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Beat Up|Dark|Clever|—|100|10|anyadjacent|The user gets all party Pokémon to attack the target. The more party Pokémon, the greater the number of attacks.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Bind|Normal|Tough|15|85|20|anyadjacent|Things such as long bodies or tentacles are used to bind and squeeze the target for four to five turns.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Bite|Dark|Tough|60|100|25|anyadjacent|The target is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. This may also make the target flinch.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Blaze Kick|Fire|Cool|85|90|10|anyadjacent|The user launches a kick that lands a critical hit more easily. This may also leave the target with a burn.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Body Press|Fighting||80|100|10|anyadjacent|The user attacks by slamming its body into the target. The higher the user's Defense, the more damage it can inflict on the target.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Body Slam|Normal|Tough|85|100|15|anyadjacent|The user drops onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Bullet Seed|Grass|Cool|25|100|30|anyadjacent|The user forcefully shoots seeds at the target two to five times in a row.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Catastropika|Electric||210|—|1|anyadjacent|The user, Pikachu, surrounds itself with the maximum amount of electricity using its Z-Power and pounces on its target with full force.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Chip Away|Normal|Tough|70|100|20|anyadjacent|Looking for an opening, the user strikes consistently. The target's stat changes don't affect this attack's damage.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Circle Throw|Fighting|Cool|60|90|10|anyadjacent|The target is thrown, and a different Pokémon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Clamp|Water|Tough|35|85|15|anyadjacent|The target is clamped and squeezed by the user's very thick and sturdy shell for four to five turns.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Close Combat|Fighting|Tough|120|100|5|anyadjacent|The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def stats.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Comet Punch|Normal|Tough|18|85|15|anyadjacent|The target is hit with a flurry of punches that strike two to five times in a row.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Constrict|Normal|Tough|10|100|35|anyadjacent|The target is attacked with long, creeping tentacles, vines, or the like. This may also lower the target's Speed stat.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Counter|Fighting|Tough|—|100|20|self|A retaliation move that counters any physical attack, inflicting double the damage taken.}}

{{movelist/category|6|Diamond Storm|Rock|Beautiful|100|95|5|adjacentfoes|The user whips up a storm of diamonds to damage opposing Pokémon. This may also sharply raise the user's Defense stat.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Dig|Ground|Tough|80|100|10|anyadjacent|The user burrows, then attacks on the next turn.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Dive|Water|Beautiful|80|100|10|anyadjacent|Diving on the first turn, the user floats up and attacks on the next turn.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Dizzy Punch|Normal|Cute|70|100|10|anyadjacent|The target is hit with rhythmically launched punches. This may also leave the target confused.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Double Hit|Normal|Cool|35|90|10|anyadjacent|The user slams the target with a long tail, vines, or a tentacle. The target is hit twice in a row.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Double Kick|Fighting|Cool|30|100|30|anyadjacent|The target is quickly kicked twice in succession using both feet.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Double Slap|Normal|Cute|15|85|10|anyadjacent|The target is slapped repeatedly, back and forth, two to five times in a row.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Double-Edge|Normal|Tough|120|100|15|anyadjacent|A reckless, life-risking tackle. This also damages the user quite a lot.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Fling|Dark|Cute|—|100|10|anyadjacent|The user flings its held item at the target to attack. This move's power and effects depend on the item.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Flip Turn|Water||60|100|20|anyadjacent|After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokémon in waiting.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Fly|Flying|Clever|90|95|15|any|The user soars and then strikes its target on the next turn.}}

{{movelist/category|6|Flying Press|Fighting|Tough|100|95|10|anyadjacent|The user dives down onto the target from the sky. This move is Fighting and Flying type simultaneously.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Gear Grind|Steel|Clever|50|85|15|anyadjacent|The user attacks by throwing steel gears at its target twice.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Giga Impact|Normal|Tough|150|90|5|anyadjacent|The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Glacial Lance|Ice||130|100|5|adjacentfoes|The user attacks by hurling a blizzard-cloaked icicle lance at opposing Pokémon.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Grassy Glide|Grass||70|100|20|anyadjacent|Gliding on the ground, the user attacks the target. This move always goes first on Grassy Terrain.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Grav Apple|Grass||80|100|10|anyadjacent|The user inflicts damage by dropping an apple from high above. This also lowers the target's Defense stat.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Gyro Ball|Steel|Cool|—|100|5|anyadjacent|The user tackles the target with a high-speed spin. The slower the user compared to the target, the greater the move's power.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Hammer Arm|Fighting|Tough|100|90|10|anyadjacent|The user swings and hits with its strong, heavy fist. It lowers the user's Speed, however.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Head Charge|Normal|Tough|120|100|15|anyadjacent|The user charges its head into its target, using its powerful guard hair. This also damages the user a little.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Head Smash|Rock|Tough|150|80|5|anyadjacent|The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. This also damages the user terribly.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Headbutt|Normal|Tough|70|100|15|anyadjacent|The user sticks out its head and attacks by charging straight into the target. This may also make the target flinch.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Heart Stamp|Psychic|Cute|60|100|25|anyadjacent|The user unleashes a vicious blow after its cute act makes the target less wary. This may also make the target flinch.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Heat Crash|Fire|Tough|—|100|10|anyadjacent|The user slams its target with its flame-covered body. The more the user outweighs the target, the greater the move's power.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Horn Drill|Normal|Cool|—|—|5|anyadjacent|The user stabs the target with a horn that rotates like a drill. The target faints instantly if this attack hits.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Horn Leech|Grass|Tough|75|100|10|anyadjacent|The user drains the target's energy with its horns. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Hyper Fang|Normal|Cool|80|90|15|anyadjacent|The user bites hard on the target with its sharp front fangs. This may also make the target flinch.}}

{{movelist/category|6|Hyperspace Fury|Dark|Tough|100|—|5|anyadjacent|Using its many arms, the user unleashes a barrage of attacks that ignore the effects of moves like Protect and Detect. But the user's Defense stat falls.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Ice Punch|Ice|Beautiful|75|100|15|anyadjacent|The target is punched with an icy fist. This may also leave the target frozen.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Ice Shard|Ice|Beautiful|40|100|30|anyadjacent|The user flash-freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target. This move always goes first.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Icicle Crash|Ice|Beautiful|85|90|10|anyadjacent|The user attacks by harshly dropping large icicles onto the target. This may also make the target flinch.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Icicle Spear|Ice|Beautiful|25|100|30|anyadjacent|The user launches sharp icicles at the target two to five times in a row.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Iron Head|Steel|Tough|80|100|15|anyadjacent|The user slams the target with its steel-hard head. This may also make the target flinch.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Iron Tail|Steel|Cool|100|75|15|anyadjacent|The target is slammed with a steel-hard tail. This may also lower the target's Defense stat.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Jaw Lock|Dark||80|100|10|anyadjacent|This move prevents the user and the target from switching out until either of them faints. The effect goes away if either of the Pokémon leaves the field.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Jump Kick|Fighting|Cool|100|95|10|anyadjacent|The user jumps up high, then strikes with a kick. If the kick misses, the user hurts itself.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Karate Chop|Fighting|Tough|50|100|25|anyadjacent|The target is attacked with a sharp chop. Critical hits land more easily.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Knock Off|Dark|Clever|65|100|20|anyadjacent|The user slaps down the target's held item, and that item can't be used in that battle. The move does more damage if the target has a held item.}}

{{movelist/category|6|Land's Wrath|Ground|Beautiful|90|100|10|adjacentfoes|The user gathers the energy of the land and focuses that power on opposing Pokémon to damage them.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Lash Out|Dark||75|100|5|anyadjacent|The user lashes out to vent its frustration toward the target. If its stats were lowered during the turn, the power of this move is doubled.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Last Resort|Normal|Cute|140|100|5|anyadjacent|This move can be used only after the user has used all the other moves it knows in the battle.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Leaf Blade|Grass|Cool|90|100|15|anyadjacent|The user handles a sharp leaf like a sword and attacks by cutting its target. Critical hits land more easily.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Leafage|Grass||40|100|40|anyadjacent|The user attacks by pelting the target with leaves.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Lunge|Bug||80|100|15|anyadjacent|The user makes a lunge at the target, attacking with full force. This also lowers the target's Attack stat.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Mach Punch|Fighting|Cool|40|100|30|anyadjacent|The user throws a punch at blinding speed. This move always goes first.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Magnet Bomb|Steel|Cool|60|—|20|anyadjacent|The user launches steel bombs that stick to the target. This attack never misses.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Magnitude|Ground|Tough|—|100|30|alladjacent|The user attacks everything around it with a ground-shaking quake. Its power varies.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Meteor Assault|Fighting||150|100|5|anyadjacent|The user attacks wildly with its thick leek. The user can't move on the next turn, because the force of this move makes it stagger.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Meteor Mash|Steel|Cool|90|90|10|anyadjacent|The target is hit with a hard punch fired like a meteor. This may also raise the user's Attack stat.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Multi-Attack|Normal||120|100|10|anyadjacent|Cloaking itself in high energy, the user slams into the target. The memory held determines the move's type.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Natural Gift|Normal|Clever|—|100|15|anyadjacent|The user draws power to attack by using its held Berry. The Berry determines the move's type and power.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Needle Arm|Grass|Clever|60|100|15|anyadjacent|The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Night Slash|Dark|Cool|70|100|15|anyadjacent|The user slashes the target the instant an opportunity arises. Critical hits land more easily.}}

{{movelist/category|6|Nuzzle|Electric|Cute|20|100|20|anyadjacent|The user attacks by nuzzling its electrified cheeks against the target. This also leaves the target with paralysis.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Outrage|Dragon|Cool|120|100|10|self|The user rampages and attacks for two to three turns. The user then becomes confused.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Pay Day|Normal|Clever|40|100|20|anyadjacent|Numerous coins are hurled at the target to inflict damage. Money is earned after the battle.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Poison Tail|Poison|Clever|50|100|25|anyadjacent|The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Poltergeist|Ghost||110|90|5|anyadjacent|The user attacks the target by controlling the target's item. The move fails if the target doesn't have an item.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Pound|Normal|Tough|40|100|35|anyadjacent|The target is physically pounded with a long tail, a foreleg, or the like.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Power Trip|Dark||20|100|10|anyadjacent|The user boasts its strength and attacks the target. The more the user's stats are raised, the greater the move's power.}}

{{movelist/category|6|Precipice Blades|Ground|Cool|120|85|10|adjacentfoes|The user attacks opposing Pokémon by manifesting the power of the land in fearsome blades of stone.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Present|Normal|Cute|—|90|15|anyadjacent|The user attacks by giving the target a gift with a hidden trap. It restores HP sometimes, however.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Psychic Fangs|Psychic||85|100|10|anyadjacent|The user bites the target with its psychic capabilities. This can also destroy Light Screen and Reflect.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Psycho Cut|Psychic|Cool|70|100|20|anyadjacent|The user tears at the target with blades formed by psychic power. Critical hits land more easily.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Pulverizing Pancake|Normal||210|—|1|anyadjacent|Z-Power brings out the true capabilities of the user, Snorlax. The Pokémon moves its enormous body energetically and attacks the target with full force.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Punishment|Dark|Cool|—|100|5|anyadjacent|The more the target has powered up with stat changes, the greater the move's power.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Quick Attack|Normal|Cool|40|100|30|anyadjacent|The user lunges at the target at a speed that makes it almost invisible. This move always goes first.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Rage|Normal|Tough|20|100|20|anyadjacent|As long as this move is in use, the power of rage raises the Attack stat each time the user is hit in battle.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Rapid Spin|Normal|Cool|20|100|40|anyadjacent|A spin attack that can also eliminate such moves as Bind, Wrap, Leech Seed, and Spikes.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Razor Leaf|Grass|Cool|55|95|25|adjacentfoes|Sharp-edged leaves are launched to slash at the opposing Pokémon. Critical hits land more easily.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Sacred Fire|Fire|Beautiful|100|95|5|anyadjacent|The target is razed with a mystical fire of great intensity. This may also leave the target with a burn.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Sacred Sword|Fighting|Cool|90|100|15|anyadjacent|The user attacks by slicing with a long horn. The target's stat changes don't affect this attack's damage.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Sand Tomb|Ground|Clever|35|85|15|anyadjacent|The user traps the target inside a harshly raging sandstorm for four to five turns.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Scale Shot|Dragon||25|90|20|anyadjacent|The user attacks by shooting scales two to five times in a row. This move boosts the user's Speed stat but lowers its Defense stat.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Spectral Thief|Ghost||90|100|10|anyadjacent|The user hides in the target's shadow, steals the target's stat boosts, and then attacks.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Spike Cannon|Normal|Cool|20|100|15|anyadjacent|Sharp spikes are shot at the target in rapid succession. They hit two to five times in a row.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Spirit Break|Fairy||75|100|15|anyadjacent|The user attacks the target with so much force that it could break the target's spirit. This also lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Spirit Shackle|Ghost||80|100|10|anyadjacent|The user attacks while simultaneously stitching the target's shadow to the ground to prevent the target from escaping.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Stomp|Normal|Tough|65|100|20|anyadjacent|The target is stomped with a big foot. This may also make the target flinch.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Stomping Tantrum|Ground||75|100|10|anyadjacent|Driven by frustration, the user attacks the target. If the user's previous move has failed, the power of this move doubles.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Stone Edge|Rock|Tough|100|80|5|anyadjacent|The user stabs the target from below with sharpened stones. Critical hits land more easily.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Storm Throw|Fighting|Cool|60|100|10|anyadjacent|The user strikes the target with a fierce blow. This attack always results in a critical hit.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Sunsteel Strike|Steel||100|100|5|anyadjacent|The user slams into the target with the force of a meteor. This move can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Super Fang|Normal|Tough|—|90|10|anyadjacent|The user chomps hard on the target with its sharp front fangs. This cuts the target's HP in half.}}

{{movelist/category|3|Superpower|Fighting|Tough|120|100|5|anyadjacent|The user attacks the target with great power. However, this also lowers the user's Attack and Defense stats.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Surging Strikes|Water||25|100|5|anyadjacent|The user, having mastered the Water style, strikes the target with a flowing motion three times in a row. This attack always results in a critical hit.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Tackle|Normal|Tough|40|100|35|anyadjacent|A physical attack in which the user charges and slams into the target with its whole body.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Tail Slap|Normal|Cute|25|85|10|anyadjacent|The user attacks by striking the target with its hard tail. It hits the target two to five times in a row.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Take Down|Normal|Tough|90|85|20|anyadjacent|A reckless, full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Thief|Dark|Tough|60|100|25|anyadjacent|The user attacks and steals the target's held item simultaneously. The user can't steal anything if it already holds an item.}}

{{movelist/category|6|Thousand Arrows|Ground|Beautiful|90|100|10|adjacentfoes|This move also hits opposing Pokémon that are in the air. Those Pokémon are knocked down to the ground.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Thunder Punch|Electric|Cool|75|100|15|anyadjacent|The target is punched with an electrified fist. This may also leave the target with paralysis.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Thunderous Kick|Fighting||90|100|10|anyadjacent|The user overwhelms the target with lightning-like movement before delivering a kick. This also lowers the target's Defense stat.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Triple Axel|Ice||20|90|10|anyadjacent|A consecutive three-kick attack that becomes more powerful with each successful hit.}}

{{movelist/category|2|Triple Kick|Fighting|Cool|10|90|10|anyadjacent|A consecutive three-kick attack that becomes more powerful with each successive hit.}}

{{movelist/category|7|Trop Kick|Grass||70|100|15|anyadjacent|The user lands an intense kick of tropical origins on the target. This also lowers the target's Attack stat.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Twineedle|Bug|Cool|25|100|20|anyadjacent|The user damages the target twice in succession by jabbing it with two spikes. This may also poison the target.}}

{{movelist/category|4|U-turn|Bug|Cute|70|100|20|anyadjacent|After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokémon in waiting.}}

{{movelist/category|5|V-create|Fire|Cool|180|95|5|anyadjacent|With a hot flame on its forehead, the user hurls itself at its target. This lowers the user's Defense, Sp. Def, and Speed stats.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Vine Whip|Grass|Cool|45|100|25|anyadjacent|The target is struck with slender, whiplike vines to inflict damage.}}

{{movelist/category|4|Wake-Up Slap|Fighting|Tough|70|100|10|anyadjacent|This attack inflicts big damage on a sleeping target. This also wakes the target up, however.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Waterfall|Water|Tough|80|100|15|anyadjacent|The user charges at the target and may make it flinch.}}

{{movelist/category|8|Wicked Blow|Dark||80|100|5|anyadjacent|The user, having mastered the Dark style, strikes the target with a fierce blow. This attack always results in a critical hit.}}

{{movelist/category|5|Wild Charge|Electric|Tough|90|100|15|anyadjacent|The user shrouds itself in electricity and smashes into its target. This also damages the user a little.}}

{{movelist/category|1|Wing Attack|Flying|Cool|60|100|35|any|The target is struck with large, imposing wings spread wide to inflict damage.}}