Rolling Kick (move)

Rolling Kick
まわしげり Roundhouse Kick

Battles

Type	Fighting
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	60
Accuracy	85%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those that have made appeals.

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:

Rolling Kick (Japanese: まわしげり Roundhouse Kick) is damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Rolling Kick does damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Rolling Kick can only cause the target to flinch if the user attacks before the target does. Rolling Kick can't make a target with a Substitute flinch.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
0106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		33
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 II

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type	Level
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting	11
0237	Hitmontop	Fighting	--
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

|- | 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 III

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type	Level
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting	11
0237	Hitmontop	Fighting	--
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

|- | 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
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting	9
0237	Hitmontop	Fighting	--
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

|- | 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 the anime

Pokémon	Method
File:Hlee rolling k.png Hitmonlee File:Hitmontop anime.png Hitmontop
The user cuts a quick spin and lashes out with a sharp kick.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Hitmonlee kicks the opponent from the side, causing them to spin.
Shiro's Hitmonlee	Two Hits and a Miss	Debut
One of the Wobbuffet Festival crasher's Hitmonlee	Wobbu-Palooza	None
Unknown Trainer's Hitmonlee	The Legend of Thunder!	None
Kiyo's Hitmonlee	A Tyrogue Full of Trouble	None
Gilbert's Hitmonlee	Saved by the Beldum	None
Master Hamm's Hitmonlee	Pasta La Vista!	None
Daniel's Hitmonlee	A Marathon Rivalry!	None
	Hitmontop kicks the opponent's sides with its legs. Sometimes it spins around on its head to do it.
Chigusa's Hitmontop	Two Hits and a Miss	None
Butch's Hitmontop	The Mystery is History	None

Trivia

Mawashi Geri is the Japanese name for a karate technique - the roundhouse kick.

In other languages

Spanish: Patada Giro
French: Mawashi Geri (same name as Japanese)
German: Fegekick
Italian: Calciorullo

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