Pound (move)

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Pound はたく Strike

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  35 (max. 56) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII

Pound (Japanese: はたく Strike) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents

Effect

Pound inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Pound can be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Double Slap, Faint Attack and Slam to give two extra appeal points if used in the next turn.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 A Normal-type attack. Slightly stronger than Tackle. Many Pokémon know this move. GSC Pounds with forelegs or tail. RSE Pounds the foe with forelegs or tail. FRLG A physical attack delivered with a long tail or a foreleg, etc. Colo.XD Pounds the target with forelegs or tail. DPPtHGSSPBR The foe is physically pounded with a long tail or a foreleg, etc. BWB2W2 The target is physically pounded with a long tail or a foreleg, etc. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwSh The target is physically pounded with a long tail, a foreleg, or the like.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy							1PE	1
039		Jigglypuff		Fairy		Fairy	9	9	9	9	9	7XY 5ORAS	5SMUSUM 4PE
040		Wigglytuff		Fairy		Fairy							1PE
060		Poliwag		Water 1		Water 1							4PE
061		Poliwhirl		Water 1		Water 1							1, 4PE
062		Poliwrath		Water 1		Water 1							1PE
088		Grimer		Amorphous		Amorphous	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
088		Grimer Alola Form		Amorphous		Amorphous							1
089		Muk		Amorphous		Amorphous	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
089		Muk Alola Form		Amorphous		Amorphous							1
096		Drowzee		Human-Like		Human-Like	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
097		Hypno		Human-Like		Human-Like	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
122		Mr. Mime		Human-Like		Human-Like							1USUMPE	1
122		Mr. Mime Galar Form		Human-Like		Human-Like								1
124		Jynx		Human-Like		Human-Like	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
151		Mew		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
173		Cleffa		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
174		Igglybuff		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		9	9	9	9	9XY 5ORAS	5
175		Togepi		Undiscovered		Undiscovered								1
176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy								1
192		Sunflora		Grass		Grass		1	1	1	1	1	1
238		Smoochum		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		1	1	1	1	1	1
242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy		1	1	1	1	1	1
252		Treecko		Monster	Dragon			1	1	1	1	1
253		Grovyle		Monster	Dragon			1	1	1	1	1
254		Sceptile		Monster	Dragon			1	1	1	1	1
274		Nuzleaf		Field	Grass			1	1	1	1	1
275		Shiftry		Field	Grass			1
293		Whismur		Monster	Field			1	1	1	1	1
294		Loudred		Monster	Field			1	1	1	1	1
295		Exploud		Monster	Field			1	1	1	1	1
316		Gulpin		Amorphous		Amorphous			1	1	1	1	1
317		Swalot		Amorphous		Amorphous			1	1	1	1	1
393		Piplup		Water 1	Field				1	1	1	1
427		Buneary		Field	Human-Like				1	1	1	1
428		Lopunny		Field	Human-Like				1	1	1	1
439		Mime Jr.		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							1USUM	1
440		Happiny		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				1	1	1	1
456		Finneon		Water 2		Water 2				1	1	1	1
457		Lumineon		Water 2		Water 2				1	1	1	1
468		Togekiss		Flying	Fairy								1
531		Audino		Fairy		Fairy					1	1	1
532		Timburr		Human-Like		Human-Like					1	1	1	1
533		Gurdurr		Human-Like		Human-Like					1	1	1	1
534		Conkeldurr		Human-Like		Human-Like					1	1	1	1
568		Trubbish		Mineral		Mineral					1	1	1
569		Garbodor		Mineral		Mineral					1	1	1
572		Minccino		Field		Field					1	1	1	1
573		Cinccino		Field		Field								1
574		Gothita		Human-Like		Human-Like					1	1	1	1
575		Gothorita		Human-Like		Human-Like					1	1	1	1
576		Gothitelle		Human-Like		Human-Like					1	1	1	1
594		Alomomola		Water 1	Water 2					1	1	1
619		Mienfoo		Field	Human-Like					1	1	1
620		Mienshao		Field	Human-Like					1	1	1
622		Golett		Mineral		Mineral					1	1	1	8
623		Golurk		Mineral		Mineral					1	1	1	1
656		Froakie		Water 1		Water 1						1	1
657		Frogadier		Water 1		Water 1						1	1
658		Greninja		Water 1		Water 1						1	1
694		Helioptile		Monster	Dragon						1	1	4
695		Heliolisk		Monster	Dragon								1
728		Popplio		Water 1	Field							1	1
729		Brionne		Water 1	Field							1	1
730		Primarina		Water 1	Field							1	1
741		Oricorio		Flying		Flying							1
758		Salazzle		Monster	Dragon							1	1
793		Nihilego		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							1
816		Sobble		Water 1	Field								1
817		Drizzile		Water 1	Field								1
818		Inteleon		Water 1	Field								1
866		Mr. Rime		Human-Like		Human-Like								1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. series

Pound is Jigglypuff's neutral special in Super Smash Bros. and its side special from Super Smash Bros. Melee onwards. It is mainly used as an alternate recovery move, since its up special, Sing, does not help Jigglypuff recover. The move does extra shield damage and can thus be used to easily break shields.

Pokémon Conquest

>	Table assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right. Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit. Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon. A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
★★
Power = 26 | Accuracy = 100%
Used by :

Pokémon GO

Pound
Fast Attack
Gyms & Raids Power 7 Energy boost 6 Duration 0.6 seconds Damage window 0.34 - 0.54 seconds
Trainer Battles Power 5 Energy boost 4 Duration 1 second
Eligible Pokémon:
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Updates

Gyms & Raids

• July 30, 2016
  • Power: 8 → 7
• February 16, 2017
  • Power: 7 → 8
  • Duration: 0.54 → 1.04 seconds
• February 21, 2017
  • Power: 8 → 7
  • Energy boost: 7 → 6
  • Duration: 1.04 → 0.6 seconds

Description

Games Description MDRB MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる Conq. The target is physically pounded with a long tail or a foreleg, etc. MDGtI SMD It damages an enemy.

In the anime

In the main series

Happiny	Grovyle	Igglybuff and Cleffa	Mienshao
The opponent is physically hit by a body part of the user.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Jigglypuff	Jigglypuff slaps the opponent across the face.
Jigglypuff (anime)	Clefairy Tales		Debut
Clefairy	Clefairy slaps the opponent across the face.
Clefairy (anime)	Clefairy Tales		None
Treecko	Treecko swings its tail and hits the opponent with it, or Treecko slams its hand on the opponent.
Ash's Treecko	Tree's a Crowd		None
Professor Birch's Treecko	A Six Pack Attack!		None
Grovyle	Grovyle swings its head and hits the opponent with the large leaf on its head.
Ash's Grovyle	Exploud and Clear		None
Sceptile	Sceptile swings around and hits the opponent with its tail.
Ash's Sceptile	Ka Boom with a View!		None
Happiny	One or both of Happiny's arms glow white and she strikes the opponent, leaving behind a white trail where she punched.
Brock's Happiny	Tanks for the Memories!		None
Narissa's Ditto One in the form of Happiny	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		Used via Transform
Narissa's Ditto Two in the form of Happiny	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		Used via Transform
Piplup	One of Piplup's arms glows white and it strikes the opponent with it.
Tyler's Pippy	The Thief That Keeps On Thieving!		None
Chansey	A quarter of Chansey's arm glows bright light-blue and she stabs the opponent with it.
Nurse Joy's Chansey	Pedal to the Mettle!		None
Igglybuff	One of Igglybuff's arms glows white and it swings its arm, firing a while crescent blade of energy from its hand at the opponent.
An Igglybuff under Normajean's care	The Brockster Is In!		None
Cleffa	One of Cleffa's arms glows white and it swings its arm, releasing a white crescent blade of energy from its hand at the opponent.
A Cleffa that was under Normajean's care	The Brockster Is In!		None
Teddiursa	One of Teddiursa's arms glows white and it swings it, releasing a white crescent blade of energy from it at the opponent.
A Teddiursa under Normajean's care	The Brockster Is In!		Teddiursa cannot legally learn Pound
Smoochum	One of Smoochum's arms glows white and she swings it, releasing a white crescent blade of energy from her arm at the opponent.
A Smoochum under Normajean's care	The Brockster Is In!		None
Mienshao	One of Mienshao's arm furs glows white and it swings it, releasing a white crescent blade of energy from its arm at the opponent, or Mienshao attacks the target with a simple strike with one of its arm furs.
Delbert's Mienshao	Search for the Clubultimate!		None
Ikari's Mienshao	Smashing with Sketch!		None
Froakie	One of Froakie's hands glows white and it strikes the opponent with it.
Ash's Froakie	An Appetite for Battle!		None

In the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer

	Treecko
The user hits the opponent with a part of its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Treecko	Treecko leaps into the air and slams its tail down on the opponent.
Brendan's Treecko	Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer		None

In the manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

	Treecko
The user pounds the opponent with its tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Treecko	Treecko pounds the opponent with its tail.
Ash's Treecko	Trust In Each Other!!		Debut

In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga

	Jigglypuff	Drowzee
The user pounds the opponent with its arm.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Jigglypuff	Jigglypuff pounds the opponent with its arm.
Unknown Trainer's Jigglypuff	PW20		Debut
Drowzee	Drowzee pounds the opponent with its arm.
Unknown Trainer's Drowzee	PW22		None

In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga

	Igglybuff
The user pounds the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Igglybuff	Igglybuff pounds the opponent.
Igglybuff	The Accidental Treasure		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Jynx	Mienshao
The user slaps the opponent across the face.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Jynx	Jynx slaps the opponent across the face with one of her hands.
Lorelei's Jynx	Valiant Venomoth!		Debut
Mienshao	Mienshao repeatedly attacks the opponent with its arms and legs.
Marshal's Mienshao	A New Perspective		None

• In A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium, Platinum's Piplup was mentioned to know Pound. However, she was never seen using it.

In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master manga

	Buneary
The user pounds the foe with a part of its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Buneary	Buneary pounds the foe with its ears.
Ryū's Buneary	ABMS1		Debut

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

	Piplup
The user pounds the opponent with its arm.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Piplup	Piplup pounds the opponent with its arm.
Hareta's Piplup	Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

	Clefairy
The user hits the foe with its arm.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Clefairy	Clefairy hits the foe with its arm.
Red's Clefairy	PMDP58		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• In Pokémon Platinum, Secret Power has the animation of Pound when used in the Distortion World.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 拍擊 Paakgīk Mandarin 拍擊 / 拍击 Pāijí Czech Rána Danish Dunk Dutch Stamp Finnish Nuija (OS) Mäjäys (AG) French Écras'Face* Ecras'Face* German Pfund Greek Κοπάνισμα Indonesian Pukul Tampar Italian Botta* Libbra* Korean 막치기 Makchigi Lithuanian Smūgis Polish Grom* Mocny Cios* Atak Pięścią* Kopnięcie* Boczny Atak* Atak Totalny* Kontratak* Megacios* Portuguese Brazil Tapa Pancada (TCG and manga) Bater (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Martelar (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Portugal Pancada Romanian Greutatea Serbian Udar Spanish Latin America Destructor (EP062) Mazo (AG007-AG065) Golpe de Cresta* (AG066-AG161) Golpe de Cola* (AG071) Golpe Recto (AG164) Golpazo (AG191) Golpe (DP062-present) Spain Destructor Swedish Slagattack Slag* Turkish Vurma Vietnamese Đập

Variations of the move Gust
Pound • Scratch • Tackle • Leafage • Branch Poke Gust • Fairy Wind

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