Beat Up (move)

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Beat Up ふくろだたき Gang Up

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Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make 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 II TM37 in Generation VIII

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Clever Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Works well if the user is pumped up.

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

Beat Up (Japanese: ふくろだたき Gang Up) is a damage-dealing Dark-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation IV, it was the signature move of Sneasel. In Generation VIII, it is TM37.

Contents

Effect

Generation II

Beat Up inflicts damage on the target from the user, and each conscious Pokémon in the user's party that does not have a non-volatile status. Each strike is typeless and has a base power of 10; damage is determined using each attacking Pokémon's base Attack and level and the target's base Defense. Beat Up ignores changes to stat levels such as Swords Dance. Same-type attack bonus is not considered when calculating damage. Each strike is preceded with the message "<name>'s Attack!", where <name> is the name of the Pokémon in the player's party.

Each strike has an independent chance of being a critical hit, as well as activating a King's Rock. Beat Up will end instantly upon breaking a substitute. Bide and Counter deal damage based on the last strike alone. If Beat Up activates a target's Focus Band, no subsequent hits can knock it out.

Generations III and IV

Beat Up may continue attacking after breaking a substitute. If a Pokémon uses Beat Up on its partner in a Double Battle, the partner will attack itself (unless it suffers from a status ailment). If Beat Up activates a target's Focus Sash, no subsequent hits can knock it out. Beat Up ignores Wonder Guard, as it is considered a typeless attack. The Sniper Ability does not affect critical hits. Each strike has an independent chance of activating a Razor Fang.

Generation V onward

Instead of using each party member's Attack stat, the user's Attack alone is used to calculate the damage of each strike. Because of this, Beat Up is now affected by boosts like from Swords Dance and Attack-boosting items like Choice Band. Furthermore, the base power per strike is no longer 10, but instead individually based on the Attack base stats of the party Pokémon:

Base power = (party member's base Attack) / 10 + 5

Beat Up now receives STAB from Dark-type users and no longer deals typeless damage.

Beat Up no longer lists the user's name. Each strike will activate Justified and Weak Armor. If a Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activates before the last strike is dealt, the following strike will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent. Each strike has an independent chance of activating Stench, but this does not stack with the Razor Fang or King's Rock.

Description

Games Description Stad2 A Dark-type attack. The user's fellow party Pokémon appear to pummel the target. GSC Party Pokémon join in the attack. RSEColo.XD Summons party Pokémon to join in the attack. FRLG All party Pokémon join in the attack. The more allies, the more damage. DPPtHGSSPBR The user gets all the party Pokémon to attack the foe. The more party Pokémon, the more damage. BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh The user gets all party Pokémon to attack the target. The more party Pokémon, the greater the number of attacks.

Learnset

• No STAB applies prior to Generation V.

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
215		Sneasel		Field		Field	57	57	38	42BW 28B2W2	28	28	42
228		Houndour		Field		Field			27	25	25	25
229		Houndoom		Field		Field			28	26	26	26
461		Weavile		Field		Field							1
559		Scraggy		Field	Dragon							24
560		Scrafty		Field	Dragon							24
632		Durant		Bug		Bug							12
746		Wishiwashi		Water 2		Water 2						33	8
766		Passimian		Field		Field						15	15
827		Nickit		Field		Field							4
828		Thievul		Field		Field							1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
						I --	II --	III --	IV --	V --	VI --	VII --	VIII TM37
004		Charmander		Monster	Dragon							✔
005		Charmeleon		Monster	Dragon							✔
006		Charizard		Monster	Dragon							✔
029		Nidoran♀		Monster	Field							✔
030		Nidorina		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							✔
031		Nidoqueen		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							✔
032		Nidoran♂		Monster	Field							✔
033		Nidorino		Monster	Field							✔
034		Nidoking		Monster	Field							✔
050		Diglett		Field		Field							✔
050		Diglett Alolan Form		Field		Field							✔
051		Dugtrio		Field		Field							✔
051		Dugtrio Alolan Form		Field		Field							✔
053		Persian Alolan Form		Field		Field							✔
115		Kangaskhan		Monster		Monster							✔
151		Mew		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							✔
215		Sneasel		Field		Field							✔
273		Seedot		Field	Grass							✔
274		Nuzleaf		Field	Grass							✔
275		Shiftry		Field	Grass							✔
416		Vespiquen		Bug		Bug							✔
461		Weavile		Field		Field							✔
546		Cottonee		Grass	Fairy							✔
547		Whimsicott		Grass	Fairy							✔
551		Sandile		Field		Field							✔
552		Krokorok		Field		Field							✔
553		Krookodile		Field		Field							✔
559		Scraggy		Field	Dragon							✔
560		Scrafty		Field	Dragon							✔
584		Vanilluxe		Mineral		Mineral							✔
624		Pawniard		Human-Like		Human-Like							✔
625		Bisharp		Human-Like		Human-Like							✔
632		Durant		Bug		Bug							✔
634		Zweilous		Dragon		Dragon							✔
635		Hydreigon		Dragon		Dragon							✔
675		Pangoro		Field	Human-Like							✔
688		Binacle		Water 3		Water 3							✔
689		Barbaracle		Water 3		Water 3							✔
746		Wishiwashi		Water 2		Water 2							✔
757		Salandit		Monster	Dragon							✔
758		Salazzle		Monster	Dragon							✔
766		Passimian		Field		Field							✔
778		Mimikyu		Amorphous		Amorphous							✔
827		Nickit		Field		Field							✔
828		Thievul		Field		Field							✔
870		Falinks		Fairy	Mineral							✔
886		Drakloak		Amorphous	Dragon							✔
887		Dragapult		Amorphous	Dragon							✔
892		Urshifu Single Strike Style		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
004		Charmander		Monster	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
023		Ekans		Field	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
029		Nidoran♀		Monster	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
032		Nidoran♂		Monster	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
050		Diglett		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
050		Diglett Alolan Form		Field		Field						✔
056		Mankey		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
190		Aipom		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
203		Girafarig		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
228		Houndour		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
273		Seedot		Field	Grass				✔	✔	✔
546		Cottonee		Grass	Fairy				✔	✔	✔
551		Sandile		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
023		Ekans		Field	Dragon	Dream World - Dream Park
050		Diglett		Field		Field	Dream World - Icy Cave
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
198		Murkrow		Flying		Flying	New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
547		Whimsicott		Grass	Fairy	Powerful Tag Pokémon
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

Pokémon Rumble Blast

The user damages all Pokémon directly in front of it. Beat Up will hit once for each team member, including the user.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, and Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Beat Up is a move with 15PP. The user warps all allies on the floor, placing them up to 2 tiles away from the user; Beat Up only works on teammates while it doesn’t work on clients visiting the player’s team. The move will fail to warp a Pokémon if there's not enough space for it within the given area; the move considers only land tiles, even if the Pokémon can travel through non-standard tiles. This move is affected by Taunt.

Description

Games Description MDRB Summons the team members around the user. MDTDS Summons the team members from the floor to surround the user. BSL なかまの ポケモンたちを じぶんの まわりに よびよせる MDGtI UNUSED SMD It warps all your teammates to your side. MDRTDX It warps all your teammates close to the targeted enemy.

In the manga

In the Aim to Be a Card Master!! manga

	Sneasel
The user gets all the party Pokémon to attack the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Sneasel	Sneasel calls forth the other party Pokémon for a group attack.
Yuu's Sneasel	The Spring World Challenge (Part Two) "The Girl Who's Too Calm"		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Silver's party
The user gets all the party Pokémon to attack the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Sneasel	Sneasel's Trainer releases their party of Pokémon and they all attack the opponent.
Silver's Sneasel	The Last Battle XI		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	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Pokémon Masters EX

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	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Pokémon Masters EX

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	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Pokémon Masters EX

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	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Pokémon Masters EX

Trivia

• Beat Up is the last Generation II move in index number order.
• Beat Up is the only multi-strike move that can hit more than five times.
  • It is also one of two moves that can hit more than two times whose number of strikes is not based on chance, the other being Surging Strikes.
• Beat Up is the only move whose base power is determined by base stats.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 圍攻 Wàihgūng * 痛打一氣 Tungdá Yāthei * Mandarin 圍攻 / 围攻 Wéigōng * 痛打一氣 / 痛打一气 Tòngdǎ Yīqì * French Baston German Prügler Greek Ξυλοδαρμός Italian Picchiaduro Korean 집단구타 Jipdan Guta Portuguese Brazil Espancar (TCG, manga) União de Equipe Portugal União de Equipe Serbian Tuča Spanish Paliza Vietnamese Đánh Hội Đồng

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