Stats and effect
Fighting
Physical
Power
120
Accuracy
100%
PP
5
Priority
0
Effect
Lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage after inflicting damage.
Move properties
- Contact — The user touches the target, so abilities such as Static and Rough Skin and items like Rocky Helmet activate.
Machines that teach this move
- TR53 Sword/Shield
- TM167 Scarlet/Violet
- TM107 Legends: Z-A
The same move has different numbers in different games — check the number for your version before going after the machine.
Pokémon that learn this move (174)
page 1 of 5The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.
#056
Mankey
from Lv. 33
#057
Primeape
from Lv. 39
#058
Growlithe
#059
Arcanine
#062
Poliwrath
#066
Machop
from Lv. 43
#067
Machoke
from Lv. 43
#068
Machamp
from Lv. 43
#083
Farfetchd
#106
Hitmonlee
from Lv. 36
#107
Hitmonchan
from Lv. 36
#123
Scyther
from Lv. 43
#127
Pinsir
#128
Tauros
#151
Mew
#209
Snubbull
#210
Granbull
#212
Scizor
from Lv. 43
#214
Heracross
from Lv. 60
#216
Teddiursa
#217
Ursaring
#237
Hitmontop
from Lv. 36
#256
Combusken
#257
Blaziken
from Lv. 1
#286
Breloom
#296
Makuhita
from Lv. 40
#297
Hariyama
from Lv. 46
#307
Meditite
#308
Medicham
#319
Sharpedo
#335
Zangoose
from Lv. 50
#342
Crawdaunt
#359
Absol
#391
Monferno
from Lv. 36
#392
Infernape
from Lv. 57
#398
Staraptor
from Lv. 1