Stats and effect
Steel
Physical
Power
100
Accuracy
75%
PP
15
Priority
0
Effect
Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.
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
- TM23 Gold/Silver, Crystal, Ruby/Sapphire, Colosseum, FireRed/LeafGreen, Emerald, XD: Gale of Darkness, Diamond/Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver
- TM19 Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee
- TR31 Sword/Shield
- TM87 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 (422)
page 1 of 12The 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.
#004
Charmander
#005
Charmeleon
#006
Charizard
#007
Squirtle
#008
Wartortle
#009
Blastoise
#019
Rattata
#020
Raticate
#023
Ekans
#024
Arbok
#025
Pikachu
from Lv. 28
#026
Raichu
from Lv. 1
#027
Sandshrew
#028
Sandslash
#029
Nidoran♀
#030
Nidorina
#031
Nidoqueen
#032
Nidoran♂
#033
Nidorino
#034
Nidoking
#035
Clefairy
#036
Clefable
#037
Vulpix
#038
Ninetales
#052
Meowth
#053
Persian
#054
Psyduck
#055
Golduck
#056
Mankey
#057
Primeape
#058
Growlithe
#059
Arcanine
#063
Abra
#064
Kadabra
#065
Alakazam
#077
Ponyta