Move card

Karate Chop

Stats and effect
Fighting Physical
Power 50
Accuracy 100%
PP 25
Priority 0
Effect

Has an increased chance for a critical hit.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation I (Kanto) Learned by 11 Pokémon
Move mechanics
  • Critical hit +1 stage(s) higher A normal move lands a critical hit about 1 time in 24; each stage noticeably raises that chance.
Move properties
  • Contact — The user touches the target, so abilities such as Static and Rough Skin and items like Rocky Helmet activate.
Changes between games

Some moves had different values in earlier games. Below you can see what changed and from which game the value you see now applies.

Changes to move values between game releases.
Game Prop­erty Before
Gold/Silver Type Normal
  • Type Fighting now

Each row is one change in one game. The Property column says what changed, Before shows the value that applied before that game, and Now is the value today. In Gold/Silver, “Type” was Normal; it is now Fighting.

Pokémon that learn this move (11)

The 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.