Crunch

Crunch

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Introduced:	Generation II

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	80
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	15 (Max. 24), max: {{{max_pp}}}
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:
Bright Powder:	No
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Condition:
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	4 ♥♥♥♥
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Super Contests (DPPt)

Condition:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
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Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	4 ♥♥♥♥
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Crunch is a Dark-type physical move introduced in Generation II.

Description

The user crunches on the target with its sharp fangs.

Effect

In battle

Up until Generation IV, the move had a 20% chance to lower a target's Special Defense by 1 stage, where it now has a 20% chance to lower the opponent's Defense by 1 stage instead.

Contests

Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

Super Contests

Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Learnset

By Leveling Up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Rattata	normal			22	22	22
	Raticate	normal			24	24	24
	Arbok	poison			24	24	24
	Nidoran♀	poison		47	37	37	37
	Nidorina	poison		53	43	43	43
	Growlithe	fire			42	42 (Template:BW) 39 (Template:B2W2)	39
	Kangaskhan	normal			31	37	37
	Gyrados	water/flying					41
	Aerodactyl	rock/flying			33	33	33
	Snorlax	normal			44	49	49
	Totodile	water			27	27	27
	Croconaw	water			30	30	30
	Feraligatr	water			32	32	32
	Girafarig	normal/psychic	59	49	46	46	46 (Template:XY) 37 (Template:ORAS)
	Steelix	steel/ground	49	49 (Template:RSE) 52 (Template:FRLG)	41 (Template:DP) 46 (Template:PtTemplate:HGSS)	46 (Template:BW) 37 (Template:B2W2)	37
	Snubbull	fairy		53	49	49	49
	Grandbull	fairy		61	59	59	59
	Houndour	dark/fire	43	40	48	49	49
	Houndoom	dark/fire	52	59	54	56	56
	Raikou	electric	61	61	43	43	43
	Larvitar	ground/dark	43	43	37	37	41
	Pupitar	ground/dark	47	47	41	47	47
	Tyranitar	ground/dark	47	47	41	47	47
	Poochyena	dark		41	53	53	53 (Template:XY) 37 (Template:ORAS)
	Mightyena	dark		47			1, 61 (Template:XY) 1, 44 (Template:ORAS)
	Exploud	normal			40	40	40
	Mawile	steel/fairy		36	36	36	36 (Template:XY) 39 (Template:ORAS)
	Carvanha	water/dark		22	28	28	28 (Template:XY) 36 (Template:ORAS)
	Sharpedo	water/dark		22	28	28	28 (Template:XY) 40 (Template:ORAS)
	Trapinch	ground		33	33	33 (Template:BW) 34 (Template:B2W2)	34 (Template:XY) 22 (Template:ORAS)
	Vibrava	ground/dragon		33
	Flygon	ground/dragon		33
	Seviper	poison		28	28	28 (Template:BW) 45 (Template:B2W2)	45 (Template:XY) 40 (Template:ORAS)
	Corphish	water		43 (Template:FRLG)	47	47	47 (Template:XY) 39 (Template:ORAS)
	Crawdaunt	water/dark		51 (Template:FRLG)	57	57	57 (Template:XY) 43 (Template:ORAS)
	Snorunt	ice		28	31	31	31 (Template:XY) 41 (Template:ORAS)
	Glalie	ice		28	31	31	31 (Template:XY) 41 (Template:ORAS)
	Walrein	ice/water			1	1	1
	Huntail	water		36	42	42	42 (Template:XY) 34 (Template:ORAS)
	Bagon	dragon		41	46	46	46 (Template:XY) 25 (Template:ORAS)
	Shellgon	dragon		56	50	50	50 (Template:XY) 25 (Template:ORAS)
	Salamence	dragon/flying		61	53	53	53 (Template:XY) 25 (Template:ORAS)
	Rayquaza	dragon		35	35 (Template:DPPt) 15 (Template:HGSS)	15	15 (Template:XY) 20 (Template:ORAS)
	Turtwig	grass			37	37	37
	Grotle	grass			42	42	42
	Torterra	grass/ground			45	45	45
	Shinx	electric			29 (Template:DP) 33 (Template:PtTemplate:HGSS)	33	33
	Luxio	electric			33 (Template:DP) 38 (Template:PtTemplate:HGSS)	38	38
	Luxray	electric			38 (Template:DP) 42 (Template:PtTemplate:HGSS)	42	42
	Floatzel	water			26	26 (Template:BW) 1 (Template:B2W2)	1
	Garchomp	dragon/ground			48	48	48
	Hippopotas	ground			31	31	31
	Hippowdon	ground			31	31	31
	Skorupi	poison/bug			45	56 (Template:BW) 45 (Template:B2W2)	45
	Drapion	poison/dark			49	65 (Template:BW) 49 (Template:B2W2)	49
	Carnivine	grass			37	41	41
	Heatran	fire/steel			33	33	33
	Patrat	normal				16	16
	Watchog	normal				16	16
	Lillipup	normal				22	22
	Herdier	normal				24	24
	Stoutland	normal				24	24
	Pansage	grass				43	43
	Pansear	fire				43	43
	Panpour	water				43	43
	Sandile	ground/dark				28	28
	Krokorok	ground/dark				28	28
	Krookodile	ground/dark				28	28
	Scraggy	dark/fighting				38	38
	Scrafty	dark/fighting				38	38
	Tirtouga	rock/water				21	21
	Carracosta	rock/water				21	21
	Archen	rock/flying				35	35
	Archeops	rock/flying				35	35
	Eelektrik	electric				39	39
	Eelektross	electric				1	1
	Druddigon	dragon				25	25
	Durant	bug/steel				31	31
	Deino	dark/dragon				25	25
	Zweilous	dark/dragon				25	25
	Hydreigon	dark/dragon				25	25
	Tornadus	flying				49	49
	Thunderus	electric/flying				49	49
	Reshiram	dragon/fire				71	71
	Zekrom	dragon/electric				71	71
	Litleo	normal/fire					39
	Pyroar	normal/fire					42
	Pancham	fighting					39
	Pangoro	fighting/dark					42
	Tyrunt	rock/dragon					34
	Tyrantrum	rock/dragon					34
	Avalugg	ice					1, 65
	Zygarde	dragon/ground					51
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By Breeding

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Gallery

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See Also

• Bite