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Head Smash

もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	150*
Accuracy:	80%
PP:	5, max: ?
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	Causes recoil
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

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

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Head Smash (Japanese: もろはのずつき, Hepburn: Double-Edged Headbutt) is a Rock-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Description

Games	Description
^DPPt	The user delivers a life-endangering head butt at full power. The user also takes terrible damage.
^HGSS	The user delivers a life-endangering attack at full power. The user also takes terrible damage.
^BW^B2W2	The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. The user also takes terrible damage.
^XY^ORAS ^SM^USUM	The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. This also damages the user terribly.

Effect

In Battle

Head Smash does damage. The user also takes recoil damage, equal to 1/2 of the damage dealt to the target.

Super Contests

Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Sudowoodo	rock	Mineral				54	48	{{{11}}}
	Relicanth	water/rock	Water 1/Water 2	78	78	1, 78^{^XY} 1, 56^{^ORAS}	1, 56	55	{{{11}}}
	Cranidos	rock	Monster	43	46	46	46		{{{11}}}
	Rampardos	rock	Monster	52	58	58	58		{{{11}}}
	Tepig	fire	Field		37	37	37		{{{11}}}
	Pignite	fire/fighting	Field		44	44	44		{{{11}}}
	Emboar	fire/fighting	Field		50	50	50		{{{11}}}
	Basculin	water	Water 2				46	56	{{{11}}}
	Scraggy	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon		53	50	50	52	{{{11}}}
	Scrafty	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon		65	65	65	60	{{{11}}}
	Aegislash	steel/ghost	Mineral			1	1	1	{{{11}}}
	Tyrantrum	rock/dragon	Monster/Dragon			1, 58	1, 58	66	{{{11}}}
	Nihilego	rock/poison	Undiscovered				73	70	{{{11}}}
	Drednaw	water/rock	Monster/Water 1					66	{{{11}}}
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

Special move

Generation V

Generation VIII

By event

Generation V

Generation VI

Gallery

Main games

Head Smash depicted in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Head Smash depicted in X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Main series

Head Smash being used by Roark's Rampardos (anime).

Pokémon Adventures

Head Smash being used by Black's Emboar.

v · d · eList of Rock-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Accelerock Ancient Power

D	Diamond Storm

H	Head Smash

M	Meteor Beam

P	Power Gem

R	Rock Blast Rock Polish Rock Slide Rock Throw Rock Tomb Rock Wrecker Rollout

S	Salt Cure Sandstorm Smack Down Stealth Rock Stone Axe Stone Edge

T	Tar Shot

W	Wide Guard

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

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-{{Missing Image}}
+{{Image Update|Needs Gen. VIII}}
-{{Move Infobox|
+{{Move Infobox
+|image        = Head Smash VII.png
-japanese=もろはのずつき ''Double-Edged Headbutt''|
+|ja_name      = もろはのずつき
-generation=IV|
+|ja_trans     = Double-Edged Headbutt
-type=Rock|
+|generation   = IV
-category=Physical|
+|type         = Rock
-power=150<span class="explain" title="Max. 225">*</span>|
+|category     = Physical
-accuracy=80%|
+|power        = 150<span class="explain" title="Max. 225">*</span>
-pp=5|
+|accuracy     = 80%
-affects=Selected target|
+|pp           = 5
-secondary=Causes recoil|
+|affects      = Selected target
-contact=1|
+|secondary    = Causes recoil
-magiccoat=0|
+|contact      = 1
-brightpowder=1|
+|magiccoat    = 0
-detect=1|
+|magicbounce  = 0
-snatch=0|
+|brightpowder = 1
-kingsrock=1|
+|detect       = 1
-contesttype=Tough|
+|snatch       = 0
-appeal=|
+|kingsrock    = 1
-jam=|
+|mirrormove   = 1
-appeal2=2 <span style="color:red;">♥ ♥</span>|
+|contesttype  = Tough
+|appeal       =
+|jam          =
+|appeal2      = 2
 }}
+{{Nihongo|Head Smash|もろはのずつき|Double-Edged Headbutt}} is a {{type|Rock}}-[[Types|type]] [[move]] introduced in [[Generation IV]].
+==Description==
-'''Head Smash''' (もろはのずつき ''Double-Edged Headbutt'') is a {{type|Rock}}-type move introduced in [[Generation IV]].
+{{Movedesctop|Rock}}
+{{Movedescmid|{{G|DPPt}}|The user delivers a life-endangering head butt at full power. The user also takes terrible damage.}}
+{{Movedescmid|{{G|HGSS}}|The user delivers a life-endangering attack at full power. The user also takes terrible damage.}}
+{{Movedescmid|{{G|BW}}{{G|B2W2}}|The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. The user also takes terrible damage.}}
+{{Movedescmid|{{G|XY}}{{G|ORAS}}<hr />{{G|SM}}{{G|USUM}}<hr />{{G|SWSH}}|The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. This also damages the user terribly.}}
+{{Movedescend}}
 ==Effect==
 ===In Battle===
-The user delivers a life-endangering headbutt at full power. The user also takes terrible damage. it transmitts stds on contact.
+Head Smash does damage. The user also takes recoil damage, equal to 1/2 of the damage dealt to the target.
 ===Super Contests===
@@ Line 32: / Line 43: @@
 ==Learnset==
-===[[Generation IV]]===
+===By leveling up===
+{{Movelisttop/4|Rock}}
-====By Leveling Up====
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|185|Sudowoodo|{{type|rock}}|Mineral||||54|48|STAB='''}}
-{|width="50%" style="border:solid 1px black; -moz-border-radius:10px; align:left;"
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|369|Relicanth|{{type|water}}/{{type|rock}}|Water 1/Water 2|78|78|1, 78{{Ver|{{G|XY}}}}<br/>1, 56{{Ver|{{G|ORAS}}}}|1, 56|55|STAB='''}}
-|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:black; background:#{{Rock}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 1em; -moz-border-radius-topright: 1em;"|'''By Leveling Up'''
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|408|Cranidos|{{type|rock}}|Monster|43|46|46|46||STAB='''}}
-|-
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|409|Rampardos|{{type|rock}}|Monster|52|58|58|58||STAB='''}}
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Pokémon
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|498|Tepig|{{type|fire}}|Field||37|37|37|}}
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Type
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|499|Pignite|{{type|fire}}/{{type|fighting}}|Field||44|44|44|}}
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Level
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|500|Emboar|{{type|fire}}/{{type|fighting}}|Field||50|50|50|}}
-|-
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|550|Basculin|{{type|water}}|Water 2||||46|56}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Relicanth]]'''
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Water}}/{{type|Rock}}
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|559|Scraggy|{{type|dark}}/{{type|fighting}}|Field/Dragon||53|50|50|52}}
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|560|Scrafty|{{type|dark}}/{{type|fighting}}|Field/Dragon||65|65|65|60}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|78
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|681|Aegislash|{{type|steel}}/{{type|ghost}}|Mineral|||1|1|1}}
-|-
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|697|Tyrantrum|{{type|rock}}/{{type|dragon}}|Monster/Dragon|||1, 58|1, 58|66|STAB='''}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Cranidos]]'''
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|793|Nihilego|{{type|rock}}/{{type|poison}}|Undiscovered||||73|70|STAB='''}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Rock}}
+{{Movelistmid/4|Rock|834|Drednaw|{{type|water}}/{{type|rock}}|Monster/Water 1|||||66|STAB='''}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|43
+{{Movelistend/4|Rock}}
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Rampardos]]'''
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Rock}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|52
-|-
-|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:black; background:#{{Rock}}; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 1em; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 1em;"|<small>* '''Bold''' indicates a Pokémon which receives [[STAB]] from this move<small> </small></small>
-|}
+===By breeding===
-====By Breeding (in [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver|HeartGold and SoulSilver]])====
-{|width="50%" style="border:solid 1px black; -moz-border-radius:10px; align:left;"
-|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:black; background:#{{Rock}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 1em; -moz-border-radius-topright: 1em;"|'''By Breeding'''
-|-
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Pokémon
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Type
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Father
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Nidoran♂]]
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Poison}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Cranidos]], [[Rampardos]]
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Phanpy]]*
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Ground}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Nidoran♂]], [[Nidorino]], [[Nidoking]]
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Aron]]'''
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Steel}}/{{type|Rock}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Cranidos]], [[Rampardos]]
-|-
-|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:black; background:#{{Rock}}; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 1em; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 1em;"|<small>* '''Bold''' indicates a Pokémon which receives [[STAB]] from this move<small><br /><small>* indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding </small></small></small>
-|}
-===[[Generation V]]===
+===Special move===
-====By Leveling Up====
+====[[Generation V]]====
-{|width="50%" style="border:solid 1px black; -moz-border-radius:10px; align:left;"
-|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:black; background:#{{Rock}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 1em; -moz-border-radius-topright: 1em;"|'''By Leveling Up'''
-|-
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Pokémon
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Type
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Level
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Relicanth]]'''
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Water}}/{{type|Rock}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|78
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Cranidos]]'''
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Rock}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|46
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Rampardos]]'''
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Rock}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|58
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Tepig]]
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Fire}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|37
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Pignite]]
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Fire}}/{{type|Fighting}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|44
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Emboar]]
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Fire}}/{{type|Fighting}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|50
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Scraggy]]
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Dark}}/{{type|Fighting}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|53
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Scrafty]]
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Dark}}/{{type|Fighting}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|65
-|-
-|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:black; background:#{{Rock}}; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 1em; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 1em;"|<small>* '''Bold''' indicates a Pokémon which receives [[STAB]] from this move<small> </small></small>
-|}
-====By Breeding====
+====[[Generation VIII]]====
-{|width="50%" style="border:solid 1px black; -moz-border-radius:10px; align:left;"
-|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:black; background:#{{Rock}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 1em; -moz-border-radius-topright: 1em;"|'''By Breeding'''
-|-
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Pokémon
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Type
-!style="background-color: #{{Rock}}; color: black;"|Father
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Nidoran♂]]
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Poison}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Cranidos]], [[Rampardos]], [[Tepig]], [[Pignite]], [[Emboar]], [[Scraggy]], [[Scrafty]]
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Corsola]]'''
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Water}}/{{type|Rock}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Relicanth]]
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Phanpy]]
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Ground}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Tepig]], [[Pignite]], [[Emboar]], [[Scraggy]], [[Scrafty]]
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Aron]]'''
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Steel}}/{{type|Rock}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Cranidos]], [[Rampardos]]
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|'''[[Archen]]'''*
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Rock}}/{{type|Flying}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Corsola]]
-|-
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Deino]]
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|{{type|Dark}}/{{type|Dragon}}
-|style="background:#fbfbfb"|[[Scraggy]], [[Scrafty]]
-|-
-|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:black; background:#{{Rock}}; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 1em; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 1em;"|<small>* '''Bold''' indicates a Pokémon which receives [[STAB]] from this move<small><br /><small>* indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding </small></small></small>
-|}
+===By event===
+====[[Generation V]]====
+====[[Generation VI]]====
+==Gallery==
+{{MoveGallery
+|games =
+Head Smash IV.png {{!}} Head Smash depicted in [[Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version|Diamond, Pearl]], [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum]], [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Version|HeartGold and SoulSilver]].
+Head Smash VI.png {{!}} Head Smash depicted in [[Pokémon X and Pokémon Y|X, Y]], [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]].
+|anime =
+Roark Rampardos Head Smash.png {{!}} Head Smash being used by [[Roark's Rampardos (anime)]].
+|manga =
+Black's Emboar Head Smash.png {{!}} Head Smash being used by [[Bo|Black's Emboar]].
+}}
+{{List of Rock-type moves}}
 [[es:Testarazo]]
-[[Category:Moves]]
+[[pl:Head Smash]]
+[[Category:Moves that cause recoil damage]]
+[[Category:Moves with a base power of 150]]