Crush Claw
Pokémon Champions
50% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1.
- Power
- 75
- Accuracy
- 95%
- PP
- 12 Scarlet & Violet: 10
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Crush Claw changed from game to game, newest first.
- Champions
PP 10 → 12 Buffed
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
Has a 50% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1 stage.
“The user slashes the target with hard and sharp claws. This may also lower the target's Defense stat.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Crush Claw, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Boosts it
4
- Tough Claws×1.3
- Poison Touch30% to poison
- Sheer Force×1.3, loses the effect
- Serene Gracedoubles the chance
- Sharpness×1.5 in Champions
Blocks or weakens it
3
- Fluffytakes ½
- Aura Guardtakes ½
- Shield Dustblocks the effect
Covert Cloakblocks the effect
Punishes the user
12
- Rough Skintakes ⅛ back
- Iron Barbstakes ⅛ back
Rocky Helmettakes ⅙ back- Static30% paralysis
- Flame Body30% burn
- Poison Point30% poison
- Effect Spore30% poison, paralysis or sleep
- Cute Charm30% infatuation
- Gooey−1 Speed
- Tangling Hair−1 Speed
- Mummyreplaces its ability
- Lingering Aromareplaces its ability
- Wandering Spiritswaps abilities
- Perish Bodya 3-turn faint countdown for both
- Aftermathtakes ¼ if it knocks the holder out
- Pickpocketsteals its item
Sticky Barbcan stick to it
Changes how it works
8
- Long Reachno contact
Protective Padsno contact effects- Unseen Fistgoes through Protect
- Piercing Drillgoes through Protect for ¼ damage
- Infiltratorgoes through Substitute
- Pixilatebecomes Fairy-type, ×1.2
- Aerilatebecomes Flying-type, ×1.2
- Refrigeratebecomes Ice-type, ×1.2
- Galvanizebecomes Electric-type, ×1.2
- Dragonizebecomes Dragon-type, ×1.2
- Unseen Fistgoes through Protect for ¼ damage
No ability or held item affected it in these games.
Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.
Who learns Crush Claw
7 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 26 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →