Crush Grip
Scarlet & Violet
More power the more HP the target has left.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 5
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Crush Grip changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen V
… (target's current HP / target's maximum
dropped: HP) + 1,added: HP), roundeddropped: down.added: half down, but not less than 1.
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 Gen IX
Power is equal to 120 × (target's current HP / target's maximum HP), rounded half down, but not less than 1.
“The target is crushed with great force. The more HP the target has left, the greater the move's power.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Crush Grip, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Boosts it
2
- Tough Claws×1.3
- Poison Touch30% to poison
Blocks or weakens it
2
- Fluffytakes ½
- Aura Guardtakes ½
Punishes the user
17
- 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
10
- 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
Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.
Good to know
- Its power changes with the situation; How it works gives the rule.
Who learns Crush Grip
It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.