Crunch (move)

Move data

Type	Dark
Category	Physical
Power	80
Accuracy	100
PP	15  (max. 24)
Introduced	Generation 2

Effects

Crunch deals damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.

Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages each.

Changes

In Generations 1-3, Crunch instead may lower Special Defense one stage. This is likely because Crunch is a Special move before those games.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Darkinium Z and uses its Z-Power, Crunch turns into Black Hole Eclipse and has base power 160.

Move target

Targets a single adjacent Pokemon.

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