Crunch (move)

Crunch (Japanese: かみくだく Crunch) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation II.

Generations II and III
Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's stat by one stage.

Crunch can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if move was used in the prior turn.

Generation IV onward
Crunch now has a 20% chance of lowering the target's stat by one stage.

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * In Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming, a that  was renting from the  was revealed to know Crunch by 's Pokédex.

In other languages
Knirscher Triturar Mâchouille Sgranocchio かみくだく 咬碎（招式）