Karate Chop (move)

Karate Chop (Japanese:  Karate Chop) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation II, it was a move.

Generation I
Karate Chop deals damage and has an increased critical-hit ratio.

It is in this generation.

Generation II onward
Karate Chop is now a move.

Karate Chop can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, giving extra three appeal points if the move was used in the prior turn. It can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination and gives an extra three appeal points if the move Focus Energy was used in the prior turn.

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Pokémon GO

 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Karate Chop had an energy gain of 7%.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Karate Chop had a power of 6, an energy gain of 8%, and a duration of 0.8 seconds.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 21, 2017, Karate Chop had a duration of 1.3 seconds.

and may only know this move if they were obtained before February 16, 2017.

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In the anime

 * In The Cave of Mirrors!, Mirror Ash ordered his to use Karate Chop, but due to it being too timid to attack, Hawlucha was never seen using the move.

Trivia

 * Karate Chop is one of four moves to have its in Generation II; the others are, , and . They were all  moves in Generation I.

In other languages
Karateschlag Golpe kárate Poing-Karaté Colpokarate からてチョップ 空手劈（招式）