Close Combat
- Type
- Fighting
- Category
- Physical
- Power
- 120
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 5
- Priority
- 0
- Generation
- 4
About the move
Close Combat is a physical Fighting-type move introduced in generation 4.
It has 120 power, 100% accuracy and 5 PP.
On top of that, the move lowers the user’s Defense by 1 stage and lowers the user’s Sp. Def by 1 stage.
As a Fighting-type move, it is super effective against Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark and Steel Pokémon, not very effective against Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug and Fairy and has no effect on Ghost. Fighting-type Pokémon get a 50% damage bonus (STAB) when using it.
126 Pokémon can learn Close Combat, such as Mankey, Primeape, Growlithe, Arcanine and Poliwrath.
Official effect
Lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage after inflicting damage.
Pokémon that learn it (126)
Mankey
Primeape
Growlithe
Arcanine
Poliwrath
Machop
Machoke
Machamp
Farfetchd
Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Scyther
Pinsir
Tauros
Mew
Snubbull
Granbull
Scizor
Heracross
Teddiursa
Ursaring
Hitmontop
Combusken
Blaziken
Breloom
Makuhita
Hariyama
Meditite
Medicham
Sharpedo
Zangoose
Crawdaunt
Absol
Monferno
Infernape
Staraptor
Lopunny
Riolu
Lucario
Croagunk
Toxicroak
Gallade
Pignite
Emboar
Timburr
Gurdurr
Conkeldurr
Sawk