Head Smash

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Head Smash

もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	150*
Accuracy:	80%
PP:	5, max: 8
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Head Smash (Japanese: もろはのずつき, Hepburn: Double-Edged Headbutt) is a Rock-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Description

Effect

In Battle

Head Smash does damage. The user also takes recoil damage, equal to 1/2 of the damage dealt to the target.

Super Contests

Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Sudowoodo	rock	Mineral				54	48	{{{11}}}
	Relicanth	water/rock	Water 1/Water 2	78	78	1, 78XY 1, 56ORAS	1, 56	55	{{{11}}}
	Cranidos	rock	Monster	43	46	46	46		{{{11}}}
	Rampardos	rock	Monster	52	58	58	58		{{{11}}}
	Tepig	fire	Field		37	37	37		{{{11}}}
	Pignite	fire/fighting	Field		44	44	44		{{{11}}}
	Emboar	fire/fighting	Field		50	50	50		{{{11}}}
	Basculin	water	Water 2				46	56	{{{11}}}
	Scraggy	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon		53	50	50	52	{{{11}}}
	Scrafty	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon		65	65	65	60	{{{11}}}
	Aegislash	steel/ghost	Mineral			1	1	1	{{{11}}}
	Tyrantrum	rock/dragon	Monster/Dragon			1, 58	1, 58	66	{{{11}}}
	Nihilego	rock/poison	Undiscovered				73	70	{{{11}}}
	Drednaw	water/rock	Monster/Water 1					66	{{{11}}}
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Special move

Generation V

Generation VIII

By event

Generation V

Generation VI

Gallery

• Games
• Anime
• Manga

Main games

Head Smash depicted in Generation IV

Head Smash depicted in Generation VI

Head Smash depicted in Generation VII

Main series

Head Smash being used by Roark's Rampardos (anime).

Pokémon Adventures

Head Smash being used by Black's Emboar.