Crunch

Type

Gen.

Power

Accuracy

100%

Priority

Effect Summary

Deals damage and has a 20% chance to lower the target's Defense

by one stage.

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.

In Gen 2-3 Crunch has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense
In Legends: Arceus it has a 20% chance of lowering the target's defensive stats and 10 PP.

GS C	An attack that may lower SPCL.DEF.
RS E	Crunches with sharp fangs. May lower SP. DEF.
FRLG	The foe is crunched with sharp fangs. It may lower the foe’s SP. DEF.
DP HGSS PL	The user crunches up the foe with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target’s Defense stat.
COL B2W2	The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target’s Defense stat.
XY ORAS SM USUM LGPLGE SWSH	The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs. This may also lower the target’s Defense stat.

Move Target

Normal

Affects a selected adjacent target.

means that the Pokémon can not be selected.

means that the Pokémon can be selected.

means that the Pokémon will be selected.

Effect Type

Damage	Deals damage.
Good Stat Decrease	Lowers the target's or other enemies' stats.

Interactions

Makes contact	User touches the target. This triggers some abilities (e.g., Static) and items (e.g., Sticky Barb ).
Blocked by Detect and Protect	This move will not work if the target has used Detect or Protect this turn.
Copied by Mirror Move	A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
Jaw-based	This move has 1.5x its usual power when used by a Pokémon with Strong Jaw.