Pound

Type

Gen.

Power

Accuracy

100%

Priority

Effect Summary

Deals damage with no additional effect.

Pound deals damage with no additional effect.
Pound is also affected by King's Rock

in all generations except Gen. 4

GS C	Pounds with forelegs or tail.
RS E	Pounds the foe with forelegs or tail.
FRLG	A physical attack delivered with a long tail or a foreleg, etc.
DP HGSS PL	The foe is physically pounded with a long tail or a foreleg, etc.
COL B2W2	The target is physically pounded with a long tail or a foreleg, etc.
XY ORAS SM USUM LGPLGE SWSH	The target is physically pounded with a long tail, a foreleg, or the like.

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.

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.