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Power

Skull Bash

Normalphysical

Raises the user’s Defense by one stage. User charges for one turn before attacking.

Pokémon that learn it
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Power130
Accuracy100%
PP10
Priority0
Effect chance100%

In-battle effect

Inflicts regular damage. Raises the user’s Defense by one stage. User then charges for one turn before attacking. This move cannot be selected by Sleep Talk.

TM & HM

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Skull Bash is taught by TM40, TM146 — the number varies by game.

GameMachine
Legends Z-A: Mega DimensionTM146
Legends: Z-ATM146
Red & BlueTM40
YellowTM40

Changes across generations

Skull Bash had different stats in earlier games. A dash means that value was unchanged from what it is today, and an arrow marks what happened when that era ended — ▲ raised or ▼ lowered.

GamesTypePowerAccuracyPP
Before Gen 6 (X/Y)—100 Power increased after this100%15 PP decreased after this
CurrentNormal130100%10

Pokémon that learn Skull Bash

113

Grouped by National Pokédex number. Learn methods and availability vary by game; open a Pokémon to check its game-specific learnset.

Bulbasaur#0001Charmander#0004Charmeleon#0005Charizard#0006Squirtle#0007Wartortle#0008Blastoise#0009Beedrill#0015
No. 001–151 (100)
No. 252–386 (3)
No. 387–493 (2)
No. 494–649 (2)
No. 650–721 (2)
No. 722–809 (2)
No. 810–905 (2)

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“Skull Bash”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/moves/skull-bash.

Move data from PokéAPI.