Power

Skull Bash

Normalphysical

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

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Battle data
In-battle effect
TM & HM
Generation changes
Related moves

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.

Game	Machine
Legends Z-A: Mega Dimension	TM146
Red & Blue	TM40
Yellow	TM40

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.

Games	Type	Power	Accuracy	PP
Through Gen 6 (X/Y)	—	100 Power increased after this	—	15 PP decreased after this
Current	Normal	130	100%	10

Skull Bash

In-battle effect

TM & HM

Changes across generations

Pokémon that learn Skull Bash

Other Normal moves

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