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List of Fighting-type Moves

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Pokemon Sword and Shield - List of Fighting-type Moves

This is a list of all fighting-type moves that are usable in Pokemon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor, and the Crown Tundra DLC. Sort all fighting moves by Power, PP, and Accuracy, and see how to use them competitively.

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List of Fighting-type Moves

Moves Type Power Acc. PP
Arm Thrust Pokemon Fighting Image 15 100 20
Aura Sphere Pokemon Fighting Image 80 - 20
Body Press Pokemon Fighting Image 80 100 10
Brick Break Pokemon Fighting Image 75 100 15
Bulk Up Pokemon Fighting Image - - 20
Circle Throw Pokemon Fighting Image 60 90 10
Close Combat Pokemon Fighting Image 120 100 5
Coaching Pokemon Fighting Image - - 10
Counter Pokemon Fighting Image - 100 20
Cross Chop Pokemon Fighting Image 100 80 5
Detect Pokemon Fighting Image - - 5
Double Kick Pokemon Fighting Image 30 100 30
Drain Punch Pokemon Fighting Image 75 100 10
Dynamic Punch Pokemon Fighting Image 100 50 5
Final Gambit Pokemon Fighting Image - 100 5
Flying Press Pokemon Fighting Image 100 95 10
Focus Blast Pokemon Fighting Image 120 70 5
Focus Punch Pokemon Fighting Image 150 100 20
Force Palm Pokemon Fighting Image 60 100 10
G-Max Chi Strike Pokemon Fighting Image - - -
Hammer Arm Pokemon Fighting Image 100 90 10
High Jump Kick Pokemon Fighting Image 130 90 10
Low Kick Pokemon Fighting Image - 100 20
Low Sweep Pokemon Fighting Image 65 100 20
Mach Punch Pokemon Fighting Image 40 100 30
Mat Block Pokemon Fighting Image - - 10
Max Knuckle Pokemon Fighting Image - - -
Meteor Assault Pokemon Fighting Image 150 100 5
No Retreat Pokemon Fighting Image - - 5
Octolock Pokemon Fighting Image - 100 15
Power-Up Punch Pokemon Fighting Image 40 100 20
Quick Guard Pokemon Fighting Image - - 15
Revenge Pokemon Fighting Image 60 100 10
Reversal Pokemon Fighting Image - 100 15
Rock Smash Pokemon Fighting Image 40 100 15
Sacred Sword Pokemon Fighting Image 90 100 15
Secret Sword Pokemon Fighting Image 85 100 10
Seismic Toss Pokemon Fighting Image - 100 20
Storm Throw Pokemon Fighting Image 60 100 10
Submission Pokemon Fighting Image 80 80 25
Superpower Pokemon Fighting Image 120 100 5
Thunderous Kick Pokemon Fighting Image 90 100 10
Triple Kick Pokemon Fighting Image 10 90 10
Vacuum Wave Pokemon Fighting Image 40 100 30
Vital Throw Pokemon Fighting Image 70 - 10

Fighting-type Effectiveness

Damage Dealt Type
2x Pokemon Dark Image Pokemon Ice Image Pokemon Normal Image Pokemon Steel Image Pokemon Rock Image
1/2 Pokemon Bug Image Pokemon Fairy Image Pokemon Flying Image Pokemon Poison Image Pokemon Psychic Image
No Effect Pokemon Ghost Image

Fighting-type Moves in Competitive Play

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Fighting-type moves in competitive Pokemon are often used to combat the defensive types. Being super effective against Dark, Steel, and Rock has made the Fighting-type a staple in any meta.

Many non-Fighting Pokemon also use Fighting-type moves as coverage especially for stall teams that usually feature a Dark or Steel-type Pokemon.

List of Fighting-type Pokemon

Fighting-type Offensive Prowess

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As the name suggests, most Fighting-type moves are strictly used offensively. With an array of choices such as Focus Punch, Close Combat, Brick Break, etc., Fighting-types have terrorized the past and current meta with strong sweepers such as Lucario, Blaziken, Mienshao, Urshifu and others.

How to Build an Offensive Team | Best Hyper Offense Team

Fighting-type Dynamax Move and Max Knuckle

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With the introduction of Dynamax, Fighting-type moves got an extra boost in terms of utility with Max Knuckle. This move boosts your Pokemon's attack stat in addition to dealing damage.

A lot of non-Fighting Pokemon were already running Close Combat or Super Power as their filler move. This made Max Knuckle arguably the strongest and most prevalent Max move next to Max Airstream.

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