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This is a list of all contact moves in Pokemon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor, and the Crown Tundra DLC. Read on to learn more about these moves and their effects in battle.
List of Contents
Move | Type | Effect |
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Accelerock | The target is smashed by the user at a high speed. This move always goes first. | |
Acrobatics | The user nimbly strikes the target. If the user is not holding an item, this attack inflicts massive damage. | |
Aerial Ace | The user confounds the target with speed, then slashes. This attack never misses. | |
Anchor Shot | The user entangles the target with its anchor chain while attacking. The target becomes unable to flee. | |
Aqua Jet | The user lunges at the target at a speed that makes it almost invisible. This move always goes first. | |
Aqua Tail | The user attacks by swinging its tail as if it were a vicious wave in a raging storm. | |
Arm Thrust | The user lets lose a flurry of open-palmed arm thrusts that hit 2-5 times in a row. | |
Assurance | If the target has already taken some damage in the same turn, this attack's power is doubled. | |
Astonish | The user attacks the target while shouting in a startling fashion. This may also make the target flinch. | |
Avalanche | The power of this attack move is doubled if the user has been hurt by the target in the same turn | |
Behemoth Bash | The user becomes a gigantic shield and slams into the target. This move deals twice the damage if the target is Dynamaxed. | |
Behemoth Blade | The user becomes a gigantic sword and cuts the target. This move deals twice the damage if the target is Dynamaxed. | |
Bind | Things such as long bodies or tentacles are used to bind and squeeze the target for four to five turns. | |
Bite | The target is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. This may also make the target finch. | |
Blaze Kick | The user launches a kick that lands a critical hit easier. This may leave the target with a burn. | |
Body Press | The user attacks by slamming its body into the target. The higher the user's Defense, the more damage it can inflict on the target. | |
Body Slam | The user drops its body onto the target, may leave the target with paralysis | |
Bolt Beak | The user stabs the target with its electrified beak. If the user attacks before the target, the power of this move is doubled. | |
Bounce | The user bounces up high, then drops on the target on the second turn. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | |
Branch Poke | The user attacks the target by poking it with a sharply pointed branch. | |
Brave Bird | The user tucks in its wings and charges from a low altitude. This also damages the user quite a lot. | |
Breaking Swipe | The user swings its tough tail wildly and attacks opposing Pokémon. This also lowers their Attack stats. | |
Brick Break | The user attacks with a swift chop. It can also break barriers, such as Light Screen and Reflect. | |
Brutal Swing | The user swings its body around violently to inflict damage on everything in its vicinity. | |
Bug Bite | The user bites the target. If the user is holding a berry, the user eats it and gains its effect. | |
Bullet Punch | The user strikes the target with tough punches as fast as bullets. This move always goes first. | |
Circle Throw | The target is thrown, and a different Pokemon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokemon | |
Close Combat | The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Special Defense stats. | |
Counter | A retaliation move that counters any physical attack, inflicting double the damage taken. | |
Covet | The user endearingly approaches the target, then steals the target's held item. | |
Crabhammer | The target is hammered with a large pincer. Critical hits land more easily. | |
Cross Chop | Delivers a double chop with its forearms crossed. Critical hits lands easier | |
Cross Poison | A slashing attack with a poisonous blade that may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily. | |
Crunch | The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs. This may also lower the target's Defense stat. | |
Crush Claw | The user slashes the target with hard and sharp claws. This may also lower the target's Defense stat. | |
Crush Grip | The target is crushed with great force. The more HP that target has left, the greater the power this move wil exert. | |
Cut | The target is cut with a scythe or claw. | |
Darkest Lariat | The user swings both arms and hits the target. Its stat changes don't affect this attack's damage | |
Dig | The user burrows, then attacks on the next turn. | |
Dive | Diving on the first turn, the user floats up and attacks on the next turn. | |
Double Hit | The user slams the target with a long tail, vines, or a tentacle. The move works twice in a row | |
Double Iron Bash | The user rotates, centering the hex nut in its chest, and then strikes with its arms twice in a row. This may also make the target flinch. | |
Double Kick | The target is quickly kicked twice in succession using both feet. | |
Double-Edge | A reckless, life-risking tackle in which the user rushes the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. | |
Dragon Ascent | After soaring upward, the user attacks its target by dropping out of the sky at high speeds, but it lowers its own Defense and Special Defense stats in the process | |
Dragon Claw | The user slashes the target with huge sharp claws. | |
Dragon Hammer | Inflicts damage by attacking the target by using its body like a hammer | |
Dragon Rush | The user tackles the target while exhibiting overwhelming menace. May make the target flinch | |
Dragon Tail | The target is knocked away, and a different Pokemon is dragged out. This ends a battle if you are against a wild Pokemon | |
Drain Punch | An energy-draining punch. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target | |
Draining Kiss | The user steals the target's HP with a kiss. The user's HP is restored by over half of the damage taken by the target | |
Drill Peck | A corkscrewing attack with a sharp beak acting as a drill. | |
Drill Run | The user crashes into its target while rotating its body like a drill. Critical hits land more easily. | |
Dual Chop | The user attacks its target by hitting it with brutal strikes. The target is hit twice in a row | |
Dual Wingbeat | The user slams the target with its wings. The target is hit twice in a row. | |
Dynamic Punch | The user punches the target with full, concentrated power. This confuses the target if it hits. | |
Endeavor | This attack move cuts down the target's HP to equal the user's HP | |
Extreme Speed | The user charges the target at blinding speed. This move always comes first | |
Facade | This attack moves doubles its power if the user is poisoned, burned or paralyzed | |
Fake Out | This attack hits first and makes the target flinch. It only works the first turn the user is in battle. | |
False Surrender | The user pretends to bow its head, but then it stabs the target with its disheveled hair. This attack never misses. | |
False Swipe | A restrained attack prevents the target from fainting. The target is left with at least 1 HP | |
Fell Stinger | When the user knocks out a target with this move, the user's Attack stat rises drastically | |
Fire Fang | The user bites with flame-cloaked fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it with a burn | |
Fire Lash | The user strikes the target with a burning lash. This also lowers the target's Defense stat | |
Fire Punch | A punch with a fiery fist. Will leave target with a burn. | |
First Impression | Although this move has great power, it only works the first turn the user is in battle | |
Fishious Rend | The user rends the target with its hard gills. If the user attacks before the target, the power of this move is doubled. | |
Flail | The user flails about aimlessly to attack. The less HP the user has, the greater the move's power | |
Flame Charge | Cloaking itself in flame, the user attacks. Then, building up more power, the user raises its Speed stat | |
Flame Wheel | The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the target. This may also leave the target with a burn | |
Flare Blitz | The user cloaks itself in fire and charges the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. This may leave the target with a burn | |
Flip Turn | After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokemon in waiting. | |
Fly | The user flies for on the first turn, then strikes the target on the next. | |
Flying Press | The user dives down onto the target from the sky. This move is Fighting and Flying-type simultaneously | |
Focus Punch | The user focuses its mind before launching a punch. This move fails if the user is hit before it is used | |
Force Palm | The target is attacked with a shock wave. This may also leave the target with paralysis | |
Foul Play | The user turns the target''s power against it. The higher the target's Attack stat, the greater this move's power | |
Fury Attack | The target is jabbed repeatedly with a horn or beak two to five times in a row. | |
Fury Cutter | The target is slashed with scythes or claws. This attack becomes more powerful if it hits in succession | |
Fury Swipes | The target is raked with sharp claw or scythes quickly 2-5 times in a row | |
Gear Grind | The user attacks by throwing steel gears at its target twice | |
Giga Impact | The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn | |
Grass Knot | The user snares the target with grass and trips it. The heavier the target, the hreater the move's power | |
Grassy Glide | Has high priority when used on Grassy Terrain. | |
Guillotine | A vicious, tearing attack with big pincers. The target faints instantly if this attack hits. | |
Gyro Ball | The user tackles the target with a high-speed spin. The slower the user compared to the target, the greater the move's power. | |
Hammer Arm | The user swings and hits with its strong, heavy fist. It lowers the user's Speed, however. | |
Head Charge | The user charges its head into the target, using its powerful guard hair. This damages the user a little. | |
Head Smash | The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. This also damages the user terribly. | |
Headbutt | The user attacks the target with its head, making the target flinch. | |
Heat Crash | The user slams its target with its flame-covered body. The more the user outweighs the target, the greater the move's power. | |
Heavy Slam | The user slams into the target with its heavy body. The more the user outweights the target, the greater the move's power. | |
High Horsepower | The user fiercely attacks the target using its entire body. | |
High Jump Kick | The target is attacked with a knee kick from a jump. If it misses, the user is hurt instead. | |
Hold Back | The user holds back when it attacks, and the target is left with at least 1 HP. | |
Horn Attack | The target is jabbed with a sharply pointed horn to inflict damage. | |
Horn Drill | The user stabs the target with a horn that rotates like a drill. The target faints instantly if this attack hts. | |
Horn Leech | The user drains the target's energy with its horns. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target. | |
Hyper Fang | The user bites hard on the target with its sharp front fangs. This may also make the target flinch. | |
Ice Fang | The user bites with cold-infused fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it frozen. | |
Ice Hammer | The user swings and hits with its strong, heavy fist. It lowers the user's Speed, however. | |
Ice Punch | A punch with an icy fist. May leave the target frozen. | |
Infestation | The target is infested and attacked for four to five turns. The target can't flee during this time. | |
Iron Head | The user slams the target with its steel-hard head. This may also make the target flinch. | |
Iron Tail | The target is slammed with a steel-hard tail. This may also lower the target's Defense stat. | |
Jaw Lock | This move prevents the user and the target from switching out until either of them faints. The effect goes away if either of the Pokémon leaves the field. | |
Knock Off | The user slaps down the target's held item, and that item can't be used in that battle. The move does more damage if the target has a held item. | |
Lash Out | The user lashes out to vents its frustration toward the target. If its stats were lowered during the turn, the power of this move is doubled. | |
Last Resort | This move can be used only after the user has used all the other moves if knows in the battle. | |
Leaf Blade | The user handles a sharp leaf like a sword and attacks by cutting its target. Critical hits land more easily. | |
Leech Life | The user drains the target's blood. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target. | |
Lick | The target is licked with a long tougue, causing damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | |
Liquidation | The user slams into the target using a full-force blast of water. This may also lower the target's Defense stat. | |
Low Kick | A powerful low kick that makes the target fall over. The heavier the target, the greater the move's power. | |
Low Sweep | The user makes a swift attack on the target's legs, which lowers the target's Speed stat. | |
Lunge | The user makes a lunge at the target, attacking with full force. This also lowers the target's Attack stat. | |
Mach Punch | The user throws a punch at blinding speed. This move always goes first. | |
Mega Kick | The target is attacked by a kick launched with muscle-packed power. | |
Mega Punch | The target is slugged by a punch thrown with muscle-packed power. | |
Megahorn | Using its tough and impressive horn, the user rams into the target with no letup. | |
Metal Claw | The target is raked with steel claws. This may also raise the user's Attack stat. | |
Meteor Mash | The target is hit with a hard punch fired like a meteor. This may also raise the user's Attack stat. | |
Multi-Attack | Cloaking itself in high enegy, the user slams into the target. The memory held determines the move's type. | |
Night Slash | The user slashes the target the instant an opportunity arises. Critical hits land more easily. | |
Nuzzle | This user attacks by nuzzling its electrified cheeks against the target. This also leaves the target with paralysis. | |
Outrage | The user rampages and atacks for two to three turns. The user then becomes confused. | |
Payback | The user stores power, then attacks. If the user moves after the target, this attack's power will be doubled. | |
Peck | The target is jabbed with a sharply pointed beak or horn. | |
Petal Dance | The user attacks the target by scattering petals for two to three turns. The user then becomes confused. | |
Phantom Force | The user vanishes somewhere, then strikes the target on the next turn. This move hits even of the target protects itself. | |
Plasma Fists | The user attacks with electrically charged fists. This move changes Normal-type moves to Electric-type moves. | |
Play Rough | The user plays rough with the target and attacks it. This may also lower the target's Attack stat. | |
Pluck | The user pecks the target. If the target is holding a Berry, the user eats it and gains its effect. | |
Poison Fang | The user bites the target with toxic fangs. This may also leave the target badly poisoned. | |
Poison Jab | The target is stabbed with a tentacle or arm steeped in poison. This may also poison the target. | |
Poison Tail | The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily. | |
Pound | The target is physically pounded with a long tail, a foreleg, or the like. | |
Power Trip | The user boasts its strength and attacks the target. The more the user's stats are raised, the greater the move's power. | |
Power Whip | The user violently whirls its vines, or the like to harshly lash the target. | |
Power-Up Punch | Striking opponents over and over makes the user's fists harder. Hitting a target raises the Attack stat. | |
Psychic Fangs | The user bites the target with its psychic capabilities. This can also destroy Light Sceen and Reflect. | |
Quick Attack | The user lunges at the target at a speed that makes it almost invisible. This move always goes first. | |
Rapid Spin | A spin attack that can also eliminate such moves as Bind, Wrap, and Leech Seed. This also raises the user's Speed stat. | |
Razor Shell | The user cuts its target with sharp shells. This may also lower the target's Defense stat. | |
Retaliate | The user gets revenge for a fainted ally. If an ally fainted in the previous turn, this move's power is increased. | |
Revenge | This attack move's power is doubled if the user has been hurt by the opponent in the same turn. | |
Reversal | An all-out attack that becomes more powergul the less HP the user has. | |
Rock Smash | The user attacks with a punch. This may also lower the target's Defense stat. | |
Rollout | The user continually rolls into the target over five turns. It becomes more powerful each time it hits. | |
Sacred Sword | The user attacks by slicing with a long horn. The target's stat changes don't affect this attack's damage. | |
Scratch | Hard, pointed, sharp claws rake the target to inflict damage. | |
Seismic Toss | The target is thrown using the power of gravity. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level. | |
Shadow Claw | The user slashes with a sharp claw made from shadows. Critical hits land more easily. | |
Shadow Force | The user disappears, then strikes the target on the next turn. This move hits even if the target protects itself. | |
Shadow Punch | The user throws a punch from the shadows. This attack never misses. | |
Shadow Sneak | The user extends its shadow and attacks the target from behind. This move always goes first. | |
Skitter Smack | The user skitters behind the target to attack. This also lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat. | |
Skull Bash | The user tucks in its head to raise its Defense stat on the first turn, then rams the target on the next turn. | |
Slam | The target is slammed with a long tail, vines, or the like to inflict damage. | |
Slash | The target is attacked with a slash of claws or blades. Critical hits land more easily. | |
Smart Strike | The user stabs the target with a sharp horn. This attack never misses. | |
Snap Trap | The user snares the target in a snap trap for four to five turns. | |
Solar Blade | In this two-turn attack, the user gathers light and fills a blade wth the light's energy, attacking the target on the next turn. | |
Spark | The user throws an electrically charged tackle at the target. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | |
Spectral Thief | The user hides in the target's shadow, steals the target's stat boosts, and then attacks. | |
Spirit Break | The user attacks the target with so much force that it could break the target's spirit. This also lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat. | |
Steel Roller | The user attacks while destroying the terrain. This move fails when the ground hasn't turned into a Terrain. | |
Steel Wing | The target is hit with wings of steel. This may also raise the user's Defense stat. | |
Stomp | The target is stomped with a big foot. This may also make the target flinch. | |
Stomping Tantrum | Driven by frustration, the user attacks the target. If the user's previous move has failed, the power of this move doubles. | |
Storm Throw | The user strikes the target with a fierce blow. This attack always results in a critical hit. | |
Strength | The target is slugged with a punch thrown at maximum power. | |
Struggle | This attack is used in desperation only if the user has no PP. It also damages the user a little. | |
Submission | The user grabs the target and recklessly dives for the ground. This also damages the user a little. | |
Sucker Punch | This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack. | |
Sunsteel Strike | The user slams into the target with the force of a meteor. This move can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities. | |
Super Fang | The user chomps hard on the target with its sharp front fangs. This cuts the target's HP in half. | |
Superpower | The user attacks the target with great power. However, this also lowers the user's Attack and Defense stats. | |
Surging Strikes | Attacks in three blows, each dealing a critical hit, allowing the user to bypass its opponent's stat changes. | |
Tackle | A physical attack in which the user charges and slams into the target with its whole body. | |
Tail Slap | The user attacks by striking the target with its hard tail. It hits the target two to five times in a row. | |
Take Down | A reckless, full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little. | |
Thief | The user attacks and steals the target's held item simultaneously. The user can't anything if it already holds an item. | |
Thrash | The user rampages and attacks for two to three turns. The user then becomes confused. | |
Throat Chop | The user attacks the target's throat, and resultant suffering prevents the target from using moves that emit sound for two turns. | |
Thunder Fang | The user bites with electrified fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it with paralysis. | |
Thunder Punch | The target is punched with an electrified fist. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | |
Thunderous Kick | Attacks and lowers the target’s Defense stat. | |
Triple Axel | A consecutive three-kick attack that becomes more powerful with each successful hit. | |
Triple Kick | A consecutive three-kick attack that becomes more powergul with each successful hit. | |
Trop Kick | The user lands an intense kick of tropical origins on the target. This also lowers the target's Attack stat. | |
U-turn | After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokemon in wating. | |
V-create | With a hot flame on its forehead, the user hurls itself at its target. This lowers the user's Defense, Sp. Def, and Speed stats. | |
Vine Whip | The target is struck with slender, whiplike vines to inflict damage. | |
Vise Grip | The target is gripped and squeezed from both sides to inflict damage. | |
Vital Throw | The user attacks last. In return, this throw move never misses. | |
Volt Tackle | The user electrifies itself and charges the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. This attack may leave the target with paralysis. | |
Waterfall | The user charges at the target and may make it flinch. | |
Wicked Blow | Always deals a critical hit, allowing the user to bypass its opponent's stat changes. | |
Wild Charge | The user shrouds itself in electricity and smashes into its target. This also damages the user a little. | |
Wing Attack | The target is struck with large, imposing wings spread wide to inflict damage. | |
Wood Hammer | The user slams its rugged body into the target to attack. This also damages the user quite a lot. | |
Wrap | A long body, vines, or the like wraps and squeezes the target for 4-5 turns. | |
X-Scissor | The user slashes at the target by crossing its scythes or claws as if thet were a pair of scissors. | |
Zen Headbutt | The user focuses its willpower to its head and attacks the target. This may also make the flinch. |
Moves are defined as contact move if they physically touch another Pokemon when using a move and often trigger items and Abilities.
Most Physical Moves are contact moves save for a few exceptions; certain Special Moves also make contact while no Status Moves make contact.
Move | Type | Effect |
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Baneful Bunker | In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also poisons any attacker that makes direct contact | |
Beak Blast | The user first heats up its beak, and then it attacks the target. Making direct contact with the user while heating up its beak results in a burn. | |
King's Shield | The user takes a defensive stance while it protects itself from damage. It also harshly lowers the Attack stat of any attacker who makes direct contact. | |
Obstruct | This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. Direct contact harshly lowers the attacker's Defense stat. | |
Spiky Shield | In adddition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also damages any attacker who makes direct contact. |
Ability | Effect |
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Aftermath | Damages the attacker landing the finishing hit. |
Cute Charm | Contact with the Pokemon may cause infatuation. |
Effect Spore | Contact may poison or cause paralysis or sleep. |
Flame Body | Contact with the Pokemon may burn the attacker. |
Fluffy | Halves damage from contact moves, but doubles damage from Fire-type moves. |
Gooey | Contact with the Pokemon lowers the attacker's Speed stat. |
Iron Barbs | Inflicts damage to the Pokemon on contact. |
Long Reach | The Pokémon uses its moves without making contact with the target. |
Mummy | Contact with this Pokemon spreads this Ability. |
Perish Body | Pokemon and the attacker will faint after 3 turns if you are hit by an attack that has direct contact with you. |
Pickpocket | Steals an item when hit by another Pokemon. |
Poison Point | Contact with the Pokemon may poison the attacker. |
Poison Touch | May poison targets when a Pokemon makes contact.' |
Rough Skin | Inflicts damage to the attacker on contact. |
Static | Contact with the Pokemon may cause paralysis. |
Tangling Hair | Contact with the Pokemon lower the attacker's Speed stat. |
Tough Claws | Boost the power of contact moves. |
Unseen Fist | Allows the Pokemon to bypass moves like Protect when it uses attacks which make direct contact. |
Wandering Spirit | The Pokémon exchanges Abilities with a Pokémon that hits it with a move that makes direct contact. |
Ability | Effect |
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Protective Pads | An item to be held by a Pokémon. These pads protect the holder from effects caused by making direct contact with the target. |
Rocky Helmet | An item to be held by a Pokemon. If the holder is hit, the attacker will also be damaged upon contact. |
Sticky Barb | An item to be held by a Pokémon. It damages the holder every turn and may latch on to Pokémon that touch the holder. |
List of Contact Moves
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