Close Combat — Pokémon Move

Lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage after inflicting damage.

Type: fighting; class: physical; power: 120; accuracy: 100; PP: 5; priority: 0.

Effect notes

Inflicts regular damage, then lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage each.

In-game descriptions by version

diamond pearl	The user fights the foe in close without guarding itself. It also cuts the user’s Defense and Sp. Def.
platinum	The user fights the foe in close without guarding itself. It also cuts the user’s Defense and Sp. Def.
heartgold soulsilver	The user fights the foe up close without guarding itself. It also cuts the user’s Defense and Sp. Def.
black white	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. It also cuts the user’s Defense and Sp. Def.
black 2 white 2	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. It also cuts the user’s Defense and Sp. Def.
x y	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user’s Defense and Sp. Def stats.
omega ruby alpha sapphire	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user’s Defense and Sp. Def stats.
sun moon	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user’s Defense and Sp. Def stats.
ultra sun ultra moon	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user’s Defense and Sp. Def stats.
lets go pikachu lets go eevee	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user’s Defense and Sp. Def stats.
sword shield	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user’s Defense and Sp. Def stats.
legends arceus	The user fights the target up close, inflicting damage without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's defensive stats.
scarlet violet	The user fights the target up close, inflicting damage without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def stats.

Pokémon that learn this move in scarlet-violet

mankey — level-up, level 33
mankey — tm
primeape — level-up, level 39
primeape — tm
growlithe — tm
arcanine — tm
poliwrath — tm
hitmonlee — level-up, level 36
hitmonlee — tm
hitmonchan — level-up, level 36
hitmonchan — tm
scyther — tm
tauros — tm
mew — tm
snubbull — tm
granbull — tm
scizor — tm
heracross — level-up, level 60
heracross — tm
teddiursa — tm
teddiursa — egg
ursaring — tm
hitmontop — level-up, level 36
hitmontop — tm
combusken — tm
blaziken — tm
breloom — tm
makuhita — level-up, level 40
makuhita — tm
hariyama — level-up, level 46
hariyama — tm
meditite — tm
medicham — tm
zangoose — level-up, level 50
zangoose — tm
crawdaunt — tm
monferno — level-up, level 36
monferno — tm
infernape — level-up, level 0
infernape — tm
staraptor — level-up, level 0
staraptor — tm
riolu — tm
lucario — level-up, level 60
lucario — tm
toxicroak — tm
gallade — level-up, level 63
gallade — tm
pignite — tm
emboar — tm