Dark · Physical move · Gen 2
Beat Up
Beat Up is a Dark-type physical move introduced in Generation 2. It has variable or fixed damage and 100% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 66 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Dark
Category
Physical
Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
All healthy allies aid in damaging the target. Hits one time for the user and one time for each unfainted Pokemon without a non-volatile status condition in the user's party. The power of each hit is equal to 5+(X/10), where X is each participating Pokemon's base Attack; each hit is considered to come from the user.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (22 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (22 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Dark attack
2× vsPsychicGhost
½× vsFightingDarkFairy
Pokémon that learn Beat Up
66 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 3–8 | ||||
| Fire | 3–8 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Poison | 3–7 | ||||
| Poison | ✓ | 3–7 | |||
| Poison | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 3–8 | ||||
| Ground | 3–8 | ||||
| Ground/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Ground | 3–8 | ||||
| Ground/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Dark/Ice | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Dark/Fire | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Dark/Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Grass | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Dark | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Dark | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Bug/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Dark/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Grass/Fairy | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Ground/Dark | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Dark | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Dark | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Dark/Fighting | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Dark/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Ice | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Dark/Steel | 8 | ||||
| Dark/Steel | 8 | ||||
| Bug/Steel | 8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | 8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Fighting/Dark | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Rock/Water | 8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Fire | 8 | ||||
| Poison/Fire | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Ghost/Fairy | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Dark | 8 | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Dragon/Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ghost | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Fighting/Dark | 8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fighting/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Dark/Steel | 8 | ||||
| Poison/Fairy | ✓ | 9 |
Beat Up FAQ
What does Beat Up do?
Beat Up is a Dark-type physical move. Hits one time for the user and one time for each unfainted Pokemon without a non-volatile status condition in the user's party. The power of each hit is equal to 5+(X/10), where X is each participating Pokemon's base Attack; each hit is considered to come from the user.
Which Pokémon can learn Beat Up?
66 Pokémon and forms can learn Beat Up in at least one game: 22 in Scarlet & Violet, 22 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Ekans, Arbok and Nidoran-F.
Is Beat Up in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 22 Pokémon can use Beat Up in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Beat Up super effective against?
As a Dark-type attack, Beat Up is super effective against Psychic and Ghost, not very effective against Fighting, Dark and Fairy (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.