Normal · Physical move · Gen 5
Chip Away
Chip Away is a Normal-type physical move introduced in Generation 5. It has 70 base power and 100% accuracy, with 20 PP (32 with PP Max). 49 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Normal
Category
Physical
Power
70
Accuracy
100%
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
Ignores the target's stat stage changes. Ignores the target's stat stage changes, including evasiveness.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Not usable — it was removed in Scarlet & Violet
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Normal attack
2× vs—
½× vsRockSteel
0× vsGhost
Pokémon that learn Chip Away
49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Ice/Steel | 7 | ||||
| Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Ice/Steel | 7 | ||||
| Poison | 5–7 | ||||
| Poison | 5–7 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Poison | 5–7 | ||||
| Poison | 5–7 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire/Ghost | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 5–7 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Bug/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Rock/Dark | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Dark | 5–7 | ||||
| Rock | 5–7 | ||||
| Rock | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Dark/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Dark/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Dragon | 5–7 | ||||
| Ground/Normal | 5–7 |
Chip Away FAQ
What does Chip Away do?
Chip Away is a Normal-type physical move with 70 power. Ignores the target's stat stage changes, including evasiveness.
Which Pokémon can learn Chip Away?
49 Pokémon and forms can learn Chip Away in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Sandshrew, Alolan Sandshrew, Sandslash, Alolan Sandslash, Nidoran-F and Nidorina.
Is Chip Away in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Chip Away in Pokémon Champions.
What is Chip Away super effective against?
As a Normal-type attack, Chip Away is super effective against no types, not very effective against Rock and Steel and has no effect on Ghost (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.