Normal · Physical move · Gen 1
Double Slap
Double Slap is a Normal-type physical move introduced in Generation 1. It has 15 base power and 85% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 47 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Normal
Category
Physical
Power
15
Accuracy
85%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
Hits 2-5 times in one turn. Hits two to five times. Has a 35% chance to hit two or three times and a 15% chance to hit four or five times. If one of the hits breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the remaining hits. If the user has the Skill Link Ability, this move will always hit five times.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Hits
- 2–5 times
- 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 Double Slap
47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric | 3–7 | ||||
| Electric | 3–7 | ||||
| Electric/Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 3–8 | ||||
| Fairy | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | 3–8 | ||||
| Water | 3–8 | ||||
| Water | 3–8 | ||||
| Water/Fighting | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 3–8 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 4–7 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Electric | 3–7 | ||||
| Water | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 3 | ||||
| Normal | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 3–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 3–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Poison | 5–7 | ||||
| Poison | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 6–7 | ||||
| Normal/Ground | 6–7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Poison/Fire | 7 | ||||
| Poison/Fire | 7 | ||||
| Grass | 7 | ||||
| Grass | 7 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 4–7 |
Double Slap FAQ
What does Double Slap do?
Double Slap is a Normal-type physical move with 15 power. Hits two to five times. Has a 35% chance to hit two or three times and a 15% chance to hit four or five times. If one of the hits breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the remaining hits. If the user has the Skill Link Ability, this move will always hit five times.
Which Pokémon can learn Double Slap?
47 Pokémon and forms can learn Double Slap in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Pikachu, Raichu, Alolan Raichu, Clefairy, Clefable and Jigglypuff.
Is Double Slap in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Double Slap in Pokémon Champions.
What is Double Slap super effective against?
As a Normal-type attack, Double Slap 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.