Dragon · Physical move · Gen 5
Dual Chop
Dual Chop is a Dragon-type physical move introduced in Generation 5. It has 40 base power and 90% accuracy, with 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 78 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Dragon
Category
Physical
Power
40
Accuracy
90%
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
Hits 2 times in one turn. Hits twice. If the first hit breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the second hit.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Hits
- 2 times
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Not usable — it was removed in Scarlet & Violet
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (31 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Dragon attack
2× vsDragon
½× vsSteel
0× vsFairy
Pokémon that learn Dual Chop
78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Water/Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | ||||
| Bug/Flying | ✓ | ||||
| Electric | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | ||||
| Bug/Steel | ✓ | ||||
| Electric | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Dragon/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Dragon/Ground | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting/Steel | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Poison/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Poison/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Electric | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fighting | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Dark/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Dark/Fighting | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Dark/Steel | 5–7 | ||||
| Dark/Steel | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | 6–7 | |||
| Fighting | 6–7 | ||||
| Fighting/Dark | ✓ | 6–7 | |||
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Steel/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Rock/Water | 6–7 | ||||
| Rock/Water | ✓ | 6–7 | |||
| Fighting/Flying | ✓ | 6–7 | |||
| Psychic/Ghost | 6–7 | ||||
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Fire/Dark | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Fighting/Ice | 7 | ||||
| Rock | 7 | ||||
| Grass | 7 | ||||
| Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Normal/Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Bug/Water | ✓ | 7 | |||
| Dragon | 7 | ||||
| Dragon/Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Dragon/Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Grass/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Bug/Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | 7 | ||||
| Fighting/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Electric | 7 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | ||||
| Steel | ✓ | ||||
| Bug/Rock | ✓ | ||||
| Fighting/Ghost | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Dark/Steel | 5–7 |
Dual Chop FAQ
What does Dual Chop do?
Dual Chop is a Dragon-type physical move with 40 power. Hits twice. If the first hit breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the second hit.
Which Pokémon can learn Dual Chop?
78 Pokémon and forms can learn Dual Chop in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 31 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Mankey, Primeape, Poliwrath, Machop, Machoke and Machamp.
Is Dual Chop in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Dual Chop in Pokémon Champions.
What is Dual Chop super effective against?
As a Dragon-type attack, Dual Chop is super effective against Dragon, not very effective against Steel and has no effect on 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.