Fighting · Physical move · Gen 4
Force Palm
Force Palm is a Fighting-type physical move introduced in Generation 4. It has 60 base power and 100% accuracy, with 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 17 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Fighting
Category
Physical
Power
60
Accuracy
100%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
30% chance to paralyze the target. Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (11 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Fighting attack
2× vsNormalIceRockDarkSteel
½× vsPoisonFlyingPsychicBugFairy
0× vsGhost
Pokémon that learn Force Palm
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Breloom | Grass/Fighting | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Makuhita | Fighting | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Hariyama | Fighting | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Meditite | Fighting/Psychic | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Medicham | Fighting/Psychic | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Riolu | Fighting | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
 Lucario | Fighting/Steel | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
 Timburr | Fighting | 5–7 | |||
 Gurdurr | Fighting | 5–7 | |||
 Conkeldurr | Fighting | 5–7 | |||
 Mienfoo | Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Mienshao | Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Stufful | Normal/Fighting | 7–8 | |||
 Bewear | Normal/Fighting | 7–8 | |||
 Marshadow | Fighting/Ghost | 7–8 | |||
 Iron Hands | Fighting/Electric | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Okidogi | Poison/Fighting | ✓ | 9 |
Force Palm FAQ
What does Force Palm do?
Force Palm is a Fighting-type physical move with 60 power. Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.
Which Pokémon can learn Force Palm?
17 Pokémon and forms can learn Force Palm in at least one game: 11 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Breloom, Makuhita, Hariyama, Meditite, Medicham and Riolu.
Is Force Palm in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Force Palm in Pokémon Champions.
What is Force Palm super effective against?
As a Fighting-type attack, Force Palm is super effective against Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark and Steel, not very effective against Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug and Fairy 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.