Normal · Physical move · Gen 1
Pound
Pound is a Normal-type physical move introduced in Generation 1. It has 40 base power and 100% accuracy, with 35 PP (56 with PP Max). 88 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Normal
Category
Physical
Power
40
Accuracy
100%
PP
35 (max 56)
Priority
0
Effect
No additional effect.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (65 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Normal attack
2× vs—
½× vsRockSteel
0× vsGhost
Pokémon that learn Pound
88 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairy | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Fairy | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water/Fighting | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Poison/Dark | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Poison/Dark | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 7–8 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Fairy | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Fairy/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Dark | 3–7 | ||||
| Grass/Dark | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Steel | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | 4–8 | ||||
| Normal | 4–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Fairy/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Normal | 5–8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Poison | 5–8 | ||||
| Poison | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Dark | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |||
| Electric/Normal | 6–8 | ||||
| Electric/Normal | 6–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Poison/Fire | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Rock/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Grass | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water/Fighting | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fairy/Psychic | ✓ | 9 |
Pound FAQ
What does Pound do?
Pound is a Normal-type physical move with 40 power. No additional effect.
Which Pokémon can learn Pound?
88 Pokémon and forms can learn Pound in at least one game: 65 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Poliwag and Poliwhirl.
Is Pound in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Pound in Pokémon Champions.
What is Pound super effective against?
As a Normal-type attack, Pound 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.