Grass · Physical move · Gen 4
Wood Hammer
Wood Hammer is a Grass-type physical move introduced in Generation 4. It has 120 base power and 100% accuracy, with 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 20 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Grass
Category
Physical
Power
120
Accuracy
100%
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
Has 33% recoil. If the target lost HP, the user takes recoil damage equal to 33% the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (17 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (7 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (9 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Grass attack
2× vsWaterGroundRock
½× vsFireGrassPoisonFlyingBugDragonSteel
Pokémon that learn Wood Hammer
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Exeggutor | Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
 Alolan Exeggutor | Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
 Sudowoodo | Rock | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
 Torterra | Grass/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |
 Snover | Grass/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
 Abomasnow | Grass/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 |
 Maractus | Grass | 5–8 | |||
 Chespin | Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |
 Quilladin | Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |
 Chesnaught | Grass/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 |
 Phantump | Ghost/Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
 Trevenant | Ghost/Grass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 |
 Komala | Normal | ✓ | 7, 9 | ||
 Mimikyu | Ghost/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 |
 Tapu Bulu | Grass/Fairy | 7–8 | |||
 Grookey | Grass | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Thwackey | Grass | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Rillaboom | Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
 Tinkaton | Fairy/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Ogerpon | Grass | ✓ | 9 |
Wood Hammer FAQ
What does Wood Hammer do?
Wood Hammer is a Grass-type physical move with 120 power. If the target lost HP, the user takes recoil damage equal to 33% the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP.
Which Pokémon can learn Wood Hammer?
20 Pokémon and forms can learn Wood Hammer in at least one game: 17 in Scarlet & Violet, 7 in Pokémon Champions and 9 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Exeggutor, Alolan Exeggutor, Sudowoodo, Torterra, Snover and Abomasnow.
Is Wood Hammer in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 7 Pokémon can use Wood Hammer in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Wood Hammer super effective against?
As a Grass-type attack, Wood Hammer is super effective against Water, Ground and Rock, not very effective against Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon and Steel (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.