Head Smash (move)

Head Smash (Japanese: もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Head Smash
もろはのずつき Double-Edged Headbutt

Battles

Type	Rock
Category	Physical
PP	5 (max. 8)
Power	150
Accuracy	80%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Super Contests

Condition	Tough
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Tough
Appeal	6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jamming	0
A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Head Smash inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to ½ of the damage done to the target.

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the user receives recoil damage equal to ¼ of the damage done to the target instead.

Description

Games	Description
DP PtPBR	The user delivers a life-endangering head butt at full power. The user also takes terrible damage.
HGSS	The user delivers a life-endangering attack at full power. The user also takes terrible damage.
BW B2W2	The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. The user also takes terrible damage.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP	The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. This also damages the user terribly.
LA	The user attacks the target with a hazardous, full-power headbutt. This also damages the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
185		Sudowoodo		Mineral		Mineral				54	48^SwSh^BDSP 47^LA
369		Relicanth		Water 1	Water 2	78	78	1, 78^XY 1, 56^ORAS	1, 56	55
408		Cranidos		Monster		Monster	43	46	46	46	46^BDSP 47^LA
409		Rampardos		Monster		Monster	52	58	58	58	58^BDSP 47^LA
438		Bonsly		Undiscovered		Undiscovered					47^LA
498		Tepig		Field		Field		37	37	37
499		Pignite		Field		Field		44	44	44
500		Emboar		Field		Field		50	50	50
550		Basculin		Water 2		Water 2				46	56
559		Scraggy		Field	Dragon		53	50	50	52
560		Scrafty		Field	Dragon		65	65	65	60
681		Aegislash		Mineral		Mineral			1	1	1
697		Tyrantrum		Monster	Dragon			1, 58	1, 58	66
793		Nihilego		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				73	70
834		Drednaw		Monster	Water 1					66
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
032		Nidoran♂		Monster	Field	✔^HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔
095		Onix		Mineral		Mineral					✔
222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔
222		Corsola Galarian Form		Water 1	Water 3					✔
231		Phanpy		Field		Field	✔^HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
299		Nosepass		Mineral		Mineral	✔^HGSS
304		Aron		Monster		Monster	✔^HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔
550		Basculin		Water 2		Water 2				✔^USUM
566		Archen		Flying	Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔
633		Deino		Dragon		Dragon		✔	✔	✔	✔
776		Turtonator		Monster	Dragon				✔	✔
875		Eiscue		Water 1	Field					✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
304		Aron		Monster		Monster	Dream World - Icy Cave
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VIII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3	Regina's Corsola (The Isle of Armor)^Sh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
566		Archen		Flying	Water 3	Pokémon Adventure Camp Archen
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
306		Aggron		Monster		Monster	2014 Korean World Championship Series Aggron
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Head Smash is a move with 50 base power, 80% accuracy, and 5 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front and receives recoil damage equal to ¼ of their maximum HP.

In Gates to Infinity and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, the recoil damage is instead 30% of the user's max HP.

Pokémon Masters EX

Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Physical	3	—	188	225	80%	An opponent	Recoil	The user also takes 33% of the damage it dealt to the target.

Description

Games	Description
MDTD S	Inflicts damage on the target. But it also hurts the user.
BSL	てきポケモンにダメージをあたえるがじぶんもダメージをうけてしまう
MDGtI	It damages an enemy, but you receive recoil damage, too.
SMD MDRTDX	It damages an enemy, but you'll receive recoil damage, too.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

	Rampardos	Cranidos
The user starts to get covered by a bluish-white aura and then charges into its opponent headfirst.
User	First Used In		Notes
Cranidos	Cranidos's body becomes surrounded in a whitish-blue aura, then the aura surrounds its body, making Cranidos look black and white. Cranidos shoots at the opponent with its head pointed at it and smashes into it.
Roark's Cranidos	A Gruff Act to Follow!		Debut
Rampardos	Rampardos's body becomes surrounded by a whitish-blue aura, making it seem black and white, and it shoots at the opponent with its head pointed at it, slamming into it with its head. Once the attack is finished, blue sparks run up Rampardos's body as it takes recoil damage.
Roark's Rampardos	O'er the Rampardos We Watched!		None

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

	Rampardos

The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Rampardos	Rampardos headbutts the opponent with great force.
Team Galactic's Rampardos	Into The Hands Of Evil?!	Debut

Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

	Emboar

The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Emboar	Emboar crashes into the opponent in the air with a powerful headbutt.
Shin's Emboar	Get the Legendary Pokémon	Debut

Pokémon Adventures

	Cranidos

The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Cranidos	Cranidos headbutts the opponent.
Palmer's Cranidos	The Final Dimensional Duel VIII	Debut
Emboar	Emboar jumps into the air and crashes into the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Black's Bo	The Cold Hard Truth	None

Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master!

	Rampardos

The user attacks the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Rampardos	Rampardos rams the opponent with a powerful headbutt.
Ryū's Rampardos	ABM08	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

In HeartGold and SoulSilver's game data, Nosepass can learn Head Smash via breeding, but no Pokémon that can learn it are in Nosepass's Egg Group, Mineral, making it impossible to pass down the move legitimately. This learnset data was then removed in Generation V.
- It is, however, possible to use the Rage glitch to have a Ditto father pass this on to a Nosepass.
Head Smash is tied with Rock Wrecker for the highest base power of all Rock-type moves, excluding Z-Moves, Max Moves, and G-Max Moves.
- A Continental Crush based on either of them has the highest base power of all Rock-type moves.
Head Smash is the only Rock-type move that causes recoil damage.
- It also has the highest base power of all recoil moves.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	雙刃頭錘 Sēungyahn Tàuhchèuih
Chinese	Mandarin	雙刃頭錘 / 双刃头锤 Shuāngrèn Tóuchúi
Dutch		Kopdreun
French		Fracass'Tête
German		Kopfstoß
Greek		Κεφαλοκόπημα
Hindi		सिर फोड़ो Sir Phodo
Italian		Zuccata
Korean		양날박치기 Yangnal Bakchigi
Polish		Supertaran
Portuguese	Brazil	Bate-Cabeça
Portuguese	Portugal	Choque de Cabeça
Romanian		Lovitura la Cap
Spanish	Latin America	Plancha de Cabeza (DP016-DP018) Golpe de Cabeza* (DP107)
Spanish	Spain	Testarazo
Vietnamese		Húc Đầu Lợi Hại

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