Bite

Bite

かみつく Bite

Generation:	I

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	60
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	25, max: 40
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	May cause flinching
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Type:
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	3 ♥♥♥

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

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Bite is a former Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. With the introduction of Dark and Steel-type Pokémon and moves, it was converted to a Dark-type move starting in Generation II.

Description

Games	Description
STADSTA2	A bite made using sharp fangs. This may cause the opponent to flinch, and it might not attack.
GSC	An attack that may cause flinching.
RSECOLXD	Bites with vicious fangs. May cause flinching.
FRLG	The user bites with vicious fangs. It may make the foe flinch.
DPPtHGSS	The foe is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. It may make the target flinch.
BWB2W2	The target is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. It may make the target flinch.
XYORAS SMUSUMPE SWSH	The target is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. This may also make the target flinch.

Effect

In Battle

The foe is bitten with viciously-sharp fangs. It may make the target flinch.

Contests

Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests

A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Squirtle	water	Monster/Water 1	22	18	18	16	16	16	16SMUSUM 23PE	12
	Wartortle	water	Monster/Water 1	24	19	19	16	16	16	17SMUSUM 27PE	12
	Blastoise	water	Monster/Water 1	24	19	19	16	16	16	17SMUSUM 27PE	12
	Rattata	normal	Field				10	10	10	10SMUSUM 12PE
	Rattata	dark/normal	Field							10SMUSUM 12PE
	Raticate	normal	Field				10	10	10	10SMUSUM 12PE
	Raticate	dark/normal	Field							10SMUSUM 12PE
	Ekans	poison	Field/Dragon	17	15	13	9	9	9	9SMUSUM 12PE
	Arbok	poison	Field/Dragon	17	1, 15	1, 13	1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1, 9SMUSUM 12PE
	Nidoran♀	poison	Monster/Field	29RGBJP 30Y	30	20	21	21	21	21SMUSUM 12PE	30
	Nidorina	poison	Undiscovered	32RGBJP 36Y	36	22	23	23	23	23SMUSUM 12PE	36
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	Undiscovered								1
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying	15	12	16	13	13BW 12B2W2	12XY 11ORAS	11SMUSUM 9PE	30
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying	1, 15	12	16	13	13BW 12B2W2	12XY 1, 11ORAS	1, 11SMUSUM 1, 8PE	34
	Meowth	normal	Field	12	11	11RS}E 10FRLG	6	6	6	6SMUSUM 1, 3PE	16
	Meowth	dark	Field							6SMUSUM 1, 3PE	16
	Persian	normal	Field	1, 12	1, 11	1, 11RS}E 1, 10FRLG	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6SMUSUM 1, 3PE	16
	Persian	dark	Field							1, 6SMUSUM 1, 3PE	16
	Growlithe	fire	Field	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
	Arcanine	fire	Field			1	1	1	1	1	1
	Grimer	poison/dark	Amorphous							7SMUSUM 24PE
	Muk	poison/dark	Amorphous							1, 7SMUSUM 24PE
	Kangaskhan	normal	Monster	26	13	7	13	13	13	13SMUSUM 17PE	12
	Gyarados	water/flying	Water 2/Dragon	1, 20RGBJP 20Y	20	20	20	20	20	1, Evo.	1, Evo.
	Eevee	normal	Field	37RGBJP 30Y	30	30	29	29BW 17B2W2	17	17	25
	Vaporeon	water	Field	40RGBJP 30Y	30	30	29	29BW			1
	Jolteon	electric	Field								1
	Flareon	fire	Field	40RGBJP 30Y	30	30	29	29BW 17B2W2	17	17SMUSUM	25
	Omanyte	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3		13	13	7	7	7	7SMUSUM 22PE
	Omastar	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3		1, 13	1, 13	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7SMUSUM 22PE
	Aerodactyl	rock/flying	Flying	38	15	15	1	1	1	1	1
	Snorlax	normal	Monster								16
	Totodile	water	Monster/Water 1		20	20	13	13	13	13
	Croconaw	water	Monster/Water 1		21	21	13	13	13	13
	Feraligatr	water	Monster/Water 1		21	21	13	13	13	13
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying		12	16	13	13BW 12B2W2	12XY 1, 11ORAS	1, 11	34
	Espeon	psychic	Field								1
	Umbreon	dark	Field								1
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy		13	13	7	7	7	7
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy		13	13	7	7	7	7
	Houndour	dark/fire	Field		20	25	17	16	16	16
	Houndoom	dark/fire	Field		20	25	17	16	16	16
	Raikou	electric	Undiscovered		1	1	1	1	1	1	12
	Entei	fire	Undiscovered		1	1	1	1	1	1	12
	Suicune	water	Undiscovered		1	1	1	1	1	1	12
	Larvitar	rock/ground	Monster		1	1	1	1	1	1	9
	Pupitar	rock/ground	Monster		1	1	1	1	1	1	9
	Tyranitar	rock/dark	Monster		1	1	1	1	1	1	9
	Poochyena	dark	Field			13	13	13	13XY 10ORAS	10
	Mightyena	dark	Field			1, 13	1, 13	1, 13	1, 13XY 1, 10ORAS	1, 10
	Loudred	normal	Monster/Field				20	20	20	1, Evo.	1, Evo.
	Exploud	normal	Monster/Field				20	20	20	1	1
	Mawile	steel/fairy	Field/Fairy			11	11	11	11XY 9ORAS	9	12
	Electrike	electric	Field			33	28	28	28XY 24ORAS	24	20
	Manectric	electric	Field			39	30	30	30XY 24ORAS	24	20
	Carvanha	water/dark	Water 2			1	1	1	1	1	16
	Sharpedo	water/dark	Water 2			1	1	1	1	1	16
	Trapinch	ground	Bug/Dragon			1	1	1	1	1	8
	Vibrava	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon			1					1
	Flygon	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon			1					1
	Seviper	poison	Field/Dragon			10	10	10BW 5B2W2	5XY 4ORAS	4
	Absol	dark	Field			21	28	28BW 20B2W2	20XY 16ORAS	16
	Snorunt	ice	Fairy/Mineral			10	10	10	10XY 19ORAS	19	35
	Glalie	ice	Fairy/Mineral			1, 10	1, 10	1, 10	1, 10XY 19ORAS	19	35
	Huntail	water	Water 1			8	6	6	6XY 1ORAS	1
	Bagon	dragon	Dragon			5	5	5	5XY 10ORAS	10	5
	Shelgon	dragon	Dragon			1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5XY 1, 10ORAS	1, 10	1
	Salamence	dragon/flying	Dragon			1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5XY 1, 10ORAS	1, 10	1
	Turtwig	grass	Monster/Grass				21	21	21	21
	Grotle	grass	Monster/Grass				22	22	22	22
	Torterra	grass/ground	Monster/Grass				22	22	22	22
	Shinx	electric	Field				13DP 17PtHGSS	17	17	17	12
	Luxio	electric	Field				13DP 18PtHGSS	18	18	18	12
	Luxray	electric	Field				13DP 18PtHGSS	18	18	18	12
	Stunky	poison/dark	Field							21	18
	Skuntank	poison/dark	Field							21	18
	Gible	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon								25
	Gabite	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon								27
	Garchomp	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon								27
	Munchlax	normal	Undiscovered								16
	Hippopotas	ground	Field				7	7	7	7	4
	Hippowdon	ground	Field				1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1
	Skorupi	poison/bug	Bug/Water 3				1	1	1	1	12
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3				1	1	1	1	12
	Carnivine	grass	Grass				7	7	7	7
	Leafeon	grass	Field								1
	Glaceon	ice	Field				29	29BW 17B2W2	17	17	25
	Froslass	ice/ghost	Fairy/Mineral								1
	Patrat	normal	Field					6	6	6
	Watchog	normal	Field					1, 6	1, 6	1, 6
	Lillipup	normal	Field					8	8	8	8
	Herdier	normal	Field					1, 8	1, 8	1, 8	1
	Stoutland	normal	Field					1, 8	1, 8	1, 8	1
	Pansage	grass	Field					19	19	19
	Pansear	fire	Field					19	19	19
	Panpour	water	Field					19	19	19
	Basculin	water	Water 2					10	10	7	16
	Sandile	ground/dark	Field					4	4	4	15
	Krokorok	ground/dark	Field					1, 4	1, 4	1, 4	15
	Krookodile	ground/dark	Field					1, 4	1, 4	1, 4	15
	Darumaka	fire	Field								8
	Darumaka	ice	Field								8
	Darmanitan	fire	Field								1
	Darmanitan	ice	Field								1
	Tirtouga	water/rock	Water 1/Water 3					8	8	8	15
	Carracosta	water/rock	Water 1/Water 3					8	8	8	15
	Axew	dragon	Monster/Dragon								3
	Fraxure	dragon	Monster/Dragon								1
	Haxorus	dragon	Monster/Dragon								1
	Druddigon	dragon	Dragon/Monster					9	9	9	5
	Durant	bug/steel	Bug					11	11	1	20
	Deino	dark/dragon	Dragon					9	9	9	8
	Zweilous	dark/dragon	Dragon					1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1
	Hydreigon	dark/dragon	Dragon					1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered					13	13	7	15
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered					13	13	7	15
	Chespin	grass	Field						11	11
	Quilladin	grass	Field						11	11
	Chesnaught	grass/fighting	Field						11	11
	Furfrou	normal	Field						22	22
	Tyrunt	rock/dragon	Monster/Dragon						17	17	16
	Tyrantrum	rock/dragon	Monster/Dragon						17	17	16
	Sylveon	fairy	Field								1
	Bergmite	ice	Monster/Mineral						1	1	21
	Avalugg	ice	Monster/Mineral						1	1	21
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon						13	13	20
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon						13	13	20
	Zygarde	dragon/ground	Undiscovered						1	1	1
	Litten	fire	Field							22	15
	Torracat	fire	Field							24	15
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field							24	15
	Yungoos	normal	Field							19
	Gumshoos	normal	Field							19
	Grubbin	bug	Bug							10	15
	Charjabug	bug/electric	Bug							1, 10	15
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug							1, 10	15
	Rockruff	rock	Field							7	20
	Lycanroc	rock	Field							1, 7	20
	Lycanroc	rock	Field							1, 7	20
	Lycanroc	rock	Field							1, 7USUM	20
	Mareanie	poison/water	Water 1							9	10
	Toxapex	poison/water	Water 1							1, 9	10
	Dewpider	water/bug	Water 1/Bug							21	8
	Araquanid	water/bug	Water 1/Bug							21	1
	Silvally	normal	Undiscovered							15	1
	Bruxish	water/psychic	Water 2							12
	Guzzlord	dark/dragon	Undiscovered							1	1
	Skwovet	normal	Field								5
	Greedent	normal	Field								1
	Chewtle	water	Monster/Water 1								7
	Drednaw	water/rock	Monster/Water 1								1
	Yamper	electric	Field								10
	Boltund	electric	Field								1
	Arrokuda	water	Water 2								12
	Barraskewda	water	Water 2								1
	Sizzlipede	fire/bug	Bug								10
	Centiskorch	fire/bug	Bug								1
	Impidimp	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like								4
	Morgrem	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like								1
	Grimmsnarl	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like								1
	Morpeko	electric/dark	Field/Fairy								25
	Dracovish	water/dragon	Undiscovered								28
	Arctovish	water/ice	Undiscovered								28
	Dreepy	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon								1
	Drakloak	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon								1
	Dragapult	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon								1
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered								1
	Zamazenta	fighting	Undiscovered								1
	Zarude	dark/grass	Undiscovered								42
	Regidrago	dragon	Undiscovered								6
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Pokémon		Type	Egg Groups	Father
				II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Charmander	fire
	Rattata	Normal
	Dunsparce	Normal
	Sneasel	Dark/Ice
	Swinub	Ice/Ground
	Stantler	Normal
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn this move through chain breeding.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime
• Manga

Main games

• Bite depicted in Generation I.
• Bite depicted in Generation II.
• Bite depicted in Generation III.
• Bite depicted in Generation V.
• Bite depicted in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon.
• Bite depicted in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

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Side games

• Bite depicted in Pokémon XD

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Main series

• Bite being used by Jessie's Arbok.
• Bite being used by Officer Jenny's Growlithe.
• Bite being used by Ash's Totodile.
• Bite being used by Gary's Blastoise.
• Bite being used by Harrison's Houndoom.
• Bite being used by Wattson's Manectric.
• Bite being used by James' Carnivine.
• Bite being used by Jessie's Seviper.
• Bite being used by Ash's Grotle.
• Bite being used by Ash's Sandile.
• Bite being used by Princess Allie's Furfrou.
• Bite being used by Ash's Lycanroc.
• Bite being used by Ultra Guardians' Noivern.
• Bite being used by Goh's Bruxish.

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Spin-offs & shorts

• Bite being used by Butch's Mightyena (In Pokémon Chronicles).
• Bite being used by Blue's Squirtle (In Pokémon Origins).

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Pokémon Adventures

• Bite being used by Lysandre's Gyarados.
• Bite being used by Mable's Houndoom.

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See also

• Crunch