Close Combat

インファイト Infight

Introduced:	Generation IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	120
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	5, max: 8
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

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

Contest Data

Super Contests (DP Pt)

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

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

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

Close Combat (Japanese: インファイト, Hepburn: Infight) is a Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Description[]

Games	Description
DP Pt	The user fights the foe in close without guarding itself. It also cuts the user's Defense and Sp. Def.
HGSS	The user fights the foe up close without guarding itself. It also cuts the user's Defense and Sp. Def.
BW B2W2	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. It also cuts the user's Defense and Sp. Def.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP	The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def stats.
LA	The user fights the target up close, inflicting damage without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's defensive stats.
SV	The user fights the target up close, inflicting damage without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def stats.

Effect[]

In battle[]

Close Combat does damage to the target, then lowers the user's Defense and Special Defense by 1 stage each. In a Double Battle, Close Combat can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Close Combat can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Mankey	fighting	Field	49	49	49	36^SMUSUM	36^BDSP	33
	Primeape	fighting	Field	59	59	59	39^SMUSUM	39^BDSP	39
	Machop	fighting	Human-Like					43^LA
	Machoke	fighting	Human-Like					43^LA
	Machamp	fighting	Human-Like					43^LA
	Hitmonlee	fighting	Human-Like	53	57	1, 57	1, 57^SMUSUM	36	36
	Hitmonchan	fighting	Human-Like	56	66	1, 66	1, 66^SMUSUM	36	36
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug					43^LA
	Tauros	fighting	Field						60
	Tauros	fighting/fire	Field						60
	Tauros	fighting/water	Field						60
	Zapdos	fighting/flying	Undiscovered					65	65
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug					43^LA
	Heracross	bug/fighting	Bug	37	37^BW 34^B2W2	34^XY 43^ORAS	43	60^SwShBDSP 47^LA	60
	Sneasel	fighting/poison	Field					43^LA	60
	Hitmontop	fighting	Human-Like	51	55	1, 55	1, 55	36	36
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field					1^BDSP
	Makuhita	fighting	Human-Like	40	40	40	40	40^BDSP	40
	Hariyama	fighting	Human-Like	52	52	52^XY 46^ORAS	46	46^BDSP	46
	Zangoose	normal	Field	53	53^BW 47^B2W2	47^XY 50^ORAS	50	50^BDSP	50
	Monferno	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	36	36	36	36	36^BDSP	36
	Infernape	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	41	36	36	1, Evo.	1, Evo.^B2W2 57^LA	Evo.
	Staraptor	normal/flying	Flying	34	34	34	1, Evo.	1, Evo.^B2W2 Evo.^LA	Evo.
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like					40^LA
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered					47^LA
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like	42	55	1, 55	55	60^SwShBDSP 47^LA	60
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like					47^LA
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like					47^LA
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous	53	59	1, 59^XY 1, 53^ORAS	1, 53	63^SwShBDSP 52^LA	63
	Sawk	fighting	Human-Like		49	48	41	55
	Lilligant	grass/fighting	Grass					47^LA
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered		73	1, 73	1, 61	70	70
	Terrakion	rock/fighting	Undiscovered		73	1, 73	1, 61	70	70
	Virizion	grass/fighting	Undiscovered		73	1, 73	1, 61	70	70
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered		73	73	73	70	70
	Meloetta	normal/psychic	Undiscovered		78	78	78		78
	Xerneas	fairy	Undiscovered			80	80	75
	Crabrawler	fighting	Water 3				49		49
	Crabominable	fighting/ice	Water 3				49		49
	Passimian	fighting	Field				43	50	50
	Hakamo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon				63^USUM	56	56
	Kommo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon				75^USUM	60	60
	Marshadow	fighting/ghost	Undiscovered				50	99
	Zeraora	electric	Undiscovered				47^USUM	96
	Falinks	fighting	Fairy/Mineral					50	50
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered					77	77
	Zamazenta	fighting	Undiscovered					77	77
	Kubfu	fighting	Undiscovered					48	48
	Urshifu	fighting/dark	Undiscovered					48	48
	Urshifu	fighting/water	Undiscovered					48	48
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug					43^LA
	Sneasler	fighting/poison	Field					43^LA	60
	Quaquaval	water/fighting	Flying/Water 1						58
	Pawmot	electric/fighting	Field						44
	Annihilape	fighting/ghost	Field						39
	Great Tusk	ground/fighting	Undiscovered						63
	Iron Hands	fighting/electric	Undiscovered						63
	Iron Valiant	fairy/fighting	Undiscovered						63
	Koraidon	fighting/dragon	Undiscovered						84
	Iron Leaves	grass/psychic	Undiscovered						63
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 TM/TR[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Mankey	fighting	Field						TM167
	Primeape	fighting	Field						TM167
	Growlithe	fire	Field					TR53	TM167
	Growlithe	fire/rock	Field						TM167
	Arcanine	fire	Field					TR53	TM167
	Arcanine	fire/rock	Field						TM167
	Poliwrath	water/fighting	Water 1					TR53	TM167
	Machop	fighting	Human-Like					TR53
	Machoke	fighting	Human-Like					TR53
	Machamp	fighting	Human-Like					TR53
	Farfetch'd	normal/flying	Flying/Field					TR53
	Farfetch'd	fighting	Flying/Field					TR53
	Hitmonlee	fighting	Human-Like					TR53	TM167
	Hitmonchan	fighting	Human-Like					TR53	TM167
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug						TM167
	Pinsir	bug	Bug					TR53
	Tauros	normal	Field					TR53	TM167
	Tauros	fighting	Field						TM167
	Tauros	fighting/fire	Field						TM167
	Tauros	fighting/water	Field						TM167
	Zapdos	fighting/flying	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy						TM167
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy						TM167
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug						TM167
	Heracross	bug/fighting	Bug					TR53	TM167
	Sneasel	fighting/poison	Field						TM167
	Teddiursa	normal	Field						TM167
	Ursaring	normal	Field						TM167
	Hitmontop	fighting	Human-Like					TR53	TM167
	Combusken	fire/fighting	Field						TM167
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field					TR53	TM167
	Breloom	grass/fighting	Fairy/Grass						TM167
	Makuhita	fighting	Human-Like						TM167
	Hariyama	fighting	Human-Like						TM167
	Meditite	fighting/psychic	Human-Like						TM167
	Medicham	fighting/psychic	Human-Like						TM167
	Sharpedo	water/dark	Water 2					TR53
	Zangoose	normal	Field						TM167
	Crawdaunt	water/dark	Water 1/Water 3					TR53	TM167
	Absol	dark	Field					TR53
	Monferno	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like						TM167
	Infernape	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like						TM167
	Staraptor	normal/flying	Flying						TM167
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like					TR53
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered						TM167
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like					TR53	TM167
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like						TM167
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous					TR53	TM167
	Pignite	fire/fighting	Field						TM167
	Emboar	fire/fighting	Field						TM167
	Timburr	fighting	Human-Like						TM167
	Gurdurr	fighting	Human-Like					TR53	TM167
	Conkeldurr	fighting	Human-Like					TR53	TM167
	Sawk	fighting	Human-Like					TR53
	Lilligant	grass/fighting	Grass						TM167
	Krookodile	ground/dark	Field					TR53	TM167
	Scraggy	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon						TM167
	Scrafty	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon					TR53	TM167
	Escavalier	bug/steel	Bug					TR53
	Elektross	electric	Amorphous						TM167
	Haxorus	dragon	Monster/Dragon					TR53	TM167
	Beartic	ice	Field						TM167
	Mienfoo	fighting	Field/Human-Like					TR53	TM167
	Mienshao	fighting	Field/Human-Like					TR53	TM167
	Golurk	ground/ghost	Mineral					TR53	TM167
	Bouffalant	normal	Field					TR53
	Rufflet	normal/flying	Flying					TR53	TM167
	Braviary	normal/flying	Flying					TR53	TM167
	Braviary	psychic/flying	Flying						TM167
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Terrakion	rock/fighting	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Virizion	grass/fighting	Undiscovered					TR53
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Meloetta	normal/psychic	Undiscovered						TM167
	Chesnaught	grass/fighting	Field						TM167
	Pangoro	fighting/dark	Field/Human-Like					TR53
	Honedge	steel/ghost	Mineral					TR53
	Doublade	steel/ghost	Mineral					TR53
	Aegislash	steel/ghost	Mineral					TR53
	Tyrunt	rock/dragon	Monster/Dragon					TR53
	Tyrantrum	rock/dragon	Monster/Dragon					TR53
	Hawlucha	fighting/flying	Flying/Human-Like					TR53	TM167
	Xerneas	fairy	Undiscovered					TR53
	Decidueye	grass/fighting	Flying						TM167
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field					TR53	TM167
	Crabrawler	fighting	Water 3						TM167
	Crabominable	fighting/ice	Water 3						TM167
	Lycanroc	rock	Field					TR53	TM167
	Lycanroc	rock	Field					TR53	TM167
	Lycanroc	rock	Field					TR53	TM167
	Mudbray	ground	Field					TR53	TM167
	Mudsdale	ground	Field					TR53	TM167
	Bewear	normal/fighting	Field					TR53
	Passimian	fighting	Field					TR53	TM167
	Golisopod	bug/water	Bug/Water 3					TR53
	Hakamo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon					TR53	TM167
	Kommo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon					TR53	TM167
	Tapu Bulu	grass/fairy	Undiscovered					TR53
	Solgaleo	psychic/steel	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Buzzwole	bug/fighting	Undiscovered					TR53
	Pheromosa	bug/fighting	Undiscovered					TR53
	Marshadow	fighting/ghost	Undiscovered					TR53
	Zeraora	electric	Undiscovered					TR53
	Arrokuda	water	Water 2					TR53	TM167
	Barraskewda	water	Water 2					TR53	TM167
	Clobbopus	fighting	Water 1/Human-Like					TR53
	Grapploct	fighting	Water 1/Human-Like					TR53
	Obstagoon	dark/normal	Field					TR53
	Perrserker	steel	Field					TR53	TM167
	Sirfetch'd	fighting	Flying/Field					TR53
	Falinks	fighting	Fairy/Mineral					TR53	TM167
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Zamazenta	fighting	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Kubfu	fighting	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Urshifu	fighting/dark	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Urshifu	fighting/water	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Zarude	dark/grass	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Glastrier	ice	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Calyrex	psychic/ice	Undiscovered					TR53	TM167
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug						TM167
	Ursaluna	ground/normal	Field						TM167
	Sneasler	fighting/poison	Field						TM167
	Quaquaval	water/fighting	Flying/Water 1						TM167
	Pawmot	electric/fighting	Field						TM167
	Ceruledge	fire/ghost	Human-Like						TM167
	Palafin	water	Field/Water 2						TM167
	Flamigo	flying/fighting	Flying						TM167
	Annihilape	fighting/ghost	Field						TM167
	Great Tusk	ground/fighting	Undiscovered						TM167
	Brute Bonnet	grass/dark	Undiscovered						TM167
	Slither Wing	bug/fighting	Undiscovered						TM167
	Iron Hands	fighting/electric	Undiscovered						TM167
	Iron Valiant	fairy/fighting	Undiscovered						TM167
	Koraidon	fighting/dragon	Undiscovered						TM167
	Iron Leaves	grass/psychic	Undiscovered						TM167
	Okidogi	poison/fighting	Undiscovered						TM167
	Iron Boulder	rock/psychic	Undiscovered						TM167
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

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#051–099	51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs Generation IX

Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield

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#001–050	001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050

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#101–150	101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

#151–200	151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200

#201–229	201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs TRs

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

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A	Arm Thrust Aura Sphere Axe Kick

B	Body Press Brick Break Bulk Up

C	Circle Throw Close Combat Coaching Collision Course Combat Torque Counter Cross Chop

D	Detect Double Kick Drain Punch Dynamic Punch

F	Final Gambit Flying Press Focus Blast Focus Punch Force Palm

H	Hammer Arm High Jump Kick

J	Jump Kick

K	Karate Chop

L	Low Kick Low Sweep

M	Mach Punch Mat Block Meteor Assault

N	No Retreat

O	Octolock

P	Power-Up Punch

Q	Quick Guard

R	Revenge Reversal Rock Smash Rolling Kick

S	Sacred Sword Secret Sword Seismic Toss Sky Uppercut Storm Throw Submission Superpower

T	Thunderous Kick Triple Arrows Triple Kick

U	Upper Hand

V	Vacuum Wave Victory Dance Vital Throw

W	Wake-Up Slap

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

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Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Acupressure Air Slash Aqua Jet Aqua Ring Aqua Tail Assurance Attack Order Aura Sphere Avalanche

B	Brave Bird Brine Bug Bite Bug Buzz Bullet Punch

C	Captivate Charge Beam Chatter Close Combat Copycat Cross Poison Crush Grip

D	Dark Pulse Dark Void Defend Order Defog Discharge Double Hit Draco Meteor Dragon Pulse Dragon Rush Drain Punch

E	Earth Power Embargo Energy Ball

F	Feint Fire Fang Flare Blitz Flash Cannon Fling Focus Blast Force Palm

G	Gastro Acid Giga Impact Grass Knot Gravity Guard Swap Gunk Shot Gyro Ball

H	Hammer Arm Head Smash Heal Block Heal Order Healing Wish Heart Swap

I	Ice Fang Ice Shard Iron Head

J	Judgment

L	Last Resort Lava Plume Leaf Storm Lucky Chant Lunar Dance

M	Magma Storm Magnet Bomb Magnet Rise Me First Metal Burst Miracle Eye Mirror Shot Mud Bomb

N	Nasty Plot Natural Gift Night Slash

O	Ominous Wind

P	Payback Pluck Poison Jab Power Gem Power Swap Power Trick Power Whip Psycho Cut Psycho Shift Punishment

R	Roar of Time Rock Climb Rock Polish Rock Wrecker Roost

S	Seed Bomb Seed Flare Shadow Claw Shadow Force Shadow Sneak Spacial Rend Stealth Rock Stone Edge Sucker Punch Switcheroo

T	Tailwind Thunder Fang Toxic Spikes Trick Room Trump Card

U	U-turn

V	Vacuum Wave

W	Wake-Up Slap Wood Hammer Worry Seed Wring Out

X	X-Scissor

Z	Zen Headbutt

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation IV