Hammer Arm

Image Update!

Please help the Pokémon Wiki by adding the latest image.

Needs Gen. VIII

Hammer Arm

アームハンマー Arm Hammer

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	100
Accuracy:	90%
PP:	10, max: 16
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	Lowers the user's Speed
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:	Yes

Contest Data

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Hammer Arm is a Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Description

Games	Description
DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS	The user swings and hits with its strong and heavy fist. It lowers the user's Speed, however.
SMUSUM SwShBDSPLA	The user swings and hits with its strong, heavy fist. It lowers the user's Speed, however.
SV	The user swings its strong, heavy fist at the target to inflict damage. This also lowers the user's Speed stat.

Effect

In Battle

It inflicts damage and lower the user's Speed stat by one stage.

Contests

The next appeal can be made later the next turn.

Super Contests

Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Kingler	water	Water 3					1
	Rhydon	ground/rock	Monster/Field	42	42	42	1, Evo.	1, Evo.SwShBDSP	Evo.
	Snorlax	normal	Monster					44SwShBDSP	44
	Sudowoodo	rock	Mineral	49	49BW 47B2W2	47	50	1SwShBDSP	1
	Ursaring	normal	Field	67	67	1, 67	1, 67	1, 67BDSP	64
	Swampert	water/ground	Monster/Water 1	69	69	1, 69XY 1, 63ORAS	1, 63	1	Rem.
	Slaking	normal	Field	61	67	1, 67XY 1, 61ORAS	1, 61	1, 61BDSP	63
	Metagross	steel/psychic	Mineral	45	45	45	1, Evo.	1, Evo.	Evo.
	Regirock	rock	Undiscovered	81	81	1, 81XY 49ORAS	49	42	42
	Regice	ice	Undiscovered	81	81	1, 81XY 49ORAS	49	42	42
	Registeel	steel	Undiscovered	81	81	1, 81XY 49ORAS	49	42	42
	Groudon	ground	Undiscovered	20HGSS	20	20XY 80ORAS	80	36	36
	Rhyperior	ground/rock	Monster/Field	42	42	42	1	1SwShBDSP	1
	Regigigas	normal	Undiscovered					66SwShBDSP	66
	Emboar	fire/fighting	Field		1	1	1		Rem.
	Timburr	fighting	Human-Like		40	40	40	36	36
	Gurdurr	fighting	Human-Like		45	45	45	42	42
	Conkeldurr	fighting	Human-Like		45	45	45	42	42
	Darmanitan	fire	Field		35	35	1, Evo.	1, Evo.
	Reuniclus	psychic	Amorphous					1, Evo.	Evo.
	Golett	ground/ghost	Mineral		50	50	55	48	48
	Golurk	ground/ghost	Mineral		60	60	61	52	52
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered		79	1, 79	1, 73	55SwSh	55
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered		79	1, 79	1, 73	55SwSh	55
	Landorus	ground/flying	Undiscovered		79	1, 79	1, 73	55SwSh	55
	Chesnaught	grass/fighting	Field			1, 60	1, 72		1
	Diggersby	normal/ground	Field			1, 60	1, 60	58
	Pangoro	fighting/dark	Field/Human-Like			1, 57	1, 70	58
	Stufful	normal/fighting	Field				32	32
	Bewear	normal/fighting	Field				36	36
	Buzzwole	bug/fighting	Undiscovered				47	60
	Guzzlord	dark/dragon	Undiscovered				43	45
	Grimmsnarl	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					64	64
	Zarude	dark/grass	Undiscovered					72	72
	Regidrago	dragon	Undiscovered					42	42
	Ursaluna	ground/normal	Field						64
	Ursaluna	ground/normal	Field						64
	Garganacl	rock	Mineral						Evo.
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime

Main games

Hammer Arm depicted in Generation VII

Main series

Hammer Arm performed by Paul's Ursaring.

Hammer Arm performed by Brock's Sudowoodo.

Hammer Arm performed by Bianca's Emboar.

Hammer Arm performed by Sawyer's Slaking.

Hammer Arm performed by Clemont's Diggersby.