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Skull Bash

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Power

130

Accuracy

100%

Target

Selected Pokemon

100% effect chance

Effect

Raises the user’s Defense by one stage. User charges for one turn before attacking.

Inflicts regular damage. Raises the user’s Defense by one stage. User then charges for one turn before attacking. This move cannot be selected by Sleep Talk.

"The user tucks in its head to raise its Defense stat on the first turn, then rams the target on the next turn."

Where to find it

Game-by-game pickup locations, plus wild Pokémon that may be holding the TM.

Machine by version

TM40taught in
Red BlueYellowRed Green JapanBlue Japan
Generation I
- R B YSafari Zone
Generation II
- G S CMt. Mortar
Generation III
- R S EPrize for defeating Winona
- FR LGRoute 9
- ColoN/A
- XDArea 9 of Mt. Battle
Generation IV
- D P PtRoute 213 · Battle Tower D P / Frontier Pt(40 BP)
- HG SSBattle Frontier · Mt. Mortar(40 BP)
Generation V
- B WMistralton City
- B2 W2Mistralton City
Generation VI
- X YConnecting Cave
- OR ASMauville City Poké Mart($ 10,000)
Generation VII
- S MMalie City($ 10,000)
- US UMKonikoni City($ 10,000)
- P ESaffron City
Generation VIII
- Sw ShWedgehurst
- BD SPRoute 213 · Battle Tower · Grand Underground merchant(40 BP ×8 or 10 ×8 or 10 ×8 or 10 ×5 or 8 BD /3 or 5 SP ×3 or 5 BD /5 or 8 SP)
Generation IX
- S VNavi Squad's Base · East Province (Area One) · South Province (Area Two) · South Province (Area Five) · West Province (Area One) · TM Machine Only in The Teal Mask : Chilling Waterhead(400 LP Combee Honey ×3)
TM146taught in
Mega Dimension
Generation IX
- S VEast Paldean Sea · TM Machine Only in The Indigo Disk : Torchlit Labyrinth(8,000 LP Applin Juice ×3 Toedscool Flaps ×3 Deerling Hair ×3)

Introduced in Generation I· Learned by 116 Pokémon