Head Smash

In Pokémon ChampionsGen IV

Game

Pokémon Champions

RockPhysical

Has 1/2 .

Power: 150
Accuracy: 80%
PP: 5
Hits: One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown: 1.8% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How Head Smash changed from game to game, newest first.

Gen V
… HP lost by the target, rounded ~~dropped: down,~~ added: half up, but not less than 1 HP.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

If the target lost HP, the user takes damage equal to 1/2 the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP.

Makes contact

“The user attacks the target with a hazardous full-power headbutt. This also damages the user terribly.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
The user takes recoil: 1/2 of the damage dealt. Reckless boosts it; Rock Head and Magic Guard prevent the recoil.Recoil moves

Who runs Head Smash on Showdown

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Head Smash among their most used moves.

#37Hisuian Arcanine

#200Rampardos

#210Tyrantrum

Who learns Head Smash

16 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

All 33 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →