High Jump Kick

In Pokémon ChampionsGen I

Game

Pokémon Champions

FightingPhysical

User is hurt by 50% of its max HP if it misses.

Power: 130
Accuracy: 90%
PP: 10
Hits: One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown: 0.1% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How High Jump Kick changed from game to game, newest first.

Gen V
Power 100 → 130 Buffed
PP 20 → 10 Nerfed
If this attack is not successful, the user loses ~~dropped: HP equal to~~ half ~~dropped: the target's~~ added: of its maximum ~~dropped: HP if the target was immune,~~ added: HP, rounded down, ~~dropped: otherwise half of the damage the target would have taken, rounded down, but no less than 1 HP and no more than half of the target's maximum HP,~~ as crash damage. Pokémon with the …
Gen IV
Power 85 → 100 Buffed
If this attack is not ~~dropped: successful and the target was not immune,~~ added: successful, the user loses HP equal to added: half the target's maximum HP if the target was immune, rounded down, otherwise half of the damage the target … target's maximum HP, as crash damage. added: Pokémon with the Magic Guard Ability are unaffected by crash damage.
Gen III
… the user loses HP equal to ~~dropped: 1/8~~ added: half of the damage the target would have taken, rounded down, but ~~dropped: not~~ added: no less than 1 added: HP and no more than half of the target's maximum HP, as crash damage.
Gen II
Before: If this attack misses the target, the user takes 1 HP of crash damage. If the user has a substitute, the crash damage is dealt to the target's substitute if it has one, otherwise no crash damage is dealt.
Now: If this attack is not successful and the target was not immune, the user loses HP equal to 1/8 the damage the target would have taken, rounded down, but not less than 1 HP, as crash damage.

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 this attack is not successful, the user loses half of its maximum HP, rounded down, as crash damage. Pokémon with the Magic Guard Ability are unaffected by crash damage.

Makes contact

“The target is attacked with a knee kick from a jump. If this move misses, the user takes damage instead.”
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
If it misses or fails, the user loses half its max HP. Reckless boosts it.Recoil moves
Can't be used while Gravity is in effect.