Karate Chop in Pokemon Survivor

Karate Chop at a glance

What Karate Chop does

Karate Chop is a Fighting-type melee move. A sharp, powerful blow straight ahead.

A Pokemon can learn it if it is Fighting-type, which is true of 68 of the 966 Pokemon. It reaches you as a new-move card when you level up, as long as one of your four move slots is free. 37 Pokemon begin a run with it. Each level-up draws three cards by weight from up to six new-move candidates, your move upgrades and the stat cards, so even a good move can sit out several level-ups.

It knocks enemies back.

Karate Chop stats by level

At level 1, Karate Chop deals 22 damage with a 0.5 second cooldown. At level 5 that becomes 46 damage every 0.38 seconds, which is 123.2 potential damage per second against 44 at level 1.

Potential damage per second multiplies damage by the number of hits and divides by the cooldown. It assumes every one lands on the same enemy and leaves out the Pokemon's attack multiplier, your cards and the type chart, so treat it as an upper bound for comparing levels and moves, not as a kill time.

Karate Chop level-up changes

Each level-up card for Karate Chop applies the changes below. They stack, so the level 5 row above already includes all of them.

• Level 2: +40% damage
• Level 3: +25% reach
• Level 4: -25% cooldown
• Level 5: full circle, +50% damage

Karate Chop evolution: Close Combat

Karate Chop evolves into Close Combat when it reaches level 5 and you have taken the Power card at least once in the same run. Once both are true, a golden evolution card is always offered at your next level-up. Until then, the Power card keeps showing up with a note that it unlocks this evolution, so you do not have to hunt for it.

Close Combat keeps the Fighting type and the same slot. Its damage goes from 46 to 88 and its cooldown stays at 0.38 seconds. The move evolution guide lists all 59 evolutions and the cards they need.

• +90% damage
• +30% reach
• Full circle

Which Pokemon can use Karate Chop

68 Pokemon can learn Karate Chop: every Fighting-type, which is 25 single-type and 43 dual-type. The best of them by Stat Score are Koraidon, Pheromosa, Iron Hands, and Zamazenta.

37 Pokemon start with Karate Chop.

How to use Karate Chop

• Melee moves aim at an enemy touching you first, then at a boss within 330 pixels, then at the nearest enemy, and wait until a target is in reach before they fire. A crowd around you takes the hits before a boss does.
• Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark, and Steel take 60% more damage from Fighting moves, while Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug, and Fairy take 40% less and Ghost takes only 30% of the damage. Enemies with two types multiply both effects. See the type chart.
• Other melee moves are Tackle, Vine Whip, and Wing Attack. The moves list compares all 64.
• While your active slot holds a melee move, you take 25% less damage from ordinary hits. Pure damage such as the final fight's pillars and beams ignores that discount.
• Each Reflexes card multiplies every cooldown by 0.92 and each Power card multiplies damage by 1.10. After 5 Reflexes cards the 0.5 second cooldown of Karate Chop at level 1 becomes 0.33 seconds.
• Only the move group in your active slot fires, and every move in the group keeps its own cooldown timer. A bond, which a rift win gives you, fuses loose moves into one group.
• Weather can boost or weaken Fighting moves: see the weather guide.

Karate Chop in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

What does Karate Chop do in Pokemon Survivor?

A sharp, powerful blow straight ahead. It is a Fighting-type melee move with 5 levels. It deals 22 damage at level 1 and 46 at level 5.

How do you evolve Karate Chop?

Level it to 5 and take the Power card at least once in the same run. A golden evolution card then appears at the next level-up and turns it into Close Combat.

Which Pokemon can learn Karate Chop?

The 68 Fighting-type Pokemon, including dual types. 37 of them start with it.

Browse all 64 moves in the Pokemon Survivor moves list, or read the Pokemon Survivor guides.