ハイパーダーククラッシャーHyper Dark Crusher

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  —(max. —) Power  180 Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Makescontact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected byKing's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VII Not aTM,TR,HM, orMove Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0  Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0  Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Malicious Moonsault (Japanese:ハイパーダーククラッシャーHyper Dark Crusher) is a damage-dealingDark-typeZ-Move introduced inGeneration VII. It is the exclusive Z-Move ofIncineroar and an upgraded version of its formersignature move,Darkest Lariat.

Effect

Generation VII

Malicious Moonsault inflicts damage. If the target has usedMinimize, Malicious Moonsault deals double its regular damage.

Generation VIII onwards

Malicious Moonsault cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Learnset

Incineroar, or a Pokémontransformed into Incineroar, can use Malicious Moonsault if it knowsDarkest Lariat,holds anIncinium Z, and if itsTrainer wears aZ-Ring^SM orZ-Power Ring^USUM.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Max Malicious Moonsault, described as a faster and fiercer version of this move, is featured asIncineroar'sFinal Smash.

Pokémon Masters EX

Notes:

• Description of 6★ EX effect prior to Version 2.18.5 (from March 15, 2022): Power of sync move increases by 50%.
• Description prior to Version 2.20.0 (from April 27, 2022): The more the user'sSpeed has been raised, the greater the power of this move.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Professor Kukui/The Masked Royal Incineroar
The user strengthens its body using its Z-Power and crashes into the target with full force.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Incineroar strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. Its body then becomes surrounded in yellow-orange fire and it jumps into the air, landing chest-first onto the opponent and causing a big explosion.
Professor Kukui's Incineroar	Pushing the Fiery Envelope!		Debut

Appearance

Pose

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Despite its English name, Malicious Moonsault actually has Incineroar doing a450° splash rather than amoonsault.

In other languages

Spin-off series games

Pokémon Masters EX

This article is part ofProject Moves and Abilities, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.

• Moves
• Moves that can target any adjacent Pokémon
• Dark-type moves
• Physical moves
• Generation VII moves
• Z-Moves
• Moves that cannot miss
• Moves that become stronger against a Minimized target
• Moves that power up
• Damaging Z-Moves