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The main way Pikmin damage enemies is by slapping the enemies with their stems. The main way to get a Pikmin to attack an enemy is to [[throw]] it directly at the enemy; if it lands in the right place, it will start slapping the enemy. If a Pikmin is standing near an enemy, it will begin trying to attack the enemy, periodically jumping at it to slap it with the stem. There is also the possibility of the Pikmin eventually latching on and dealing damage at a normal rate. Some enemies, like [[Female Sheargrub]]s, are too small to be latched onto but have a small enough amount of health that they die quickly. Other enemies, like the [[Anode Beetle]], are larger but still cannot be latched onto. Idle Pikmin will automatically begin hitting enemies, [[obstacle]]s, and [[egg]]s if they are near enough. In {{p1}} and {{p2}}, [[swarm]]ing an enemy will cause most of the involved Pikmin to latch onto it, if possible, and begin attacking. In {{p3}}, Pikmin that are [[charge]]d into an enemy will always immediately latch onto it if they make contact with it and if the enemy is possible to be latched onto.

In ''Pikmin 2'', each enemy species specifies in its data the damage per ingestion. It is usually in the range of hundreds of damage points, with 300 being the most common value. Most enemies have it set to a value equal to or greater than their health, to ensure that a single White Pikmin ingestion will always defeat the enemy. Powerful enemies (such as [[bosses]]) have it set to a lower proportion, with the [[Pileated Snagret]] being the most resistant, only losing 8% of its health per White Pikmin ingestion (40 out of 5000).

In ''Pikmin 3'', White Pikmin are only found in [[Mission Mode]] and [[Bingo Battle]], but each enemy species still has data for how to get damaged by White Pikmin poison, including enemies that cannot eat Pikmin or are not found in stages with White Pikmin. The number in the game files specifies the amount of White Pikmin ingestions that are needed to kill the creature, so an enemy that eats a White Pikmin will lose a number of health points equal to its total health divided by that number. The damage thus varies by enemy, but for enemies requiring multiple ingestions to kill, it ranges between 150 and 360. Generally, small enemies take 1 ingestion to kill, medium-sized enemies take 3, large-sized enemies take 5, and mini-bosses take 10.

When Rock Pikmin are [[throw]]n directly at an enemy, instead of latching on and hitting it, they will bounce off it like a rock, dealing a high amount of damage. This damage varies by enemy, as every enemy has an internal value for the number of Rock Pikmin impacts it takes to defeat it. For example, a [[Bulborb]] normally has 1000 [[HP]] and takes 25 Rock Pikmin hits to kill, so each hit does 40 damage, whereas a [[Medusal Slurker]] normally has 750 HP and takes 10 Rock Pikmin hits to kill, so each hit does 75.

When [[charge]]d onto an enemy or when running towards it while idle, Rock Pikmin will attack by rolling into the enemy. This normally deals 20 damage, but it happens much less frequently than slap attacks, which means calling Rock Pikmin and throwing them again usually deals more damage than letting them attack on their own. There are some situations where Rock Pikmin can latch onto enemies, such as on the legs of the [[Shaggy Long Legs]], and they will attack at the standard speed in these situations, dealing 20 damage per hit.