Slash (move)

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Slash
きりさく Slash
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  70
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Cool
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Slash (Japanese: きりさく Slash) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Slash deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Description

Games Description
A Normal-type attack. It has a high probability of a critical hit for inflicting double the damage.
A Normal-type attack. It has a high probability of a critical hit for inflicting double damage.
Has a high critical hit ratio.
RSE Slashes with claws, etc. Has a high critical-hit ratio.
FRLG The foe is slashed with claws, etc. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
The foe is attacked with a slash of claws, etc. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
The target is attacked with a slash of claws or blades. Critical hits land more easily.
Conq The target is attacked with a slash of claws, etc. It has a high critical-hit ratio.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
004   Charmander Fire Fire 30 37 37 28 34 '
005   Charmeleon Fire Fire 33 41 41 32 39 '
006   Charizard Fire Flying 36 44 44 32 41 '
027   Sandshrew Ground Ground 17 23 23 31 31 26 '
028   Sandslash Ground Ground --, 17 24 24 40 40 26 '
046   Paras Bug Grass 34 31 31 22 27 '
047   Parasect Bug Grass 39 37 35 22 29 '
050   Diglett Ground Ground 31 33 33 34 37 '
051   Dugtrio Ground Ground 35 37 38 40 45 '
052   Meowth Normal Normal 44 46 46 40 33 33 ''''
053   Persian Normal Normal 51 53 53 49 37 37 ''''
083   Farfetch'd Normal Flying 39 37 41 19 19 ''''
123   Scyther Bug Flying 29 36 31 29 29 '
127   Pinsir Bug Bug 49         '
140   Kabuto Rock Water 39 40       '
141   Kabutops Rock Water --, 39 40 40 40 40 '
158   Totodile Water Water   35 35 29 34 '
159   Croconaw Water Water   37 37 33 39 '
160   Feraligatr Water Water   38 38 37 45 '
207   Gligar Ground Flying   36 36 31 34 27 '
212   Scizor Bug Steel   36 31 29 29 '
215   Sneasel Dark Ice   49 50 35 38 35 '
216   Teddiursa Normal Normal   36 37 29 29 ''''
217   Ursaring Normal Normal   39 37 29 29 ''''
227   Skarmory Steel Flying       46 42 45 '
255   Torchic Fire Fire     34 34 34 '
256   Combusken Fire Fighting     39 39 39 '
257   Blaziken Fire Fighting     42 42 42 '
264   Linoone Normal Normal     41 41 47 ''''
288   Vigoroth Normal Normal     31 31 31 ''''
291   Ninjask Bug Flying     31 31 31 '
319   Sharpedo Water Dark     33 30 30 '
335   Zangoose Normal Normal     19 18 18 15 ''''
347   Anorith Rock Bug     49 43 43 '
348   Armaldo Rock Bug     55 46 46 '
352   Kecleon Normal Normal     31 25 27 27 ''''
359   Absol Dark Dark     36 36 36 28 '
383   Groudon Ground Ground     20 20   '
402   Kricketune Bug Bug         26 26 '
416   Vespiquen Bug Flying       31 31 21 '
431   Glameow Normal Normal       37 37 ''''
432   Purugly Normal Normal       37 37 ''''
434   Stunky Poison Dark       25 22 22 '
435   Skuntank Poison Dark       25 22 22 '
443   Gible Dragon Ground       25 25 '
444   Gabite Dragon Ground       28 28 '
445   Garchomp Dragon Ground       28 28 '
469   Yanmega Bug Flying       38 43 43 '
475   Gallade Psychic Fighting       22 22 '
483   Dialga Steel Dragon       70 15 15 '
484   Palkia Water Dragon       70 15 15 '
487   Giratina Ghost Dragon       70 15 15 '
488   Cresselia Psychic Psychic       47 47 '
503   Samurott Water Water         36 '
509   Purrloin Dark Dark         30 '
510   Liepard Dark Dark         34 '
529   Drilbur Ground Ground         26 '
530   Excadrill Ground Steel         26 '
542   Leavanny Bug Grass         29 '
557   Dwebble Bug Rock         31 '
558   Crustle Bug Rock         31 '
588   Karrablast Bug Bug         32 '
589   Escavalier Bug Steel         32 '
595   Joltik Bug Electric         26 '
596   Galvantula Bug Electric         26 '
610   Axew Dragon Dragon         20 '
611   Fraxure Dragon Dragon         20 '
612   Haxorus Dragon Dragon         20 '
613   Cubchoo Ice Ice         33 '
614   Beartic Ice Ice         33 '
615   Cryogonal Ice Ice         41 '
621   Druddigon Dragon Dragon         21 '
624   Pawniard Dark Steel         30 '
625   Bisharp Dark Steel         30 '
627   Rufflet Normal Flying         28 ''''
628   Braviary Normal Flying         28 ''''
631   Heatmor Fire Fire         41 '
643   Reshiram Dragon Fire         36 '
644   Zekrom Dragon Electric         36 '
646   Kyurem Dragon Ice         36 '
649   Genesect Bug Steel         29 '
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
161   Sentret Normal Normal                                                                               
287   Slakoth Normal Normal                                                                      
418   Buizel Water Water                                                             
451   Skorupi Poison Bug                                 
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0418   Buizel Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In the anime

 
Meowth
 
Sneasel
 
Skuntank
 
Charizard
The user's claws glow. It then slashes the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  A finger on each of Charmander's claws shine. It then slashes the opponent.
Ritchie's Zippo A Friend in Deed Debut
  Scyther repeatedly slashes the opponent with its scythes.
Jeanette Fisher's Scyther The Fourth Round Rumble None
Three wild Scyther Mewtwo Returns None
Pokémon Poacher's Scyther Celebi: Voice of the Forest None
A Coordinator's Scyther Mounting a Coordinator Assault! None
  Sandslash slashes at the opponent with its two front claws.
Koji's Sandslash Good 'Quil Hunting None
  Teddiursa slashes the opponent with its claws, leaving behind a white energy where it slashed.
A wild Teddiursa UnBEARable None
  Sneasel slashes at the opponent, leaving behind a light purple energy stream where it slashed.
Iron-Masked Marauder's Sneasel Celebi: Voice of the Forest None
Harrison's Sneasel Pop Goes the Sneasel None
  Croconaw slashes at the opponent with its claws, leaving behind a thin white energy line where it slashed.
Dundee's Croconaw Celebi: Voice of the Forest None
Bryan's Croconaw The Champ Twins! None
  Totodile slashes the opponent with its claws.
Ash's Totodile Just Add Water None
  Kabutops slashes at the opponent with its claws.
A wild Kabutops Pokémon Heroes None
  Meowth's claws come out and they shine briefly. Then, Meowth slashes the opponent with them.
Tyson's Meowth Saved by the Beldum None
  Linoone's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them. As it slashes, a white streak is left behind Linoone's claws.
Three Linoone Captured by Solana's Capture Styler The Green Guardian None
  Scizor smacks the opponent hard with its claws, or Scizor swipes its claws and releases a white cresent of energy from its claws at the opponent.
Minnie's Scizor Gymbaliar! None
Unknown Trainer's Scizor An Elite Meet and Greet! None
  Sandshrew's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent, leaving behind a white afterimage where it slashed.
Mira's Sandshrew Sandshrew's Locker! None
  Zangoose's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Multiple wild Zangoose Tears for Fears! None
Bianco's Zangoose BW114 None
  Vespiquen's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Aaron's Vespiquen A Trainer and Child Reunion! None
  Froslass's fingers glow white and they become sharp. Froslass then slashes the opponent with them. It leaves behind white trails where it slashed.
A wild Froslass The Drifting Snorunt! Froslass cannot legally learn Slash
  Urasing's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent, leaving behind white trails where it slashed.
Paul's Ursaring Evolving Strategies! None
  Skuntank's claws glow white and grow longer. It then slashes the opponent in a 'X' like fashion. Its claws leave a white trail of energy where they slashed.
Jupiter's Skuntank Unlocking the Red Chain of Events! None
  One or both of Dwebble's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them. The claw leaves behind a white trail of energy where it slashed.
Three wild Dwebble A Home for Dwebble! None
Cilan's Dwebble A Home for Dwebble! None
  Beartic's claws glow white on one paw and it slashes the opponent with it.
Georgia's Beartic Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster! None
  Drilbur's claws glow white on both of its hands and it slashes the opponent with them.
Ferris's Drilbur The Restoration Confrontation! Part 1 None
  The blades on Bisharp's elbows glow white, and it slashes the opponent with them.
Davy's Bisharp Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad! None
  Charizard's claws glow white and grow longer. It slashes the opponent with them.
Ash's Charizard BW116 None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • All of the variations of this move involve cutting or slashing.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 劈開 Pī​kāi
  Dutch Hak
  Finnish Sivallus
  French Tranche
  German Schlitzer
  Greek Σκίσιμο
  Indonesian Membelah
  Italian Lacerazione
  Korean 베어가르기 Beeo Gareugi
  Norwegian Hogg
Hugg
  Polish Siekanie
Portuguese   Brazil Retalhada
  Portugal Cortar
  Romanian Tăietura
  Serbian Zamah
Spanish   Latin America Cuchillada
  Spain Cuchillada



Variations of the move Slash
  SlashNight SlashShadow ClawPsycho CutCross PoisonAqua Cutter
Formerly a variation
  Leaf Blade


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