Dire Claw (move)

Dire Claw フェイタルクロー Fatal Claw

Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move 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 VIII Generation IX

Dire Claw (Japanese: フェイタルクロー Fatal Claw) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Sneasler.

Effect

Dire Claw inflicts damage and has an increased critical hit ratio, which can be further increased to 50% when using Strong Style. It has a 50% (Standard Style) or 80% (Strong Style) chance to inflict either Poison, Paralysis or Drowsiness.

Description

Games Description LA The user lashes out at the target with ruinous claws, aiming to land a critical hit. This may also leave the target poisoned, paralyzed, or drowsy.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0903		Sneasler		Field		Field	11LA
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.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 剋命爪 Hākmihng Jáau Mandarin 剋命爪 / 克命爪 Kèmìng Zhuǎ French Griffes Funestes German Unheilsklauen Italian Artigli Fatali Korean 페이탈클로 Fatal Claw Spanish Garra Nociva

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