Slash (move)

Slash
きりさく Tear into Pieces

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Physical
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	70
Accuracy	100%
Priority	0
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range

Opponent	Opponent	Opponent
Self	Ally	Ally
Unknown

Availability

Introduced	Generation I
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jam	0
Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cool
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Slash is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Slash does damage, and has a high critical hit ratio.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
0004		Charmander	Fire		30
0005		Charmeleon	Fire		33
0006	Charmeleon	Charmeleon	Fire	Flying	33
0027		Sandshrew	Ground		17
0028		Sandslash	Ground		--
0028		Sandslash	Ground		17
0046		Paras	Bug	Grass	34
0047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	39
0050		Diglett	Ground		31
0051		Dugtrio	Ground		35
0052		Meowth	Normal		44
0053		Persian	Normal		51
0083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	39
0123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	29
0127		Pinsir	Bug		49
0140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	39
0141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	--
0141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	39
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
0004		Charmander	Fire		37
0005		Charmeleon	Fire		41
0006	Charmeleon	Charmeleon	Fire	Flying	44
0027		Sandshrew	Ground		23
0028		Sandslash	Ground		24
0046		Paras	Bug	Grass	31
0047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	37
0050		Diglett	Ground		33
0051		Dugtrio	Ground		37
0052		Meowth	Normal		46
0053		Persian	Normal		53
0083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	37
0123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	36
0141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	40
0158		Totodile	Water		35
0159		Croconaw	Water		37
0160		Feraligatr	Water		38
0207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	36
0212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	36
0215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	36
0216		Teddiursa	Normal		36
0217		Ursaring	Normal		39
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
0004		Charmander	Fire		37
0005		Charmeleon	Fire		41
0006	Charmeleon	Charmeleon	Fire	Flying	44
0027		Sandshrew	Ground		23
0028		Sandslash	Ground		24
0046		Paras	Bug	Grass	31
0047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	35
0050		Diglett	Ground		33
0051		Dugtrio	Ground		38
0052		Meowth	Normal		46
0052		Meowth	Normal		40
0053		Persian	Normal		53
0053		Persian	Normal		49
0083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	41
0123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	31
0141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	40
0158		Totodile	Water		35
0159		Croconaw	Water		37
0160		Feraligatr	Water		38
0207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	36
0212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	31
0215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	50
0216		Teddiursa	Normal		37
0217		Ursaring	Normal		37
0255		Torchic	Fire		34
0256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	39
0257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	42
0264		Linoone	Normal		41
0288		Vigoroth	Normal		31
0291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	31
0319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	38
0335		Zangoose	Normal		19
0347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	49
0348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug	55
0352		Kecleon	Normal		31
0359		Absol	Dark		38
0383	Groundon	Groundon	Ground		20
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
0004		Charmander	Fire		28
0005		Charmeleon	Fire		32
0006	Charmeleon	Charmeleon	Fire	Flying	32
0027		Sandshrew	Ground		31
0028		Sandslash	Ground		40
0046		Paras	Bug	Grass	22
0047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	22
0050		Diglett	Ground		34
0051		Dugtrio	Ground		40
0052		Meowth	Normal		33
0053		Persian	Normal		37
0083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	19
0123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	29
0141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	40
0158		Totodile	Water		29
0159		Croconaw	Water		33
0160		Feraligatr	Water		37
0207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	31
0212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	29
0215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	35
0216		Teddiursa	Normal		29
0217		Ursaring	Normal		29
0227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	46
0255		Torchic	Fire		34
0256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	39
0257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	42
0264		Linoone	Normal		41
0288		Vigoroth	Normal		31
0291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	31
0319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	30
0335		Zangoose	Normal		18
0347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	43
0348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug	46
0352		Kecleon	Normal		25
0359		Absol	Dark		26
0383	Groundon	Groundon	Ground		20
0416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying	31
0431		Glameow	Normal		37
0432		Purugly	Normal		37
0434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	25
0435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark	25
0443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	25
0444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground	28
0445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	28
0469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying	38
0475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	22
0483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	70
0484		Palkia	Water	Dragon	70
0487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	70
0488		Cresselia	Psychic		47
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0161 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel, Weavile
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel, Weavile
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0418 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buizel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Kabutops
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Sneasel, Weavile
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Paras, Parasect
Scyther, Scizor
Kabutops
Gligar, Gliscor
Ninjask
Anorith, Armaldo
Vespiquen
Yanmega

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In other languages

Spanish: Cuchillada
French: Tranche
German: Schlitzer
Portuguese: Slash
Italian: Lacerazione

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