Dire Hit

The Dire Hit (Japanese: クリティカット Criticut) is a type of battle item introduced in Generation I. It temporarily boosts the critical hit ratio.

Dire Hit クリティカット Criticut

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Introduced in Generation I Pocket Generation I Items Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Battle items Generation V Items Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Fling Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RGBY/RBY GSC RSEFRLG DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS $650 $325 SMUSUM $1,000 $500 PE $650 $325

Effect

Generation I

Due to a glitch, it quarters the Pokémon's chance of getting a critical hit. Does not stack with itself or Focus Energy.

Generation II

Raises the critical hit ratio of a Pokémon currently in battle by 1 stage. Does not stack with itself or Focus Energy.

Generation III onward

Raises the critical hit ratio of a Pokémon currently in battle by 2 stages. Does not stack with itself or Focus Energy. It also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.

Description

Games Description Stad Temporarily heightens the probability of scoring critical hits in one battle. GSC Ups critical hit ratio. (1 BTL) RSE Raises the critical-hit ratio during one battle. FRLG Raises the critical-hit ratio of Pokémon in battle. Wears off if the Pokémon is withdrawn. ColoXD Raises the critical-hit ratio during one battle. DPPtHGSS An item that raises the critical-hit ratio of a Pokémon in battle. It wears off if the Pokémon is withdrawn. BWB2W2 It raises the critical-hit ratio greatly. It can be used only once and wears off if the Pokémon is withdrawn. XYORAS SMUSUM An item that raises the critical-hit ratio greatly. It can be used only once and wears off if the Pokémon is withdrawn. PE An item that greatly raises the critical-hit ratio of a Pokémon during a battle. It can be used only once and wears off if the Pokémon is withdrawn.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RBY/RGBY Celadon Department Store GSC Dark CaveC, Route 46GS, Mt. Silver, Team Rocket's HideoutGS, Route 2 Goldenrod and Celadon Department Stores RSE Route 110 Mauville and Fallarbor Poké Marts, Lilycove Department Store FRLG Mt. Ember Celadon Department Store Colo Phenac Poké Mart XD Pyrite Poké Mart DPPt Route 207DP, Oreburgh CityPt Veilstone Department Store HGSS Dark Cave, Mt. Silver, Viridian Forest Goldenrod and Celadon Department Stores PW Suburban Area, Town Outskirts BW Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine B2W2 Route 20 Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine Join Avenue (Market) XY Route 15, Frost Cavern, Terminus Cave Santalune City Poké Mart ORAS Route 110, Rusturf Tunnel, Mt. Pyre Slateport City Poké Mart, Lilycove Department Store (Level 3) SMUSUM Routes 4, 5SM, and 17, Konikoni CityUSUM, Paniola Town Route 2, Route 5USUM, Route 8, and Hau'oli Poké Marts Festival Plaza (Goody shops) PE Rock Tunnel, Silph Co. All Poké Marts

Wonder Launcher

The Dire Hit appears as three Wonder Launcher items, increasing the critical hit ratio by 1, 2, or 3 stages. It costs 3, 5, or 7 points to use respectively.

Trivia

• In Generation V, a boy in Nacrene City mentions that Dire Hit is called Dire Hit in Unova. This is a reference to the change in the Japanese name of Dire Hit from クリティカッター Criticutter to クリティカット Criticut, in order to make room for the number-level reference of Wonder Launcher items. Because "Dire Hit" is much shorter than the 12-character limit on English item names, this issue does not come up in the translated games.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 要害攻擊 Yiuhoih Gūnggīk * 弱點偵測器 Yeuhkdím Jīngchākhei * Mandarin 要害攻擊 / 要害攻击 Yàohài Gōngjí / Yàohài Gōngjī French Muscle + German Angriffplus Italian Supercolpo Korean 크리티컬커터 Critical Cutter Spanish Directo

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