False Swipe (move)
False Swipe みねうち Blunt Strike | ||||||||||||
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False Swipe (Japanese: みねうち Blunt Strike) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II. It has been TM54 since Generation IV.
Effect
False Swipe inflicts damage and if False Swipe deals more damage than the target's current HP, the target will always be left with 1 HP remaining. If the target has 1 HP remaining, False Swipe will hit and leave the target at 1 HP. This move is most often used to catch wild Pokémon.
If used against a substitute, False Swipe is able to break it, and will not leave the decoy with 1 HP.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | ||||||||||
083 | Farfetch'd | Normal | Flying | 44 | 46 | 43 | 45 | 45 | '''' | |||||
104 | Cubone | Ground | 33 | 33 | 27 | 27 | ' | |||||||
105 | Marowak | Ground | 39 | 39 | 27 | 27 | ' | |||||||
123 | Scyther | Bug | Flying | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | ' | ||||||
212 | Scizor | Bug | Steel | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | ' | ||||||
253 | Grovyle | Grass | 53 | 53 | 53 | ' | ||||||||
254 | Sceptile | Grass | 59 | 59 | 59 | ' | ||||||||
290 | Nincada | Bug | Ground | 25 | 25 | 25 | ' | |||||||
335 | Zangoose | Normal | 55 | 44 | 44 | '''' | ||||||||
475 | Gallade | Psychic | Fighting | 45 | 50 | ' | ||||||||
542 | Leavanny | Bug | Grass | -- | ' | |||||||||
588 | Karrablast | Bug | 25 | ' | ||||||||||
589 | Escavalier | Bug | Steel | 25 | ' | |||||||||
610 | Axew | Dragon | 24 | ' | ||||||||||
611 | Fraxure | Dragon | 24 | ' | ||||||||||
612 | Haxorus | Dragon | 24 | ' | ||||||||||
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 TM
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Type | Father | |||||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | ||||||||||
021 | Spearow | Normal | Flying | |||||||||||
046 | Paras | Bug | Grass | |||||||||||
127 | Pinsir | Bug | ||||||||||||
214 | Heracross | Bug | Fighting | |||||||||||
273 | Seedot | Grass | ||||||||||||
285 | Shroomish | Grass | ||||||||||||
303 | Mawile | Steel | ||||||||||||
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 II
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Generation IV
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Generation V
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Special move
Generation III
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In the anime
A restrained attack that prevents the foe from fainting. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Scizor flies into the air then flies down toward the opponent. It raises its two pincers into the air, then brings them both down hard on the opponent. | |||
Shingo's Blade | Wired for Battle! | Debut |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
A restrained attack that prevents the foe from fainting. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Scizor holds up its claws so they look like two heads. Then, when the opponent becomes frightened, it charges and slashes the opponent with them. | |||
Blue's Scizor | Rock, Paper... Scizor | Debut | |
Cubone slashes the opponent with the bone it holds. | |||
Crys's Bonee | Querulous Qwilfish | None |
In other generations
Trivia
- Its Japanese name refers to striking someone with the blunt side of a sword.
- Due to the move's effect of always leaving the target with at least 1 HP, False Swipe is the only damaging move in the video games capable of doing zero damage on a successful strike (assuming no immunities). False Swipe can do zero damage on a target with exactly 1 HP left.
- In the episode Wired for Battle!, Shingo tells his Scizor, Blade, to "finish it off with False Swipe". However, as False Swipe can never knock out a Pokémon, this command is incorrect. This sentence has since then turned famous around the Pokémon fandom.
- Although Swablu can know False Swipe if hatched from the egg obtained in Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, it is incompatible with the TM introduced in Generation IV which teaches the same move.
- In Generation V, Pokémon that were capable of learning False Swipe through breeding in previous generations are now unable to do so; these Pokémon are now capable of learning False Swipe via TM directly. This is probably due to the fact that TMs in Generation V have unlimited uses.
In other languages
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Generation IV TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
Generation IV HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 |
Generation V TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
Generation V HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 |
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