Psycho Cut (move)

Psycho Cut サイコカッター Psycho Cutter

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Psycho Cut (Japanese: サイコカッター Psycho Cutter) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Psycho Cut deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS The user tears at the foe with blades formed by psychic power. It has a high critical-hit ratio. BWB2W2 XYORAS The user tears at the target with blades formed by psychic power. Critical hits land more easily.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	34				40			40 28
065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	34				40			40 28
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	50				43			36
359		Absol	Dark		Dark	60				60	49	47 37
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	31				36			36 31
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	66				66			1, 66
686		Inkay	Dark	Psychic								39
687		Malamar	Dark	Psychic								39
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
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel	no
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.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0096 Drowzee Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor 0624 Pawniard Dark Steel Dream World - Spooky Manor 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 other games

Super Smash Bros. series

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Cresselia appears on the Spear Pillar stage, often shooting Psycho Cuts around the field and sometimes shooting one large Psycho Cut as if it were a boomerang, hitting anyone that touches it.

Pokémon Conquest

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Stars: ★★★ Power: 38 Accuracy: 100%

Effect: Has a high critical hit ratio

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. It has a high critical-hit rate. Conq. The user tears at the target with blades formed by psychic power. It has a high critical-hit ratio.

In the anime

Absol Gallade Variation with circles Malamar
Both of the user's hands glow blue and it uses them to slice the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gallade's forearms glow light blue and both of them grow and extend in the back. Gallade then swings its arms repeatedly and multiple light blue crescent blades or light blue rings of energy comes out of them and hits or slices the opponent with its forearms, or Gallade releases a pink crescent-like blade of energy from its head towards the opponent.
Zoey's Gallade	A Grand Fight for Winning!		Debut
Woodward's Gallade	Mending a Broken Spirit!		None
	Absol releases a purple crescent-like blade of energy from its horn at the opponent.
Astrid's Absol	Mega Evolution Special I		None
Magnus's Absol	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
	Absol releases a purple crescent-like blade of energy from its horn at the opponent.
Astrid's Absol	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction		None
	Malamar releases a pink cresent-like blade of energy from one of its tentacles at the opponent.
Multiple wild Malamar	Facing the Grand Design!		None
	Mega Alakazam forms five pink cresent-like blades of energy in front of its body. It then fires the blades at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Alakazam	Mega Evolution Special IV		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga

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Gallade
Unknown.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gallade's arms glow and attacks with them.
Kenshin's Gallade	PNA4		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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Kadabra Meditite Gallade
The user throws a blade made of psychic energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Meditite waves one of its arms upward and a wave of psychic energy is released from its arm at the opponent. As it waves its arm, a trail of energy is left behind.
Maylene's Meditite	Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu II		Debut
	Gallade slashes the opponent with its arm blades multiple times, but doesn't hit it. Each time it slashes its arm, a wave of invisible mental energy comes out of its arm blade and cuts the opponent.
Darach's Gallade	Deprogramming Porygon-Z		None
	Kadabra waves the hand it is holding the spoon in upwards. As it does, it leaves behind a trail of energy. A psychic crescent-shaped energy then comes out of the middle of the trail of energy and hits the opponent.
The Battle Factory's Kadabra	Uprooting Seedot		None
	Absol releases a crescent-like blade of energy from its horn at the opponent.
Y's Solsol	X & Y chapter		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 幻象斬 Huànxiàng Zhǎn Dutch Psycho Snij French Coupe Psycho German Psychoklinge Greek Ψυχοδρέπανο Italian Psicotaglio Korean 사이코커터 Psycho Cutter Polish Psycho cięcie Portuguese Brazil Corte Psíquico Portugal Corte Psíquico Spanish Psicocorte* Psico-corte* Turkish Psiko Kesici

Variations of the move Slash
Slash • Night Slash • Shadow Claw • Psycho Cut • Cross Poison • Aqua Cutter Formerly a variation Leaf Blade

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