Behemoth Blade (move)

Behemoth Blade きょじゅうざん Behemoth Slash

Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally 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

Behemoth Blade (Japanese: きょじゅうざん Behemoth Slash) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Zacian.

Contents

Effect

Behemoth Blade deals damage. If the target is Dynamaxed or Gigantamaxed, its base power is doubled to 200. The bonus does not apply to Eternamax Eternatus, despite its similarities to a Gigantamaxed Pokémon.

Description

Games Description SwSh The user becomes a gigantic sword and cuts the target. This move deals twice the damage if the target is Dynamaxed.

Learnset

Special move

If Zacian knows Iron Head while entering battle in its Crowned Sword form, Iron Head will become Behemoth Blade for the duration of the battle.

Generation VIII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
888		Zacian Crowned Sword		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	Rusted Sword
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

	Preparing	Crowned Sword Zacian
The user slashes the opponent with its sword.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Zacian	Zacian's sword glows blue and grows in size. It then slashes the opponent with it.
Zacian (recurring)	JN045		Debut

Trivia

Behemoth Blade being used by a Ditto

• If used by a Transformed Pokémon, such as Ditto, it will display a shorter, glitched animation with the transformed Pokémon stuck in a default pose. However, it cannot be copied by Copycat.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 巨獸斬 Geuihsau Jáam Mandarin 巨獸斬 / 巨兽斩 Jùshòu Zhǎn Czech Monstrózní Čepel French Gladius Maximus German Gigantenhieb Italian Taglio Maestoso Korean 거수참 Geosu Cham Spanish Tajo Supremo

Variations of the move Dynamax Cannon
Behemoth Blade • Behemoth Bash Dynamax Cannon

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