Cut (move)
- This article is about the move Cut. For the field move, see Field Move (Ranger).
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Cut (Japanese: いあいぎり Iai Cut) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It is HM01 in Generations I through VI, and TM93 in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
Effect
In battle
Cut inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.
Generation IX
Cut is programmed into Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, but cannot be selected in a battle as no available Pokémon can learn it. However, it can be called by Metronome.
Outside of battle
In certain games, Cut is a field move that requires a specific badge to be used outside of battle: the Cascade BadgeRBYFRLG, Hive BadgeGSCHGSS, Stone BadgeRSEORAS, Forest BadgeDPPtBDSP, or Bug BadgeXY.
Removing plants
- Main article: Cuttable plant
In Generations I–VI, and also in the Hidden Moves Pokétch appBDSP, Cut can be used to remove cuttable plants, which are obstacles that block the player's way.
The trees are restored once the player leaves the current area or resets the game.
Generation I
In this generation, the player can only remove plants by using this move from the party screen.
Generations II to VI
In addition to using this move from the party screen, the player can now remove plants simply by interacting with them and pressing A, which opens up a dialog box asking if the plant should be cut.
Generation VII onwards
Cut is no longer usable outside of battle, except from the Hidden Moves Pokétch app in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (instead of being taught to a Pokémon).
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, small trees can be cut down with the Secret Technique Chop Down instead.
Cuttable plants do not appear in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Sword, Shield, Legends: Arceus, Scarlet, and Violet.
Removing tall grass
In Generations I–III, Cut can be used to remove a portion of tall grass. This is only available by using the move from the party screen.
The grass is restored once the player leaves the current area or resets the game.
Generation I
Cut removes a 2×2 tall grass tile patch (4 tiles per patch). It does not matter if the player is located inside or outside the 2×2 patch, as long as the player is facing one of its tiles.
In this generation, it is not possible to remove tall grass from Viridian Forest or Safari Zone (the only two areas where not all the grass is arranged in 2×2 tile patches).
Generation II
Cut still removes a 2×2 tall grass tile patch like before.
In addition, long grass (tall grass that is longer than usual) was introduced as well. If the player uses Cut on a 2×2 patch of long grass, it becomes the regular variety of tall grass. Therefore, using Cut twice removes the long grass completely.
Generation III
In this generation, Cut removes tall grass from the player's current tile and all the adjacent tiles at once (if any), up to 9 tiles in a 3×3 arrangement. Unlike in the previous generation, Cut now also removes long grass completely with a single use.
Unlike in Generation I, Viridian Forest and Safari Zone are not exceptions anymore. The tall grass found there can be cut normally in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
In Pokémon Emerald, Pokémon with Hyper Cutter cut a larger amount of tall grass (or long grass) at once, up to 25 tiles in a 5×5 arrangement.
In Pokémon Emerald, if the player uses Cut to remove all the long grass on Faraway Island before battling the Mew that is hiding in the grass, Mew will disappear without a battle.
Generation IV onwards
Cut no longer removes any tall grass.
Other uses
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, there is a sealed cave in Ruin Valley with the word "CUT" written in braille. The player may open it by using Cut on the entrance, which grants access to Dotted Hole.
Cut can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if Swords Dance was used in the previous turn.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
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Pokémon GO
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Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- July 30, 2016
- Energy boost: 7 → 10
- February 16, 2017
- Power: 12 → 10
- Energy boost: 10 → 5
- Duration: 1.13 → 1 seconds
- Damage window: 0.93 - 1.13 → 0.3 - 0.5 seconds
- February 21, 2017
- Power: 10 → 5
- Duration: 1 → 0.5 seconds
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In the anime
 Cacturne  Farfetch’d  Servine  Greninja | |||
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Scyther uses its scythes to strike down its opponent, or Scyther cuts the opponent with one of its scythes. | ||
| Yas's Scyther | Showdown at Dark City | Debut | |
| Danny's Scyther | Navel Maneuvers! | None | |
| Tracey's Scyther | The Rivalry Revival | Incorrectly referred to as Slash in its debut appearance in the English dub English debut in Showdown at the Oak Corral | |
| A Coordinator's Scyther | Mounting a Coordinator Assault! | None | |
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Farfetch'd uses its leek to slice through objects. Sometimes, the leek glows white or orange. | ||
| Sylvester's Farfetch'd | A Farfetch'd Tale | None | |
| Goh's Farfetch'd | Time After Time! | None | |
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The leaf on Nuzleaf's head glows white and it uses it to slice through objects. | ||
| A wild Nuzleaf | Turning Over a Nuzleaf | None | |
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The dark green patches on Cacturne's arms glow white and grow into long white needles and then it slices the opponent with them. | ||
| Harley's Cacturne | New Plot, Odd Lot! | None | |
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Sunflora's leaf-like arms glow white and it slices the opponent. | ||
| Nando's Sunflora | A Secret Sphere of Influence! | None | |
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Chikorita slices the opponent using the leaf on its head. | ||
| A wild Chikorita | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Both or one of Servine's arms glow light blue and it slices the opponent with one of them. When it slashes, it leaves behind a light blue, almost white, trail of energy where it slashed. | ||
| Trip's Servine | A Rival Battle for Club Champ! | None | |
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The white part of Watchog's arm glows light blue and it slices the opponent with it. | ||
| Halsey's Watchog | The Pokémon Harbor Patrol! | None | |
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Froakie forms a white needle in one of its hands and uses it to strike the opponent. The slash leaves a white trail of energy afterwards. | ||
| Ash's Froakie | Forging Forest Friendships! | None | |
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Frogadier forms a white needle in one of its hands and uses it to strike the opponent. The slash leaves a white trail of energy afterwards. Sometimes, it forms the needle from its waist, sheathing and unsheathing it like a sword. | ||
| Ash's Frogadier | A Stealthy Challenge! | None | |
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Ash-Greninja forms a white needle in one or both of its hands, sometimes forming it by pulling it out of one if its hands, with the other hand, as if it were unsheathing a sword and it cuts the opponent with one or both of the needles or Ash-Greninja forms two kunai shaped blades, with multiple variants of blue coloring that shine in some spots, in each of its hands and then strikes the opponent once or multiple times with the blades, sometimes leaving a white trail behind the blades as they move. | ||
| Ash's Greninja | A Festival of Decisions! | None | |
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Greninja forms a white needle in one of its hands and it punches the opponent with the white needle in its hand or it forms a white needle in one of its hands and uses is to strike the opponent or Greninja forms two kunai shaped blades, with multiple variants of blue coloring that shine in some spots, in each of its hands and then strikes the opponent once or multiple times with the blades, sometimes leaving a white trail behind the blades as they move. | ||
| Ippei's Greninja | A Festival of Decisions! | None | |
| Ash's Greninja | Meeting at Terminus Cave! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
 Farfetch'd  Ivysaur  Bellsprout  Purugly | |||
| The user cuts the target with a scythe or a claw. This can also be used to cut down thin trees. | |||
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Ivysaur slices the opponent by firing a razor-sharp leaf from the leaves on its back at it. | ||
| Red's Saur | What a Dragonite | Debut | |
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Bellsprout slices the opponent by firing a razor-sharp leaf from the leaves on its body at the opponent. | ||
| Chow's Bellsprout | Bellsprout Rout | None | |
| Nico's Bellsprout | Bellsprout Rout | None | |
| Edmond's Bellsprout | Bellsprout Rout | None | |
| Jin's Bellsprout | Bellsprout Rout | None | |
| Neal's Bellsprout | Bellsprout Rout | None | |
| Troy's Bellsprout | Bellsprout Rout | None | |
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Farfetch'd slices the opponent with the leek it holds. | ||
| Azalean Boy's Farfetch'd | You Ain't Nothin' But a Houndour | None | |
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Purugly slashes the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Mars's Purugly | Belligerent Bronzor | None | |
- Bill's Farfetch'd was revealed to know Cut on the official website, but it was never shown using the move.
Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All
 Skarmory
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Skarmory slashes the opponent with one of its sharp wings. | ||
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In other generations
In battle
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Outside of battle
Cutting plants
- Main article: Cuttable plant → Gallery
Cutting tall grass
- Main article: Tall grass → Gallery
Trivia
- In Generation I, if the player saves and exits the game standing on a previously cut tree, once the game is continued, the player will be standing on the tree that was previously cut. The same can be done with Pikachu in Pokémon Yellow. In Celadon Gym in Yellow, the same effect can also happen with Pikachu after certain battles.
- Cut is not required to complete Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and their remakes, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, or Pokémon X and Y.
- The Japanese name of Cut, いあいぎり Iai Cut, refers to iaido, a Japanese martial art. Specifically, it refers to the technique of drawing a blade from its scabbard, cutting down the opponent, then re-sheathing the blade.
- Cut was the first HM move featured in the anime.
In other languages
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 | |
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| Generation III HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE | |
| 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 | |
| Generation VI TMs | |
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| Generation VI HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06ORAS • 07ORAS | |
| Generation VIII TMs | |
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| Generation VIII TRs (SwSh) | |
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