Dire Claw (move)

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Dire Claw フェイタルクロー Fatal Claw

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  80 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 Generation IX

Dire Claw (Japanese: フェイタルクロー Fatal Claw) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is the signature move of Sneasler.

Effect

Generation VIII

Dire Claw inflicts damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. It has a 50% chance (80% chance in the strong style) to either poison the target, paralyze it, or make it drowsy.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Category  Physical PP  15 Agile Strong Power  60  45  75 Accuracy  100%  100%  100% Action speed modifier Self  0  0  +5 Target  0  +3  0 Additional effect Chance  50%  50%  80% Turns  3  2  4 Crit. Stage  +1  +1  +2 May inflict the target with poison, paralysis, or drowsiness

Generation IX

Dire Claw's power has been changed from 60 to 80. It has a 50% chance of leaving the target poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep.

Description

Games Description LA The user lashes out at the target with ruinous claws, aiming to land a critical hit. This may also leave the target poisoned, paralyzed, or drowsy. SV The user lashes out at the target with ruinous claws, aiming to land a critical hit. This may also leave the target poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
903		Sneasler		Field		Field	11LA	Evo.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Dire Claw is the only Poison-type move that can inflict paralysis or sleep.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 剋命爪 Hākmihng Jáau Mandarin 剋命爪 / 克命爪 Kèmìng Zhuǎ French Griffes Funestes German Unheilsklauen Italian Artigli Fatali Korean 페이탈클로 Peitalkeullo Brazilian Portuguese Garra Catastrófica Spanish Garra Nociva

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