Leaf Blade (move)
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Leaf Blade (Japanese: リーフブレード Leaf Blade) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation IV, it was the signature move of Grovyle and Sceptile.
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Effect
Generation III
Leaf Blade inflicts damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. Leaf Blade has a base power of 70 in this generation.
Generation IV onward
Leaf Blade's base power increased from 70 to 90.
Leaf Blade can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if the move Focus Energy was used in the prior turn.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||
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III | IV | V | VI | VII | ||||||
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Victreebel |
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Grass | 47PtHGSS | 47 | 47 | 44 | ||
182 | ![]() |
Bellossom |
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Grass | 1PtHGSS | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
253 | ![]() |
Grovyle |
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Monster | Dragon | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29XY 23ORAS |
23 |
254 | ![]() |
Sceptile |
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Monster | Dragon | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29XY 23ORAS |
23 |
274 | ![]() |
Nuzleaf |
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Field | Grass | 28ORAS | 28 | |||
470 | ![]() |
Leafeon |
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Field | 71 | 71BW 45B2W2 |
45 | 45 | ||
475 | ![]() |
Gallade |
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Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
495 | ![]() |
Snivy |
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Field | Grass | 28 | 28 | 28 | ||
496 | ![]() |
Servine |
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Field | Grass | 32 | 32 | 32 | ||
497 | ![]() |
Serperior |
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Field | Grass | 32 | 32 | 32 | ||
542 | ![]() |
Leavanny |
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Bug | 36 | 36 | 36 | |||
640 | ![]() |
Virizion |
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Undiscovered | 67 | 1, 67 | 1, 55 | |||
672 | ![]() |
Skiddo |
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Field | 45 | 45 | ||||
673 | ![]() |
Gogoat |
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Field | 55 | 55 | ||||
722 | ![]() |
Rowlet |
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Flying | 36 | |||||
723 | ![]() |
Dartrix |
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Flying | 42 | |||||
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Decidueye |
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Flying | 44 | |||||
753 | ![]() |
Fomantis |
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Grass | 23 | |||||
754 | ![]() |
Lurantis |
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Grass | 23 | |||||
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Kartana |
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Undiscovered | 43 | |||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | ||||||
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Farfetch'd |
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Flying | Field | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
357 | ![]() |
Tropius |
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Monster | Grass | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
Special move
Generation V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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Farfetch'd |
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Flying | Field | Dream World - Pleasant Forest |
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
In other games
Pokémon Conquest
Pokémon GO
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- Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Leaf Blade had a power of 45.
- Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Leaf Blade had a power of 55, an energy bar of
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Description
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In the anime
In the main series
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Dartrix | Leafeon | Snivy | Mega Sceptile |
The leaves on the user's body extend and glow a light green. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
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The three leaves on one of Grovyle's forearm glow white or green and combine into one long sharp blade. It then slashes the opponent with it. | ||
Natasha's Grovyle | What You Seed is What You Get | Debut | |
Ash's Grovyle | Exploud and Clear | None | |
Sawyer's Grovyle | Rivals: Today and Tomorrow! | None | |
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The four leaves on Sceptile's wrists glow light green and form into two. Sceptile then slices the opponent. | ||
Ash's Sceptile | Cutting the Ties that Bind! | None | |
Sawyer's Sceptile | A Meeting of Two Journeys! | None | |
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The leaf on Leafeon's head and its tail start to glow light green, and they form into long blades. Leafeon then slashes the opponent with one of them. | ||
Zoey's Leafeon | Coming Full Festival Circle! | None | |
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The leaf at the end of Servine's tail glows light green and it slashes the opponent with it. | ||
A Trainer's Servine | The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice! | None | |
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The leaf at the end of Snivy's tail becomes surrounded by a wavy light green aura. Snivy then slashes the opponent with its tail. It leaves behind a light green trail of energy where it slashes the opponent. | ||
Ash's Snivy | A Rival Battle for Club Champ! | None | |
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Riolu's tail becomes surrounded by a wavy light green aura. Riolu then slashes the opponent with its tail. | ||
Cameron's Riolu | Cameron's Secret Weapon! | Used via Copycat | |
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The four leaves on Mega Sceptile's wrists glow light green and form into two. Mega Sceptile then slices the opponent. | ||
Sawyer's Sceptile | A Riveting Rivalry! | None | |
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The two green feathers on Dartrix's back glows light green and grow longer. Dartrix then attacks the opponent with them. | ||
Hau's Dartrix | SM097 | None |
In Pokémon Generations
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Sceptile | Leavanny | ||
The user slashes the opponent with protruding leaves that stick out of its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
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Sceptile slashes the opponent using the leaves protruding from one its arms. | ||
Brendan's Sceptile | The Vision | Debut | |
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The leaves on Leavanny's arms glow green and slashes the opponent with them. | ||
Burgh's Leavanny | The Uprising | None |
In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
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Grovyle | |||
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The user slashes the opponent with powerful blades from the arms. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Grovyle moves its arms quickly and attacks the opponent with the blades coming out from them. | ||
Ash's Grovyle | I'll Win With My Own Battle Style!! | Debut |
In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga
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Servine | Serperior | ||
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The user slashes the opponent with a sword-like blade. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Servine slashes the opponent with a sword-like blade. | ||
Monta's Servine | Let's Master Pokémon Capturing! | Debut | |
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Serperior slashes the opponent with a sword-like blade. | ||
Monta's Serperior | Pokédex Complete! | None |
In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga
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Gallade | |||
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The user slashes the opponent with powerful blades. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Gallade slashes the opponent with its arms. | ||
Hiori's Gallade | A Fated Reunion | Debut |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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Leavanny | Grovyle | Sceptile | |
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The user slashes the opponent with protruding leaves that stick out of its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Grovyle uses the leaves on its forearms and slashes the opponent with them. | ||
Wally's Grovyle | Dreadful Dealing with Dusclops | Debut | |
The Battle Factory's Grovyle | Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming | None | |
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Sceptile slashes the opponent using the leaves protruding from one its arms. | ||
Emerald's Sceptile | Gotcha Where I Wantcha, Glalie | None | |
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Leavanny uses one of its leaf-like hands and slashes the opponent with it. | ||
Burgh's Leavanny | The Case of the Missing Pokémon | None |
In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
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Sceptile | |||
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The user slashes the opponent with powerful blades from the arms. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Sceptile moves its arms quickly and attacks the opponent with the blades coming out from them. | ||
Rald's Sceptile | Battle Between Student and Master! | Debut |
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
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Leafeon | Gallade | ||
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The user slashes the opponent with sharp leaves. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Leafeon fires out leaves with sharp blades at the opponent. | ||
Mitsumi's Leafeon | Team Galactic's Conspiracy, Revealed!! | Debut | |
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Gallade slashes the opponent with one of its arms shaped as a sharp leaf. | ||
Saturn's Gallade | The Legendary Pokémon Captured | None |
In the Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom manga
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Grovyle | Sceptile | ||
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The user hits the foe with a sword-like blade. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Grovyle hits the foe with a sword-like blade coming from the arms. | ||
Alpha's Grovyle | Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom | Debut | |
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Sceptile hits the foe with a sword-like blade coming from the arms. | ||
Alpha's Sceptile | Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom | None |
In other generations
Core series games
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Spin-off series games
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Colosseum | XD | Battle Revolution |
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PMD: Red and Blue |
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In other languages
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Variations of the move Leaf Blade | ||
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Variations of the move Slash | ||||||
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