Mighty Cleave (move)

Mighty Cleave (Japanese: パワフルエッジ Powerful Edge) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced during Generation IX, in The Indigo Disk. It is the signature move of Iron Boulder.

Mighty Cleave パワフルエッジ Powerful Edge

Battles Type  Rock Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  95 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IX 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 IX

Effect

Mighty Cleave inflicts damage. It bypasses the effects of Protect, Detect, Spiky Shield, King's Shield, Baneful Bunker, Silk Trap, and Burning Bulwark, but does not lift the effects of these moves.

If used by a Pokémon with Sharpness, its power is increased by 50%.

Description

Games Description SV The user wields the light that has accumulated atop its head to cleave the target. This move hits even if the target protects itself.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IX
						SV
1022		Iron Boulder		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	56
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.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	強刃攻擊 Kèuhngyahn Gūnggīk
	Mandarin	強刃攻擊 / 强刃攻击 Qiángrèn Gōngjí / Qiángrèn Gōngjī
French		Lame Puissante
German		Wuchtklinge
Italian		Taglio Poderoso
Korean		파워풀에지 Pawopul Eji
Spanish	Latin America	Corte Potente
	Spain	Filo Potente

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