Splintered Stormshards (move)

Splintered Stormshards ラジアルエッジストーム Radial Edgestorm

Battles Type  Rock Category  Physical PP  — (max. —) Power  190 Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not 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 VII 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 VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Splintered Stormshards (Japanese: ラジアルエッジストーム Radial Edgestorm) is a damage-dealing Rock-type Z-Move introduced in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. It is the exclusive Z-Move of Lycanroc and an upgraded version of its Stone Edge.

Effect

Generation VII

Splintered Stormshards inflicts damage and removes any terrain present on the battlefield.

Generation VIII onwards

Splintered Stormshards cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description USUM After obtaining Z-Power, the user, Lycanroc, attacks the target with full force. This move negates the effect on the battlefield. SwShBDSPLA SV This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

Any form of Lycanroc, or a Pokémon transformed into one, can use Splintered Stormshards if it knows Stone Edge, holds a Lycanium Z, and if its Trainer wears a Z-Power Ring.

In other games

Pokémon Masters EX

Name	Move Type	Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description	Playable Users
Island Splintered Stormshards	Sync move	Physical	—	—	250	300	—%	An opponent	—	Removes the Physical and Special Damage Reduction effects from the opponents’ field of play.	Kukui & Lycanroc*

Past Description

• Prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Removes physical and special damage-reducing effects from the opponents' field of play.

In the anime

Ash	Preparing	Dusk Form Lycanroc
The user jumps up and shoots down shards of rocks onto the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Lycanroc	Dusk Form Lycanroc strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. It then breaks the ground around it, causing shards of rocks to get thrown into the air and fly upwards. Dusk Form Lycanroc jumps up with the shards as they stop and then point towards the opponent, before Dusk Form Lycanroc and the shards shoot towards the opponent. Dusk Form Lycanroc lands on the ground behind the opponent as the shards strike them behind it.
Ash's Lycanroc	Twirling with a Bang!		Debut

Appearance

Pose

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• While the move's properties remain the same, the animation for Splintered Stormshards changes based on the form of Lycanroc using it, with the apparent time of day during the animation matching the Lycanroc's form.
• In Pokémon Masters EX, Island Splintered Stormshards is the only damage-dealing sync move that removes some field effects.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 狼嘯石牙颶風暴 Lòhngsiu Sehkngàh Geuihfūngbouh Mandarin 狼嘯石牙颶風暴 / 狼啸石牙飓风暴 Lángxiào Shíyá Jùfēngbào Dutch Steenschervenregen French Hurlement des Roches-Lames German Fataler Steinregen Italian Litotempesta Radiale Korean 레이디얼에지스톰 Reidi-eorejiseutom Polish Kamienna Burza Odłamków Portuguese Brazil Tempestade de Gigapedras Portugal Tempestade de Estilhaços Russian Штормовые Осколки Shtormovyye Oskolki Spanish Tempestad Rocosa

Type-based Z-Moves
Breakneck Blitz • All-Out Pummeling • Supersonic Skystrike • Acid Downpour • Tectonic Rage Continental Crush • Savage Spin-Out • Never-Ending Nightmare • Corkscrew Crash Inferno Overdrive • Hydro Vortex • Bloom Doom • Gigavolt Havoc • Shattered Psyche Subzero Slammer • Devastating Drake • Black Hole Eclipse • Twinkle Tackle
Species-based Z-Moves
Catastropika • 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt • Stoked Sparksurfer • Extreme Evoboost Pulverizing Pancake • Genesis Supernova • Sinister Arrow Raid • Malicious Moonsault Oceanic Operetta • Splintered Stormshards • Let's Snuggle Forever • Clangorous Soulblaze Guardian of Alola • Searing Sunraze Smash • Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom Light That Burns the Sky • Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike

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