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Guillotine ハサミギロチン Pincer Guillotine
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Range
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Opponent
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Self
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Ally
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Ally
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Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
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Guillotine (Japanese: ハサミギロチン Pincer Guillotine) is a Normal-type one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I
Guillotine has 30% accuracy and inflicts damage equal to the target's current HP. Guillotine will break a Substitute if it hits, and can be countered for infinite damage on the turn it breaks a Substitute.
Guillotine will not affect an opponent whose current Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat.
Generation II and on
Unlike in Generation I, Guillotine can affect a Pokémon whose Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat. However, it cannot affect a Pokémon of a higher level. The accuracy of Guillotine depends on the level of the user and the level of the target and is worked out with the formula: Accuracy = ((level of user - level of target) + 30)%. Guillotine ignores all changes to accuracy and evasion stats.
Description
Games
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Description
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A single-hit knockout attack. Learned only by Pokémon that have large pincers.
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A one-hit KO, pincer attack.
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RSE
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A powerful pincer attack that may cause fainting.
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FRLG
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A vicious tearing attack with pincers. The foe will faint if it hits.
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A vicious, tearing attack with pincers. The foe will faint instantly if this attack hits.
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A vicious, tearing attack with big pincers. The target will faint instantly if this attack hits.
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A vicious, tearing attack with big pincers. The target faints instantly if this attack hits.
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Learnset
In other games
Guillotine will cause a Pokémon to instantly faint through "calamitous damage" (changed to "It's a one-hit KO!" in Gates to Infinity), regardless of level, but is prone to missing.
In the anime
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In other generations
Trivia
- The Axew and Pawniard evolutionary lines can learn this move despite both lacking pincers (which are necessary for the move, as indicated by the move description and Japanese name).
- The move and it's effects could be a reference to the Guillotine - an execution device used during the Reign of Terror in 18th Century France.
- The fact that it's an One-hit knockout move could also be a nod to the fact that the actual Guillotine was used for decapitation of the victims head.
In other languages