Night Slash (move)

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Night Slash
つじぎり Blade Testing
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Type  Dark
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  70
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
No additional effect.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Night Slash (Japanese: つじぎり Blade Testing) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Night Slash deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0051 Dugtrio Dugtrio
Ground --
0052 Meowth Meowth
Normal 49
0053 Persian Persian
Normal 61
0083 Farfetch'd Farfetch'd
Normal Flying 33
0123 Scyther Scyther
Bug Flying 45
0141 Kabutops Kabutops
Rock Water 72
0212 Scizor Scizor
Bug Steel 45
0214 Heracross Heracross
Bug Fighting --
0227 Skarmory Skarmory
Steel Flying 50
0227 Skarmory Skarmory
Steel Flying 45
0254 Sceptile Sceptile
Grass --
0319 Sharpedo Sharpedo
Water Dark 56
0336 Seviper Seviper
Poison 46
0341 Corphish Corphish
Water 35
0342 Crawdaunt Crawdaunt
Water Dark 39
0359 Absol Absol
Dark 52
0402 Kricketune Kricketune
Bug 42
0430 Honchkrow Honchkrow
Dark Flying 45
0434 Stunky Stunky
Poison Dark 31
0434 Stunky Stunky
Poison Dark 32
0435 Skuntank Skuntank
Poison Dark 31
0435 Skuntank Skuntank
Poison Dark 32
0461 Weavile Weavile
Ice Dark 35
0469 Yanmega Yanmega
Bug Flying --
0472 Gliscor Gliscor
Ground Flying 31
0475 Gallade Gallade
Psychic Fighting --
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Sandshrew | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0083 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Farfetch'd | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Skarmory
Seviper
Absol
Honchkrow
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0123 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Scyther | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Gligar | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Teddiursa | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Torchic | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Slakoth | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0290 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Nincada | style="background: #FFF" | Nincada
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0335 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Zangoose | style="background: #FFF" | Zangoose
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Seviper | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Skarmory
Sceptile
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0403 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shinx | style="background: #FFF" | Shinx
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Skorupi | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Kabutops
Heracross
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Yanmega, Gliscor

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
|} |}

In the Anime

File:Honchkrow attack2.jpg
Paul's Honchkrow hitting Turtwig
File:HonchkrowNightSlash.png
Paul's Honchkrow getting ready to hit Grotle
The user's hand/claws/wings glow. The user then attacks its opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Honchkrow Honchkrow's wing glows white. It then attacks its opponent.
Paul's Honchkrow Aiding the Enemy! Starting in DP132, Honchkrow's wing now glows a deep purple


Trivia

  • The Japanese name つじぎり (Blade Testing) is probably a reference to the way in which some particularly unscrupulous samurai would test new swords in feudal Japan. This was by hiding in wait by a road (typically a crossroads) and waiting for an unsuspecting commoner (i.e. lower class, and so with far fewer rights than the samurai class) to pass by. He would then strike to kill, and in this way learn how well his new sword could cut.

In other languages

  • Dutch: Nachtslag
  • French: Tranche-Nuit
  • German: Nachthieb
  • Italian: Nottesferza
Variations of the move Slash
PhysicalIC HOME.png SlashNight SlashShadow ClawPsycho CutCross PoisonAqua Cutter
Formerly a variation
PhysicalIC HOME.png Leaf Blade


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