Psycho Cut (move)

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Psycho Cut
サイコカッター Psycho Cutter
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Type  Psychic
Category  Physical
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  70
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Psycho Cut (Japanese: サイコカッター Psycho Cutter) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Psycho Cut deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Description

Games Description
The user tears at the foe with blades formed by psychic power. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
The user tears at the target with blades formed by psychic power. Critical hits land more easily.
PMDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. It has a high critical-hit rate.
Conq The user tears at the target with blades formed by psychic power. It has a high critical-hit ratio.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
064 Kadabra Kadabra Psychic Psychic 34 40 ''''
065 Alakazam Alakazam Psychic Psychic 34 40 ''''
150 Mewtwo Mewtwo Psychic Psychic 50 43 ''''
359 Absol Absol Dark Dark 60 60 49 '
475 Gallade Gallade Psychic Fighting 31 36 ''''
488 Cresselia Cresselia Psychic Psychic 66 66 ''''
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.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
096 Drowzee Drowzee Psychic Psychic KadabraAlakazam KadabraAlakazam
307 Meditite Meditite Fighting Psychic KadabraAlakazam KadabraAlakazam
327 Spinda Spinda Normal Normal KadabraAlakazamAbsol KadabraAlakazamAbsol
624 Pawniard Pawniard Dark Steel no KadabraAlakazam
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.


By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0096 096 Drowzee Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor
0624 624 Pawniard Dark Steel Dream World - Spooky Manor
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Psycho Cut is the only move of Gallade.

Super Smash Bros. series

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Cresselia appears on the Spear Pillar stage, often shooting Psycho Cuts around the field and sometimes shooting one large Psycho Cut as if it were a boomerang, hitting anyone that touches it.

In the anime

Zoey Gallade Psycho Cut.png
Gallade
Zoey Gallade Psycho Cut circles.png
Variation with circles
Both of the user's hands glow blue and it uses them to slice the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Gallade Gallade's forearms glow light blue and both of them grow and extend in the back. Gallade then swings its arms repeatedly and multiple light blue crescent blades or light blue rings of energy comes out of them and hits the opponent, or Gallade's forearms glow light blue and they extend in the back. Gallade then slices the opponent with its forearms.
Zoey's Gallade A Grand Fight for Winning! Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • Psycho Cut is the only Physical move Mewtwo has been able to learn by leveling up since the Physical/Special split in Generation IV.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 幻象斬 Huànxiàng Zhǎn
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Psycho Snij
France Flag.png French Coupe Psycho
Germany Flag.png German Psychoklinge
Greece Flag.png Greek Ψυχοδρέπανο
Italy Flag.png Italian Psicotaglio
South Korea Flag.png Korean 사이코커터 Psycho Cutter
Poland Flag.png Polish Psycho cięcie
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Cortador Psíquico
Spain Flag.png Spanish Psico-corte


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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