False Swipe (move)
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| False Swipe みねうち Blunt Strike | ||||||||||||
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False Swipe (Japanese: みねうち Blunt Strike) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.
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Effect
False Swipe inflicts damage and if False Swipe deals more damage than the target's current HP, the target will always be left with 1 HP remaining. If the target has 1 HP remaining, False Swipe will hit and leave the target at 1 HP. This move is most often used to catch wild Pokémon.
If used against a substitute, False Swipe is able to break it, and will not leave the decoy with 1 HP.
Learnset
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||
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| II | III | IV | V | |||||||||
| 083 | |
Farfetch'd | Normal | Flying | 44 | 46 | 43 | 45 | 45 | |||
| 104 | |
Cubone | Ground | 33 | 33 | 27 | 27 | |||||
| 105 | |
Marowak | Ground | 39 | 39 | 27 | 27 | |||||
| 123 | |
Scyther | Bug | Flying | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 212 | |
Scizor | Bug | Steel | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 253 | |
Grovyle | Grass | no | 53 | 53 | 53 | |||||
| 254 | |
Sceptile | Grass | no | 59 | 59 | 59 | |||||
| 290 | |
Nincada | Bug | Ground | no | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||
| 335 | |
Zangoose | Normal | no | 55 | 44 | 44 | |||||
| 475 | |
Gallade | Psychic | Fighting | no | no | 45 | 50 | ||||
| 542 | |
Leavanny | Bug | Grass | no | no | no | -- | ||||
| 588 | |
Karrablast | Bug | no | no | no | 25 | |||||
| 589 | |
Escavalier | Bug | Steel | no | no | no | 25 | ||||
| 610 | |
Axew | Dragon | no | no | no | 24 | |||||
| 611 | |
Fraxure | Dragon | no | no | no | 24 | |||||
| 612 | |
Haxorus | Dragon | no | no | no | 24 | |||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||||||||
By TM
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | |||||||||
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| II | III | IV | V | |||||||||
| 021 | |
Spearow | Normal | Flying | |
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| 046 | |
Paras | Bug | Grass | |
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no | |||||
| 127 | |
Pinsir | Bug | no | |
no | ||||||
| 214 | |
Heracross | Bug | Fighting | no | |
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| 273 | |
Seedot | Grass | no | |
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| 285 | |
Shroomish* | Grass | no | |
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| 303 | |
Mawile | Steel | no | |
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| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||||||||
By event
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Special move
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In the anime
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| A restrained attack that prevents the foe from fainting. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Scizor flies into the air then flies down toward the opponent. It raises its two pincers into the air, then brings them both down hard on the opponent. | ||
| Shingo's Blade | Wired for Battle! | Debut | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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| Scizor | Cubone | ||
| A restrained attack that prevents the foe from fainting. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Scizor holds up its claws so they look like two heads. Then, when the opponent becomes frightened, it charges and slashes the opponent with them. | ||
| Blue's Scizor | Rock, Paper... Scizor | Debut | |
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Cubone slashes the opponent with the bone it holds. | ||
| Crys's Bonee | Querulous Qwilfish | None | |
In other generations
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Trivia
- Its Japanese name refers to striking someone with the blunt side of a sword.
- Due to the move's effect of always leaving the target with at least 1 HP, False Swipe is the only damaging move in the video games capable of doing zero damage on a successful strike (assuming no immunities). False Swipe can do zero damage on a target with exactly 1 HP left.
- Although Swablu can know False Swipe if hatched from the egg obtained in Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, it is incompatible with the TM introduced in Generation IV which teaches the same move.
- In Generation V, Pokémon that were capable of learning False Swipe through breeding in previous generations are now unable to do so; these Pokémon are now capable of learning False Swipe via TM directly. This is probably due to the fact that TMs in Generation V have unlimited uses.
In other languages
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| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | |
| 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | |
| 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 (DPPt | HGSS) | 06 | 07 | 08 | |
| Generation V TMs | |
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| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | |
| 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | |
| 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | |
| Generation V HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | |
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