False Swipe (move)

False Swipe みねうち Blunt Strike

A restrained attack that prevents the foe from fainting. The target is left with at least 1 HP.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  40 (max. 64) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM54 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0 Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

False Swipe on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex False Swipe on Eevee's Movedex

False Swipe (Japanese: みねうち Blunt Strike) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. Its Japanese name refers to striking someone with the blunt side of a sword.

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

Generation II

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	44
104		Cubone	Ground		33
105		Marowak	Ground		39
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	18
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	18
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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying	Farfetch'd
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	Scyther, Scizor
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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	46
104		Cubone	Ground		33
105		Marowak	Ground		39
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	16
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	16
253		Grovyle	Grass		53
254		Sceptile	Grass		59
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground	25
335		Zangoose	Normal		55
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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying	Farfetch'd
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	Scyther, Scizor Nincada
127		Pinsir	Bug		Scyther, Scizor Nincada
273		Seedot	Grass		Farfetch'd Zangoose
285		Shroomish*	Grass		Paras, Parasect Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry Mawile
303		Mawile	Steel		Farfetch'd Zangoose
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.

Special move

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained in
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	43DP
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	45Pt
104		Cubone	Ground		27
105		Marowak	Ground		27
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	13
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	13
253		Grovyle	Grass		53
254		Sceptile	Grass		59
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground	25
335		Zangoose	Normal		44
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	45
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 TM54

#		Pokémon	Type
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison
046		Paras	Bug	Grass
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying
098		Krabby	Water
099		Kingler	Water
104		Cubone	Ground
105		Marowak	Ground
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying
127		Pinsir	Bug
151		Mew	Psychic
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice
253		Grovyle	Grass
254		Sceptile	Grass
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost
335		Zangoose	Normal
341		Corphish	Water
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug
359		Absol	Dark
402		Kricketune	Bug
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark
461		Weavile	Dark	Ice
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying
475		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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying	Farfetch'd
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	Scyther, Scizor Nincada
127		Pinsir	Bug		Scyther, Scizor Nincada
214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting	Scyther, Scizor Nincada
273		Seedot	Grass		Farfetch'd Zangoose
285		Shroomish	Grass		Paras, Parasect Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry Mawile
303		Mawile	Steel		Farfetch'd Zangoose
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.

By event

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained in
285		Shroomish	Grass		My Pokémon Ranch
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 languages

• Italian: Falsofinale
• German: Trugschlag
• Spanish: Falsotortazo

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.