Guillotine (move)

Guillotine ハサミギロチン Scissors Guillotine

A vicious, tearing attack with pincers. The foe will faint instantly if this attack hits.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  30% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0 Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Guillotine on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Guillotine on Eevee's Movedex

Guillotine (Japanese: ハサミギロチン Scissors Guillotine) is a Normal-type one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Guillotine inflicts damage equal to the target's current HP. Guillotine will break a Substitute on contact, 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.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 098 Krabby Water 25 099 Kingler Water --, 25 127 Pinsir Bug 30 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 098 Krabby Water 27 099 Kingler Water 27 127 Pinsir Bug 31 207 Gligar Ground Flying 52 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 098 Krabby Water 34 099 Kingler Water 38 127 Pinsir Bug 37 207 Gligar Ground Flying 52 341 Corphish Water 44RSE 341 Corphish Water 46FRLG 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 52RSE 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 56FRLG 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 098 Krabby Water 31 099 Kingler Water 37 127 Pinsir Bug 47 207 Gligar Ground Flying 45 341 Corphish Water 53 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 65 472 Gliscor Ground Flying 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.

In the anime

Pinsir	Gliscor	Gligar
A vicious, tearing attack with pincers.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Gligar	Gligar's claws glow white and it strikes the opponent with it, or Gligar grabs the opponent by the neck with a glowing white claw and slams it into the ground.
Morrison's Gligar	From Brags to Riches		Debut
Pinsir	Pinsir's horns glow white and it grabs the opponents with them.
Howie's Pinsir	The Ole' Berate and Switch!		None
Gliscor	Gliscor's claw glows white and it strikes the opponent's neck with it, ramming it to the ground. The attack will surely knock out its target if it hits.
Paul's Gliscor	Chim - Charred!		None

In other languages

• French: Guillotine
• Dutch: Guillotine
• German: Guillotine
• Italian: Ghigliottina
• Spanish: Guillotina
• Korean: 가위자르기 Gawijareugi

One-hit knockout moves
	Fissure | Guillotine | Horn Drill
	Sheer Cold

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