Leaf Blade (move)

Leaf Blade リーフブレード Leaf Blade

The foe is slashed with a sharp leaf. It has a high critical-hit ratio.

Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  90* 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 III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Leaf Blade on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Leaf Blade on Eevee's Movedex

Leaf Blade (Japanese: リーフブレード Leaf Blade) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation III. In that generation, it was the signature move of Grovyle and Sceptile.

Effect

Generation III

Leaf Blade inflicts damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Leaf Blade has a base power of 70 in this generation.

Generation IV

The effects of Leaf Blade are the same as the previous generation; however, its base power increases from 70 to 90.

In the anime

Grovyle using Leaf Blade.

Sceptile using Leaf Blade.

Pokémon

Grovyle. When Grovyle uses Leaf Blade the three leaves on its forearms combine into one long sharp blade with a green glow.

• Used by Ash's Grovyle from Exploud and Clear to Exploud.

Sceptile Sceptile's two leaves on its arm glow green.

• Used by Ash's Sceptile from Cutting the Ties that Bind! to Once More with Reeling.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
253		Grovyle	Grass		29
254		Sceptile	Grass		29
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
071		Victreebel	Grass	Poison	47Pt
182		Bellossom	Grass		--Pt
253		Grovyle	Grass		29
254		Sceptile	Grass		29
470		Leafeon	Grass		71
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
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying	Victreebel Bellossom Grovyle, Sceptile
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 other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Lâmina de Folha
• German: Laubklinge
• Italian: Fendifoglia
• Spanish: Hoja Aguda
• French: Lame-feuille
• Dutch: Bladmes

Variations on the move Leaf Blade
	Leaf Blade | Attack Order

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