Night Slash (move)

Night Slash つじぎり Blade Testing

The user slashes the foe the instant an opportunity arises. It has a high critical-hit ratio.

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  70 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 IV Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 No additional effect.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Night Slash on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Night Slash on Eevee's Movedex

Night Slash (Japanese: つじぎり Blade Testing) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Night Slash deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 051 Dugtrio Ground -- 052 Meowth Normal 49 053 Persian Normal 61 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 33 123 Scyther Bug Flying 45 141 Kabutops Rock Water 72 212 Scizor Bug Steel 45 214 Heracross Bug Fighting -- 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 50DP 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 45PtHGSS 254 Sceptile Grass -- 319 Sharpedo Water Dark 56 336 Seviper Poison 46 341 Corphish Water 35 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 39 359 Absol Dark 52 402 Kricketune Bug 42PtHGSS 430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 45 434 Stunky Poison Dark 31DP 434 Stunky Poison Dark 32PtHGSS 435 Skuntank Poison Dark 31DP 435 Skuntank Poison Dark 32PtHGSS 461 Weavile Ice Dark 35 469 Yanmega Bug Flying -- 472 Gliscor Ground Flying 31 475 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 027 Sandshrew Ground Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Skarmory Seviper Absol Honchkrow Stunky, Skuntank Weavile 123 Scyther Bug Flying Scyther, Scizor Heracross Yanmega, Gliscor 207 Gligar Ground Flying Scyther, Scizor Heracross Yanmega, Gliscor 216 Teddiursa Normal Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile 255 Torchic Fire Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile 287 Slakoth Normal Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile 290 Nincada Bug Ground Scyther, Scizor Heracross Yanmega, Gliscor 335 Zangoose Normal Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile 336 Seviper Poison Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Skarmory Sceptile Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile 403 Shinx Electric Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank WeavileHGSS 451 Skorupi Poison Bug Scyther, Scizor Kabutops Heracross Corphish, Crawdaunt Yanmega, Gliscor 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 the Anime

	Paul's Honchkrow hitting Turtwig	Paul's Honchkrow getting ready to hit Grotle
The user's hand/claws/wings glow. The user then attacks its opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Honchkrow	Honchkrow's wing glows white. It then attacks its opponent.
Paul's Honchkrow	Aiding the Enemy!		Starting in DP132, Honchkrow's wing now glows a deep purple

Trivia

• The Japanese name つじぎり (Blade Testing) is probably a reference to the way in which some particularly unscrupulous samurai would test new swords in feudal Japan. This was by hiding in wait by a road (typically a crossroads) and waiting for an unsuspecting commoner (i.e. lower class, and so with far fewer rights than the samurai class) to pass by. He would then strike to kill, and in this way learn how well his new sword could cut.

In other languages

• Dutch: Nachtslag
• French: Tranche-Nuit
• German: Nachthieb
• Italian: Nottesferza
• Spanish: Tajo Umbrío

Variations on the move Slash
	Slash | Psycho Cut | Night Slash Shadow Claw | Cross Poison

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