Night Slash つじぎり Blade Testing
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| The user slashes the foe the instant an opportunity arises. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
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| Battles
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Target
| Foe
| Foe
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| Self
| Ally
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| May affect anyone but the user
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| Availability
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| Contests
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| Super Contests
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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
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| Pokémon
| Type
| Father
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| 027
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| Sandshrew
| Ground
| Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile
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| 083
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| Farfetch'd
| Normal | Flying
| Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Skarmory Seviper Absol Honchkrow Stunky, Skuntank Weavile
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| 123
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| Scyther
| Bug | Flying
| Scyther, Scizor Heracross Yanmega, Gliscor
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| 207
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| Gligar
| Ground | Flying
| Scyther, Scizor Heracross Yanmega, Gliscor
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| 216
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| Teddiursa
| Normal
| Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile
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| 255
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| Torchic
| Fire
| Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile
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| 287
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| Slakoth
| Normal
| Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile
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| 290
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| Nincada
| Bug | Ground
| Scyther, Scizor Heracross Yanmega, Gliscor
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| 335
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| Zangoose
| Normal
| Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile
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| 336
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| Seviper
| Poison
| Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Skarmory Sceptile Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank Weavile
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| 403
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| Shinx
| Electric
| Dugtrio Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Seviper Absol Stunky, Skuntank WeavileHGSS
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| 451
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| Skorupi
| Poison | Bug
| Scyther, Scizor Kabutops Heracross Corphish, Crawdaunt Yanmega, Gliscor
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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.
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In the Anime
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| Paul's Honchkrow hitting Turtwig
| Paul's Honchkrow getting ready to hit Grotle
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| The user's hand/claws/wings glow. The user then attacks its opponent.
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| Pokémon
| Method
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| First Episode Used In
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Honchkrow
| Honchkrow's wing glows white. It then attacks its opponent.
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| Paul's Honchkrow
| Aiding the Enemy!
| Starting in DP132, Honchkrow's wing now glows a deep purple
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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