Night Slash (move)

Night Slash つじぎり Blade Testing

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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 King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to 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

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	--				--
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	49				49
053		Persian	Normal		Normal	61				61
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	33				33
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	45				45
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	72				72
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	45				45
214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting	--				--
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	50		45	50
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	--				--
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	56				56
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	46				46
341		Corphish	Water		Water	35				35
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark	39				39
359		Absol	Dark		Dark	52				52
402		Kricketune	Bug		Bug			42	42
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying	45				55
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	31		32	37
435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark	31		32	41
461		Weavile	Ice	Dark	35				38
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying	--				--
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	31				31
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	--				--
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark	no				37
510		Liepard	Dark		Dark	no				43
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark	no				30
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice	no				37
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	no				40
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel	no				49
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel	no				49
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	no
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground
335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug
501		Oshawott	Water		Water	no
557		Dwebble	Bug	Rock	no
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	no
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice	no
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 403 Shinx Electric Dream World - Pleasant Forest 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

	Honchkrow	Zoroark
The user's hands/claws/wings glow. The user then attacks its opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Honchkrow	One or both of Honchkrow's wings glow light blue, purple or white. It then flies down and hits the opponent with its wings.
Paul's Honchkrow	Aiding the Enemy!		Debut
Zoroark	Both of Zoroark's claws glow crimson and it slashes the opponent with one of them.
Zoroark (movie 13)	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Gallade	Purrloin
The user strikes the opponent with powerful sharp appendages.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Gallade	Gallade extends both of the arm blades on its arms to large sizes and spins, slashing the opponent with one of them.
Caitlin's Gallade	VS. Gallade II		Debut
Purrloin	Purrloin dashes around the opponent at a top speed and moves so fast that it disappears. Purrloin then repeatedly slashes the opponent with its claws, or Purrloin jumps at the opponent and slashes it with one of its claws. As it slashes, it leaves behind a trail of energy.
N's Purrloin	Letting Go		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 街頭試刀 Jiētóu Shìdāo Dutch Nachtslag French Tranche-Nuit German Nachthieb Greek Νυκτερινός Τεμαχισμός Italian Nottesferza Korean 깜짝베기 Kkamjjakbegi Polish Cieniste Cięcie Brazilian Portuguese Corte Noturno Spanish Latin America Rasguño nocturno Spain Tajo umbrio

Variations of the move Slash
Cross Poison • Night Slash • Psycho Cut • Shadow Claw • Slash Formerly a variation Leaf Blade

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