Psycho Cut (move)

Psycho Cut サイコカッター
The user tears at the foe with blades formed by psychic power. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
Battles
Type	Psychic
Category	Physical
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	70
Accuracy	100%
Introduced	Generation IV
Availability
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock
Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	0
Jam	0
Super Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Psycho Cut on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Psycho Cut on Eevee's Movedex

Psycho Cut (Japanese: サイコカッター) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Psycho Cut does damage and has a high critical-hit ratio.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
064		Kadabra	Psychic		34
065		Alakazam	Psychic		34
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		50
359		Absol	Dark		60
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	31
488		Cresselia	Psychic		66
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Kadabra, Alakazam
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	Kadabra, Alakazam
327		Spinda	Normal		Kadabra, Alakazam Absol
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 side games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Cresselia appears on the Spear Pillar stage and will often shoot Psycho Cuts around the field, and sometimes shoot one large Psycho Cut as if it were a boomerang, hitting anyone that touches it.

In other languages

• Spanish: Psico-corte
• German: Psychoklinge

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

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