Psycho Cut (move)

Psycho Cut サイコカッター Psycho Cutter

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make 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  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 Psycho Cutter) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Psycho Cut deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	34				40
065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	34				40
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	50				43
359		Absol	Dark		Dark	60				60
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	31				36
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	66				66
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
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel	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 096 Drowzee Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor 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 side games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Cresselia appears on the Spear Pillar 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 the anime

	Gallade	Variation with circles
Both of the users hands glow blue and it uses them to slice the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Gallade	Gallade's forearms glow light blue and both of them grow and extend in the back. Gallade then swings its arms repeatedly and multiple light blue crescent blades or light blue rings of energy comes out of them and hits the opponent, or Gallade's forearms glow light blue and they extend in the back. Gallade then slices the opponent with its forearms.
Zoey's Gallade	A Grand Fight for Winning!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Kadabra	Meditite	Gallade
The user throws a blade made of psychic energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Meditite	Meditite waves one of its arms upward and a wave of psychic energy is released from its arm at the opponent. As it waves its arm, a trail of energy is left behind.
Maylene's Meditite	VS. Meditite and Riolu II		Debut
Gallade	Gallade slashes the opponent with its arm blades multiple times, but doesn't hit it. Each time it slashes its arm, a wave of invisible mental energy comes out of its arm blade and cuts the opponent.
Caitlin's Gallade	VS. Porygon-Z		None
Kadabra	Kadabra waves the hand it is holding the spoon in upwards. As it does, it leaves behind a trail of energy. A psychic crescent-shaped energy then comes out of the middle of the trail of energy and hits the opponent.
The Battle Factory's Kadabra	VS. Seedot		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

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

• Absol is the only non-psychic type to learn Psycho Cut through level up.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 幻象斬 Huànxiàng Zhǎn Dutch Psycho Snij French Coupe Psycho German Psychoklinge Greek Ψυχοδρέπανο Italian Psicotaglio Korean 사이코커터 Psycho Cutter Brazilian Portuguese Corte Psíquico Spanish Psico-corte

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

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