Psycho Cut (move)

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Psycho Cut
サイコカッター Psychocutter
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%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
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 (Japanese: サイコカッター Psychocutter) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Contents

Effect

Psycho Cut deals damage and has an increased 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 or alternate form 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 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
  • Italian: Psicotaglio
Variations on the move Slash
Physical Slash | Psycho Cut | Night Slash
Shadow Claw | Cross Poison


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