Razor Leaf (move)

Razor Leaf はっぱカッター Leaf Cutter

A sharp-edged leaf is launched to slash at the foe. It has a high critical-hit ratio.

Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  55 Accuracy  95% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects both foes

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Razor Leaf on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Razor Leaf on Eevee's Movedex

Razor Leaf (Japanese: はっぱカッター Leaf Cutter) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Razor Leaf deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

In double battles, Razor Leaf hits both opponents.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 27 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 30 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 30 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 33 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 38 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 20 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 22 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 22 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 37 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 42 071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 152 Chikorita Grass 8 153 Bayleef Grass -- 153 Bayleef Grass 8 154 Meganium Grass -- 154 Meganium Grass 8 192 Sunflora Grass 10 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 043 Oddish Grass Poison Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Sunflora 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 20 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 22 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 22 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 37 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 42 071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 152 Chikorita Grass 8 153 Bayleef Grass -- 153 Bayleef Grass 8 154 Meganium Grass -- 154 Meganium Grass 8 192 Sunflora Grass 13 357 Tropius Grass Flying 11 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 043 Oddish Grass Poison Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Sunflora Tropius 270 Lotad Water Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Sunflora Tropius 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 19 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 20 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 20 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 39 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 39 071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 152 Chikorita Grass 6 153 Bayleef Grass -- 153 Bayleef Grass 6 154 Meganium Grass -- 154 Meganium Grass 6 192 Sunflora Grass 29 192 Sunflora Grass 20 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark -- 275 Shiftry Grass Dark -- 357 Tropius Grass Flying 11 387 Turtwig Grass 13 388 Grotle Grass 13 389 Torterra Grass Ground -- 389 Torterra Grass Ground 13 413 Wormadam Plant Cloak Bug Grass -- 459 Snover Grass Ice 5 460 Abomasnow Grass Ice -- 460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 5 470 Leafeon Grass 15 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 043 Oddish Grass Poison Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium Sunkern, Sunflora Nuzleaf, Shiftry Tropius Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Snover, Abomasnow 270 Lotad Water Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium Sunkern, Sunflora Nuzleaf, Shiftry Tropius Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Snover, Abomasnow 315 Roselia Grass Poison Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium Sunkern, Sunflora Nuzleaf, Shiftry Tropius Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Snover, Abomasnow 406 Budew Grass Poison Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium Sunkern, Sunflora Nuzleaf, Shiftry Tropius Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Snover, Abomasnow 420 Cherubi Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium Sunkern, Sunflora Nuzleaf, Shiftry Tropius Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Snover, Abomasnow 455 Carnivine Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium Sunkern, Sunflora Nuzleaf, Shiftry Tropius Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Snover, Abomasnow 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.

Other appearances

• Chikorita uses Razor Leaf after coming out of a Poké Ball in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• Ivysaur has Razor Leaf as its side B attack in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

In the anime

Turtwig	Bulbasaur	Sunflora	Grotle
A sharp-edged leaf is launched to slash at the foe. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Bulbasaur	Razor-sharp leaves come out from under Bulbasaur's bulb and fly into the opponent.
Ash's Bulbasaur	Primeape goes Bananas		Debut
May's Bulbasaur	Grass Hysteria		None
Venusaur	Venusaur launches multiple razor-sharp leaves from its back.
Corey's Bruteroot	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
A Venusaur James borrows from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!		None
Bellsprout	Bellsprout launches multiple razor sharp leaves from the two large leaves on its stem.
Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout	The Fourth Round Rumble		None
Zackie's Bellsprout	A Bout with Sprout		None
Anthony's Bellsprout	You Said a Mouthful!		None
Weepinbell	Weepinbell spins around in a circle, and multiple razor-sharp leaves come out and fly at the opponent.
Erika's Weepinbell	Pokémon Scent-Sation		None
James's second Weepinbell	Here's Lookin' at you, Elekid		None
Victreebel	Victreebel launches razor sharp leaves from the two large leaves on the sides of its body.
James's Victreebel	A Shipful of Shivers		None
Chikorita	Chikorita swings its head and razor-sharp leaves fly out from the leaf on its head.
Casey's Chikorita	The Double Trouble Header		None
Ash's Chikorita	The Chikorita Rescue		None
Kotone's Chikorita	DP143		None
Bayleef	Bayleef swings its head and multiple razor-sharp leaves fly out from the leaf on its head.
Casey's Bayleef	The Bug Stops Here		None
Ash's Bayleef	Current Events		None
Meganium	Meganium swings its head and razor-sharp leaves fly out from the flower on Meganium's neck.
Casey's Meganium	Here's Lookin' at you, Elekid		None
Jackson's Meganium	Tie One On!		None
Officer Jenny's Meganium	Gulpin it Down		None
Lotad	Lotad swings its head and two razor-sharp leaves fly out of its lily pad.
Brock's Lotad	Sharpedo Attack!		None
Lombre	Lombre swings it head and releases sharp leaves from its lily pad.
Brock's Lombre	Take the Lombre Home		None
Bellossom	Bellossom spins and razor-sharp leaves fly out.
Unknown Trainer's Bellossom	Arriving in Style!		None
Sunflora	Sunflora's petals glow white, then Sunflora slashes its foe.
Nando's Sunflora	A Secret Sphere of Influence!		None
Sunflora	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness		None
Nuzleaf	Razor-sharp leaves fly out from the leaf on Nuzleaf's head.
A Wild Nuzleaf	Leave it to Brocko!		None
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo's twig on its head glows white and it releases cresent shaped leaves.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Bibarel Knaws the Best!		Used via Mimic
Turtwig	Turtwig swings its head and razor-sharp leaves fly out from the leaves on its head.
Ash's Turtwig	Gettin' Twiggy With It!		None
Gardenia's Turtwig	The Grass-Type is Always Greener!		None
Grotle	Razor-sharp leaves fly out from the bushes on its back.
Ash's Grotle	Aiding the Enemy!		None
Snover	Snover releases sharp leaves from its hand.
Candice's Snover	Sliding Into Seventh!		None
Unknown Trainer's Snover	DP141		None

In other languages

• Dutch: Mesblad (season 1-5, 11-present) or Messcherp Blad (season 6-10)
• French: Tranch'herbe
• German: Rasierblatt
• Italian: Foglielama
• Latin American Spanish (anime): Hojas Navaja
• Norwegian: Barberblad
• Portuguese: Folha Navalha
• Spanish: Hoja Afilada
• Hindi: Tez Dhaar Waale Patay

Variations on the move Razor Leaf
	Razor Leaf
	Air Cutter

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