Slash (move)

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Slash
きりさく Tear into Pieces
The foe is attacked with a slash of claws, etc. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
Battles
Type  Normal
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 I
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.

Slash (Japanese: きりさく Tear into Pieces) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents

Effect

Slash deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
004 Charmander Fire 30
005 Charmeleon Fire 33
006 Charizard Fire Flying 33
027 Sandshrew Ground 17
028 Sandslash Ground --
028 Sandslash Ground 17
046 Paras Bug Grass 34
047 Parasect Bug Grass 39
050 Diglett Ground 31
051 Dugtrio Ground 35
052 Meowth Normal 44
053 Persian Normal 51
083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 39
123 Scyther Bug Flying 29
127 Pinsir Bug 49
140 Kabuto Rock Water 39
141 Kabutops Rock Water --
39
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
004 Charmander Fire 37
005 Charmeleon Fire 41
006 Charizard Fire Flying 44
027 Sandshrew Ground 23
028 Sandslash Ground 24
046 Paras Bug Grass 31
047 Parasect Bug Grass 37
050 Diglett Ground 33
051 Dugtrio Ground 37
052 Meowth Normal 46
053 Persian Normal 53
083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 37
123 Scyther Bug Flying 36
141 Kabutops Rock Water 40
158 Totodile Water 35
159 Croconaw Water 37
160 Feraligatr Water 38
207 Gligar Ground Flying 36
212 Scizor Bug Steel 36
215 Sneasel Dark Ice 36
216 Teddiursa Normal 36
217 Ursaring Normal 39
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
161 Sentret Normal Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel
Teddiursa, Ursaring
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
004 Charmander Fire 37
005 Charmeleon Fire 41
006 Charizard Fire Flying 44
027 Sandshrew Ground 23
028 Sandslash Ground 24
046 Paras Bug Grass 31
047 Parasect Bug Grass 35
050 Diglett Ground 33
051 Dugtrio Ground 38
052 Meowth Normal 46RSE
052 Meowth Normal 40FRLG
053 Persian Normal 53RSE
053 Persian Normal 49FRLG
083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 41
123 Scyther Bug Flying 31
141 Kabutops Rock Water 40
158 Totodile Water 35
159 Croconaw Water 37
160 Feraligatr Water 38
207 Gligar Ground Flying 36
212 Scizor Bug Steel 31
215 Sneasel Dark Ice 50
216 Teddiursa Normal 37
217 Ursaring Normal 37
255 Torchic Fire 34
256 Combusken Fire Fighting 39
257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 42
264 Linoone Normal 41
288 Vigoroth Normal 31
291 Ninjask Bug Flying 31
319 Sharpedo Water Dark 38
335 Zangoose Normal 19
347 Anorith Rock Bug 49
348 Armaldo Rock Bug 55
352 Kecleon Normal 31
359 Absol Dark 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.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
161 Sentret Normal Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
287 Slakoth Normal Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
004 Charmander Fire 28
005 Charmeleon Fire 32
006 Charizard Fire Flying 32
027 Sandshrew Ground 31
028 Sandslash Ground 40
046 Paras Bug Grass 22
047 Parasect Bug Grass 22
050 Diglett Ground 34
051 Dugtrio Ground 40
052 Meowth Normal 33
053 Persian Normal 37
083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 19
123 Scyther Bug Flying 29
141 Kabutops Rock Water 40
158 Totodile Water 29
159 Croconaw Water 33
160 Feraligatr Water 37
207 Gligar Ground Flying 31
212 Scizor Bug Steel 29
215 Sneasel Dark Ice 35
216 Teddiursa Normal 29
217 Ursaring Normal 29
227 Skarmory Steel Flying 46DP
227 Skarmory Steel Flying 42Pt
255 Torchic Fire 34
256 Combusken Fire Fighting 39
257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 42
264 Linoone Normal 41
288 Vigoroth Normal 31
291 Ninjask Bug Flying 31
319 Sharpedo Water Dark 30
335 Zangoose Normal 18
347 Anorith Rock Bug 43
348 Armaldo Rock Bug 46
352 Kecleon Normal 25DP
352 Kecleon Normal 27Pt
359 Absol Dark 26
383 Groudon Ground 20
402 Kricketune Bug 26Pt
416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 31
431 Glameow Normal 37
432 Purugly Normal 37
434 Stunky Poison Dark 25
435 Skuntank Poison Dark 25
443 Gible Dragon Ground 25
444 Gabite Dragon Ground 28
445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 28
469 Yanmega Bug Flying 38DP
469 Yanmega Bug Flying 43Pt
475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 22
483 Dialga Steel Dragon 70
484 Palkia Water Dragon 70
487 Giratina
Altered Forme
Ghost Dragon 70
487 Giratina
Origin Forme
Ghost Dragon 70
488 Cresselia Psychic 47
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
161 Sentret Normal Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel, Weavile
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Stunky, Skuntank
287 Slakoth Normal Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel, Weavile
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Stunky, Skuntank
418 Buizel Water Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Kabutops
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Sneasel, Weavile
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Stunky, Skuntank
451 Skorupi Poison Bug Paras, Parasect
Scyther, Scizor
Kabutops
Gligar, Gliscor
Ninjask
Anorith, Armaldo
Vespiquen
Yanmega
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 the Anime

Zippo Paul's Ursaring Scyther Aaron's Vespiquen
The user's claws glow. It then slashes the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Episode Used In Notes
Charmander A finger on each of Charmander's claws glow. It then slashes the opponent.
Ritchie's Zippo A Friend in Deed None
Scyther Scyther slashes the opponent. Each slash leaves behind an after image.
Jeanette Fisher's Scyther The Fourth Round Rumble None
Tracey's Scyther Tracey Gets Bugged None
Ursaring Ursaring's claws glow. It then slashes the opponent.
Paul's Ursaring Full Battle! Shinji VS Satoshi!! -Part 2- None
Vespiquen Vespiquen's claws glow. It then slashes the opponent.
Aaron's Vespiquen A Trainer and Child Reunion! None

In other languages

  • Spanish: Cuchillada
  • French: Tranche
  • German: Schlitzer
  • Norwegian: Hogg, Hugg
  • Portuguese: Slash
  • Italian: Lacerazione
Variations on the move Slash
Physical Slash | Psycho Cut | Night Slash
Shadow Claw | Cross Poison


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