Slash (move)

Slash きりさく Slash

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes 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 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.

Slash on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Slash on Eevee's Movedex

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

Effect

Slash deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Description

Games Description Stad A Normal-type attack. It has a high probability of a critical hit for inflicting double the damage. Stad2 A Normal-type attack. It has a high probability of a critical hit for inflicting double damage. GSC Has a high critical hit ratio. RSEColo.XD Slashes with claws, etc. Has a high critical-hit ratio. FRLG The foe is slashed with claws, etc. It has a high critical-hit ratio. DPPtHGSS The foe is attacked with a slash of claws, etc. It has a high critical-hit ratio. BWB2W2 The target is attacked with a slash of claws or blades. Critical hits land more easily. Conq The target is attacked with a slash of claws, etc. It has a high critical-hit ratio.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	30			37			37			28				34
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	33			41			41			32				39
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	36			44			44			32				41
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground	17			23			23			31				31	26
028		Sandslash	Ground		Ground	--, 17			24			24			40				40	26
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	34			31			31			22				27
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	39			37			35			22				29
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground	31			33			33			34				37
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	35			37			38			40				45
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	44			46			46	40	33				33
053		Persian	Normal		Normal	51			53			53	49	37				37
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	39			37			41			19				19
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	29			36			31			29				29
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	49			no			no			no				no
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	39			40			no			no				no
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	--, 39			40			40			40				40
158		Totodile	Water		Water	no			35			35			29				34
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	no			37			37			33				39
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	no			38			38			37				45
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	no			36			36			31				34	27
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	no			36			31			29				29
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	no			49			50			35				38	35
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	no			36			37			29				29
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	no			39			37			29				29
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	no			no			no			46		42	45
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire	no			no			34			34				34
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	no			no			39			39				39
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	no			no			42			42				42
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal	no			no			41			41				47
288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal	no			no			31			31				31
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	no			no			31			31				31
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	no			no			33			30				30
335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal	no			no			19			18				18	15
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	no			no			49			43				43
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug	no			no			55			46				46
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal	no			no			31			25		27	27
359		Absol	Dark		Dark	no			no			36			36				36	28
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	no			no			20			20			no
402		Kricketune	Bug		Bug	no			no			no					26	26
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying	no			no			no			31				31	21
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			37				37
432		Purugly	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			37				37
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	no			no			no			25		22	22
435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark	no			no			no			25		22	22
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	no			no			no			25				25
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground	no			no			no			28				28
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	no			no			no			28				28
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying	no			no			no			38		43	43
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	no			no			no			22				22
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	no			no			no			70	15		15
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon	no			no			no			70	15		15
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	no			no			no			70	15		15
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			47				47
503		Samurott	Water		Water	no			no			no			no				36
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark	no			no			no			no				30
510		Liepard	Dark		Dark	no			no			no			no				34
529		Drilbur	Ground		Ground	no			no			no			no				26
530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel	no			no			no			no				26
542		Leavanny	Bug	Grass	no			no			no			no				29
557		Dwebble	Bug	Rock	no			no			no			no				31
558		Crustle	Bug	Rock	no			no			no			no				31
588		Karrablast	Bug		Bug	no			no			no			no				32
589		Escavalier	Bug	Steel	no			no			no			no				32
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric	no			no			no			no				26
596		Galvantula	Bug	Electric	no			no			no			no				26
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no			no				20
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no			no				20
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no			no				20
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				33
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				33
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				41
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no			no				21
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel	no			no			no			no				30
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel	no			no			no			no				30
627		Rufflet	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			no				28
628		Braviary	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			no				28
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire	no			no			no			no				41
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire	no			no			no			no				36
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric	no			no			no			no				36
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice	no			no			no			no				36
649		Genesect	Bug	Steel	no			no			no			no				29
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
161		Sentret	Normal		Normal
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	no
418		Buizel	Water		Water	no			no
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	no			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 418 Buizel Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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 other games

Pokémon Conquest

Slash is the only move of Persian.

In the anime

Meowth	Sneasel	Skuntank	Charizard
The user's claws glow. It then slashes the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Charmander	A finger on each of Charmander's claws shine. It then slashes the opponent.
Ritchie's Zippo	A Friend in Deed		Debut
Scyther	Scyther repeatedly slashes the opponent with its scythes.
Jeanette Fisher's Scyther	The Fourth Round Rumble		None
Three wild Scyther	Mewtwo Returns		None
Pokémon Poacher's Scyther	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
A Coordinator's Scyther	Mounting a Coordinator Assault!		None
Sandslash	Sandslash slashes at the opponent with its two front claws.
Koji's Sandslash	Good 'Quil Hunting		None
Teddiursa	Teddiursa slashes the opponent with its claws, leaving behind a white energy where it slashed.
A wild Teddiursa	UnBEARable		None
Sneasel	Sneasel slashes at the opponent, leaving behind a light purple energy stream where it slashed.
Iron-Masked Marauder's Sneasel	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
Harrison's Sneasel	Pop Goes the Sneasel		None
Croconaw	Croconaw slashes at the opponent with its claws, leaving behind a thin white energy line where it slashed.
Dundee's Croconaw	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
Bryan's Croconaw	The Champ Twins!		None
Totodile	Totodile slashes the opponent with its claws.
Ash's Totodile	Just Add Water		None
Kabutops	Kabutops slashes at the opponent with its claws.
A wild Kabutops	Pokémon Heroes		None
Meowth	Meowth's claws come out and they shine briefly. Then, Meowth slashes the opponent with them.
Tyson's Meowth	Saved by the Beldum		None
Linoone	Linoone's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them. As it slashes, a white streak is left behind Linoone's claws.
Three Linoone Captured by Solana's Capture Styler	The Green Guardian		None
Scizor	Scizor smacks the opponent hard with its claws, or Scizor swipes its claws and releases a white cresent of energy from its claws at the opponent.
Minnie's Scizor	Gymbaliar!		None
Unknown Trainer's Scizor	An Elite Meet and Greet!		None
Sandshrew	Sandshrew's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent, leaving behind a white afterimage where it slashed.
Mira's Sandshrew	Sandshrew's Locker!		None
Zangoose	Zangoose's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Multiple wild Zangoose	Tears for Fears!		None
Bianco's Zangoose	Saving Braviary		None
Vespiquen	Vespiquen's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Aaron's Vespiquen	A Trainer and Child Reunion!		None
Froslass	Froslass's fingers glow white and they become sharp. Froslass then slashes the opponent with them. It leaves behind white trails where it slashed.
A wild Froslass	The Drifting Snorunt!		Froslass cannot legally learn Slash
Ursaring	Urasing's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent, leaving behind white trails where it slashed.
Paul's Ursaring	Evolving Strategies!		None
Skuntank	Skuntank's claws glow white and grow longer. It then slashes the opponent in a 'X' like fashion. Its claws leave a white trail of energy where they slashed.
Jupiter's Skuntank	Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!		None
Dwebble	One or both of Dwebble's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them. The claw leaves behind a white trail of energy where it slashed.
Three wild Dwebble	A Home for Dwebble!		None
Cilan's Dwebble	A Home for Dwebble!		None
Beartic	Beartic's claws glow white on one paw and it slashes the opponent with it.
Georgia's Beartic	Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!		None
Drilbur	Drilbur's claws glow white on both of its hands and it slashes the opponent with them.
Ferris's Drilbur	The Restoration Confrontation! Part 1		None
Bisharp	The blades on Bisharp's elbows glow white, and it slashes the opponent with them.
Davy's Bisharp	Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!		None
Charizard	Charizard's claws glow white and grow longer. It slashes the opponent with them.
Ash's Charizard	Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Kabutops	Scyther	Galvantula
The user slashes the opponent with its claws.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Scyther	Scyther stabs the opponent with one of its scythes, or Scyther repeatedly slices the opponent with its scythes.
Blue's Scyther	Go for the Golbat!		Debut
Kabutops	Kabutops slashes the opponent with one of its scythes.
Unknown Trainer's Kabutops	Just a Spearow Carrier		None
Ursaring	Ursaring slashes the opponent with its claws.
Silver's Ursaring	Teddiursa's Picnic		None
Persian	Persian slashes the opponent with one of its claws. As it slashes, it leaves behind a trail of energy.
Sird's Persian	Red, Man of Failure		None
Purugly	Purugly sticks out its claws and slashes the opponent with one of them. It leaves behind a white trail of energy where it slashed.
Mars's Purugly	Belligerent Bronzor		None
Yanmega	Yanmega flies down at the opponent and flies past it, slashing the opponent with its wings.
Team Galactic's Yanmega	Yikes, Yanmega! I		None
Weavile	Weavile slashes the opponent with both of its claws. As it slashes, it leaves behind a trail of energy.
Silver's Weavile	VS Rhyperior		None
Galvantula	Galvantula slashes the opponent with one of the claws on its legs.
Black's Tula	A Direct Attack and a Daunting Defense		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

	Garchomp
The user slashes the opponent with its claws.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Garchomp	Garchomp slashes the opponent with its sharp claws.
Cynthia's Garchomp	Dialga's Secret Keys		Debut
Giratina	Giratina slashes the opponent with its sharp claws.
A wild Giratina	Enter the Distortion World!		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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• All of the variations of this move involve cutting or slashing.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 劈開 Pī​kāi Dutch Hak Finnish Sivallus French Tranche German Schlitzer Greek Σκίσιμο Indonesian Membelah Italian Lacerazione Korean 베어가르기 Beeo Gareugi Norwegian Hogg Hugg Polish Siekanie Portuguese Brazil Retalhada Portugal Cortar Romanian Tăietura Serbian Zamah Spanish Latin America Cuchillada Spain Cuchillada

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

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