Slash (move)
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| Slash きりさく Slash | ||||||||||||
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Slash (Japanese: きりさく Slash) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.
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Effect
Slash deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||
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| I | II | III | IV | V | ||||||||||
| 004 | |
Charmander | Fire | 30 | 37 | 37 | 28 | 34 | ||||||
| 005 | |
Charmeleon | Fire | 33 | 41 | 41 | 32 | 39 | ||||||
| 006 | |
Charizard | Fire | Flying | 36 | 44 | 44 | 32 | 41 | |||||
| 027 | |
Sandshrew | Ground | 17 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 31 | 26 | |||||
| 028 | |
Sandslash | 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 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 37 | ||||||
| 051 | |
Dugtrio | Ground | 35 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 45 | ||||||
| 052 | |
Meowth | Normal | 44 | 46 | 46 | 40 | 33 | 33 | |||||
| 053 | |
Persian | 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 | 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 | no | 35 | 35 | 29 | 34 | ||||||
| 159 | |
Croconaw | Water | no | 37 | 37 | 33 | 39 | ||||||
| 160 | |
Feraligatr | 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 | no | 36 | 37 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
| 217 | |
Ursaring | Normal | no | 39 | 37 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
| 227 | |
Skarmory | Steel | Flying | no | no | no | 46 | 42 | 45 | ||||
| 255 | |
Torchic | 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 | no | no | 41 | 41 | 47 | ||||||
| 288 | |
Vigoroth | 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 | 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 | no | no | 31 | 25 | 27 | 27 | |||||
| 359 | |
Absol | Dark | no | no | 36 | 36 | 36 | 28 | |||||
| 383 | |
Groudon | Ground | no | no | 20 | 20 | no | ||||||
| 402 | |
Kricketune | Bug | no | no | no | 26 | 26 | ||||||
| 416 | |
Vespiquen | Bug | Flying | no | no | no | 31 | 31 | 21 | ||||
| 431 | |
Glameow | Normal | no | no | no | 37 | 37 | ||||||
| 432 | |
Purugly | 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 | no | no | no | 47 | 47 | ||||||
| 503 | |
Samurott | Water | no | no | no | no | 36 | ||||||
| 509 | |
Purrloin | Dark | no | no | no | no | 30 | ||||||
| 510 | |
Liepard | Dark | no | no | no | no | 34 | ||||||
| 529 | |
Drilbur | 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 | 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 | no | no | no | no | 20 | ||||||
| 611 | |
Fraxure | Dragon | no | no | no | no | 20 | ||||||
| 612 | |
Haxorus | Dragon | no | no | no | no | 20 | ||||||
| 613 | |
Cubchoo | Ice | no | no | no | no | 33 | ||||||
| 614 | |
Beartic | Ice | no | no | no | no | 33 | ||||||
| 615 | |
Cryogonal | Ice | no | no | no | no | 41 | ||||||
| 621 | |
Druddigon | 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 | 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 | |||||||||
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| 161 | |
Sentret | Normal | |
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| 287 | |
Slakoth | Normal | no | |
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| 418 | |
Buizel | Water | no | no | |
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| 451 | |
Skorupi | Poison | Bug | no | no | |
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By event
Generation V
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In other games
Pokémon Conquest
Slash is the only move of Persian.
In the anime
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| Meowth | Sneasel | Skuntank | Charizard |
| The user's claws glow. It then slashes the opponent. | |||
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A finger on each of Charmander's claws shine. It then slashes the opponent. | ||
| Ritchie's Zippo | A Friend in Deed | Debut | |
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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 | |
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Sandslash slashes at the opponent with its two front claws. | ||
| Koji's Sandslash | Good 'Quil Hunting | None | |
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Teddiursa slashes the opponent with its claws, leaving behind a white energy where it slashed. | ||
| A wild Teddiursa | UnBEARable | None | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Totodile slashes the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Ash's Totodile | Just Add Water | None | |
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Kabutops slashes at the opponent with its claws. | ||
| A wild Kabutops | Pokémon Heroes | None | |
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Meowth's claws come out and they shine briefly. Then, Meowth slashes the opponent with them. | ||
| Tyson's Meowth | Saved by the Beldum | None | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Vespiquen's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them. | ||
| Aaron's Vespiquen | A Trainer and Child Reunion! | None | |
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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 | |
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Urasing's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent, leaving behind white trails where it slashed. | ||
| Paul's Ursaring | Evolving Strategies! | None | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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
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| Kabutops | Scyther | Galvantula | |
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| The user slashes the opponent with its claws. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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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 | |
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Kabutops slashes the opponent with one of its scythes. | ||
| Unknown Trainer's Kabutops | Just a Spearow Carrier | None | |
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Ursaring slashes the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Silver's Ursaring | Teddiursa's Picnic | None | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Yanmega flies down at the opponent and flies past it, slashing the opponent with its wings. | ||
| Team Galactic's Yanmega | Yikes, Yanmega! I | None | |
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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 | |
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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
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| The user slashes the opponent with its claws. | |||
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Garchomp slashes the opponent with its sharp claws. | ||
| Cynthia's Garchomp | Dialga's Secret Keys | Debut | |
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Giratina slashes the opponent with its sharp claws. | ||
| A wild Giratina | Enter the Distortion World! | None | |
In other generations
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Trivia
- All of the variations of this move involve cutting or slashing.
In other languages
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