Tail Slap (move)

Tail Slap スイープビンタ Sweep Slap

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  25 Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Tail Slap (Japanese: スイープビンタ Sweep Slap) is a damage-dealing Normal-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation V. It is the signature move of Minccino and Cinccino.

Effect

Tail Slap inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use. There is a 33.3% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 33.3% chance it will hit 3 times, a 16.7% chance it will hit 4 times, and a 16.7% chance it will hit 5 times. Ignoring the possibility of missing, it will hit 3.168 times on average, giving it an average power of 79.2. Each strike made has an equal chance to be a critical hit.

Tail Slap may continue attacking after breaking a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last strike of this move.

If the target has Weak Armor or an Ability that activates upon contact, each strike counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate multiple times.

Pokémon with the Ability Skill Link will always hit five times when using Tail Slap unless it misses.

If a Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activates before the last strike is dealt, the following strike will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one.

If the target is holding a Rocky Helmet, the user is damaged for each strike.

Description

Games Description Conq The user attacks by striking the target with its hard tail. It hits the Pokémon two to five times in a row. The user attacks by striking the target with its hard tail. It hits the target two to five times in a row.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
572		Minccino	Normal		Normal	25			'
573		Cinccino	Normal		Normal	--			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire
418		Buizel	Water		Water
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Tail Slap is the only move of Cinccino, and targets an area three tiles wide in front of the user (forward and diagonally). If there are multiple Pokémon in the target area and the move fails to hit all of them, it will only hit each Pokémon once (instead of the usual two to five times).

In the anime

Cinccino
The user attacks by striking the target with its hard tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Cinccino's entire tail glows white and it hits the opponent multiple times with it.
Moira's Cinccino	Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Cinccino
The user slaps the opponent with his tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Cinccino rushes up to the opponent and slaps it away with one of its paws.
Geoff's Cinccino	A Direct Attack and a Daunting Defense		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 掃巴掌 Sǎo Bāzhang French Canada Coud'keu Europe Plumo-Queue German Kehrschelle Italian Spazzasberla Korean 스위프뺨치기 Sweep Fyamchigi Polish Moc Ogona Brazilian Portuguese Tapa de Cauda Spanish Plumerazo

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