Tail Slap (move)

Tail Slap (Japanese: スイープビンタ Sweep Slap) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 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 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times.

Tail Slap will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Learnset

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0572 Minccino Normal 25 0573 Cinccino Normal -- 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Minccino, Cinccino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0418 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buizel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Minccino, Cinccino

|- | colspan="6" | 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 other languages

Language Title French Canada Coud'keu Europe Plumo-Queue German Kehrschelle Italian Spazzasberla Spanish Plumerazo

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