Air Cutter (move)
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Air Cutter (Japanese: エアカッター Air Cutter) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation III.
Effect
Generations III-V
Air Cutter deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. It hits both opponents in a Double Battle and all opposing adjacent Pokémon in Triple Battles.
Generation VI onward
Air Cutter's power changed from 55 to 60. In Horde Encounters, it will target all opponents. Air Cutter will also knock down Berries growing on Berry trees found in the background of battles.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||
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III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0041 | |
Flying | 31 | 25 | 25BW 26B2W2 |
26XY 19ORAS |
19SMUSUM | |||||
0042 | |
Flying | 35 | 27 | 27BW 28B2W2 |
28XY 19ORAS |
19SMUSUM | |||||
0083 | |
Flying | Field | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21SMUSUM | 25 | ||||
0169 | |
Flying | 35 | 27 | 27BW 28B2W2 |
28XY 19ORAS |
19 | |||||
0227 | |
Flying | 29 | 24DP 23PtHGSS |
23 | 23XY 12ORAS |
12 | |||||
0274 | |
Field | Grass | 1 | ||||||||
0275 | |
Field | Grass | 1 | ||||||||
0267 | |
Bug | 20ORAS | 20 | ||||||||
0278 | |
Water 1 | Flying | 33B2W2 | 33XY 22ORAS |
22 | ||||||
0284 | |
Water 1 | Bug | 22ORAS | 22 | |||||||
0519 | |
Flying | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | ||||||
0520 | |
Flying | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | ||||||
0521 | |
Flying | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | ||||||
0527 | |
Field | Flying | 21 | 21 | 21 | 15 | |||||
0528 | |
Field | Flying | 21 | 21 | 21 | 15 | |||||
0561 | |
Flying | 21 | 21 | 21 | 15 | ||||||
0641 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 25 | 25 | 19 | |||||||
0714 | |
Flying | Dragon | 23 | 23 | 24 | ||||||
0715 | |
Flying | Dragon | 23 | 23 | 24 | ||||||
0741 | |
Flying | 13 | |||||||||
0798 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1 | ||||||||
0804 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1, Evo.USUM | ||||||||
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 | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | ||||||||
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III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0004 | Monster | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
0016 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0227 | |
Flying | ✔ | |||||||||
0278 | |
Water 1 | Flying | ✔ | ||||||||
0441 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0580 | |
Water 1 | Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
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 Move Tutor
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Game | |||
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Pt | HGSS | ||||||
0006 | |
Monster | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0012 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0015 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0016 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0017 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0018 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0021 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0022 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0041 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0042 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0049 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0083 | |
Flying | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0084 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0085 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0142 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0144 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0145 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0146 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0149 | |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0151 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0163 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0164 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0165 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0166 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0169 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0176 | |
Flying | Fairy | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0177 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0178 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0193 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0198 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0226 | |
Water 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0227 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0249 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0250 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0267 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0269 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0275 | |
Field | Grass | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0276 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0277 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0278 | |
Water 1 | Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0279 | |
Water 1 | Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0284 | |
Water 1 | Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0291 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0313 | Bug | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0314 | Bug | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0329 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0330 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0333 | |
Flying | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0334 | |
Flying | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0357 | |
Monster | Grass | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0373 | |
Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0396 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0397 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0398 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0414 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0415 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0416 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0425 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0426 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0430 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0441 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0456 | Water 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0457 | Water 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0458 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0468 | |
Flying | Fairy | ✔ | ✔ | ||
0469 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0487 | Giratina
Altered Forme |
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style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | |
487O | Giratina
Origin Forme |
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style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | |
492S | Shaymin
Sky Forme |
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style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | |
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. |
Special move
Generation V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0012 | |
Bug | Dream World - Windswept Sky | |||
0015 | |
Bug | Dream World - Dream Park | |||
0226 | |
Water 1 | Dream World - Sparkling Sea | |||
0415 | |
Bug | Dream World - Dream Park | |||
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 Mystery Dungeon series
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, and Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Air Cutter is a move with base power of 2, 17PP and 90% accuracy. It damages an enemy in the front, while cutting corners, and has an increased critical hit ratio.
Pokémon GO
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Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- July 30, 2016
- Power: 25 → 30
- February 16, 2017
- Power: 30 → 60
- Energy cost: 25 → 50
- Duration: 3.3 → 2.7 seconds
- Damage window: 2.2 - 3.1 → 1.8 - 2.5 seconds
Description
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In the anime
Strong slashes of wind are releases from the user's wings. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Golbat flaps its wings and a strong gust with light blue 'S' shaped energy in it fly and slash at the opponent, or Golbat waves one of its wing and a white cresent shaped energy flies out and hits the opponent, or Golbat releases light blue 'S' shaped energy disks from its mouth at the opponent. | |||
Tabitha's Golbat | Fight for the Meteorite | Debut | |
A Team Magma Grunt's Golbat | Fight for the Meteorite | Debut | |
Agatha's Golbat | The Scheme Team | None | |
J's henchmen's Golbat | Ill-Will Hunting! | None | |
Galactic Grunts' multiple Golbat | Enter Galactic! | None | |
Skarmory opens its mouth and releases a strong gust with light blue 'S' shaped energy in it at the opponent, or Skarmory's wings glow white and it flaps them, releasing light blue 'S' shaped energy disks at the opponent, or Skarmory flaps its wings, releasing multiple light blue blades of energy from them at the opponent. | |||
Green Army's Skarmory | Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | None | |
Taylor's Skarmory | Pursuing a Lofty Goal! | None | |
Team Rocket's Skarmory | Dreams Are Made of These! | None | |
Pidove waves its wings in an 'X' like motion and a light blue 'X' shaped energy is released from the tip of its wings at the opponent, or Pidove crosses its wings in front of its body and opens them up quickly, releasing multiple light blue 'X' shaped energy from its wings at the opponent. | |||
Multiple wild Pidove | Enter Iris and Axew! | None | |
Ash's Pidove | Enter Iris and Axew! | None | |
Tranquill waves its wings in an 'X' like motion and a light blue 'X' shaped energy is released from the tips of its wings at the opponent or Tranquill's wings glow light blue and it fire many light blue blades from them at the opponent, or Tranquill glows white and releases light blue crescent shaped blades from its wings at the opponent. | |||
Trip's Tranquill | A Venipede Stampede! | None | |
Ash's Tranquill | Cottonee in Love! | None | |
Swoobat flaps its wings and light blue crescent shaped blades or a stream of light blue 'X' shaped blades are released from the tips of its wings at the opponent. | |||
Skyla's Swoobat | Cilan Takes Flight! | None | |
Unfezant flaps its wings and releases a stream of light blue 'X' shaped blades from the tips of its wings at the opponent. | |||
Ash's Unfezant | An Amazing Aerial Battle! | None | |
Riolu swings its arms inwards and releases a stream of light blue 'X' shaped blades from its hands at the opponent. | |||
Cameron's Riolu | Cameron's Secret Weapon! | Used via Copycat | |
Crobat flaps its wings, releasing multiple light blue blades of energy from them at the opponent. | |||
Team Rocket's Crobat | Dreams Are Made of These! | None |
- In The Shape of Love to Come!, Rapp commanded her Zubat to use Air Cutter, but it was defeated by Mina's Ribombee before it could use the move.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user waves its wing and fires one of its feathers at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Skarmory waves one of its wings and fires a crescent-shaped blade at the opponent. | |||
Winona's Skarmory | Bravo, Vibrava | Debut | |
Crobat waves one of its wings and releases a blade of air at the opponent. | |||
Spenser's Crobat | Skirting Around Surskit I | None | |
Golbat waves one of its wings and releases a crescent-shaped blade of air at the opponent. | |||
Petrel's Golbat | Fortunately for Feraligatr | None | |
Swoobat releases several tiny blades of air from its wing at the opponent. | |||
Skyla's Swoobat | Up in the Air | None |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- Air Cutter is the only damage-dealing Flying-type move that cannot hit non-adjacent foes in Triple Battles.
- Air Cutter is one of three moves that can be used to collect Berries from the Berry trees appearing behind foes in wild battles, the others being Twister and Blizzard.
In other languages
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