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Behemoth Blade きょじゅうざん Behemoth Slash

Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII 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 VIII Generation IX

Behemoth Blade (Japanese: きょじゅうざん Behemoth Slash) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Zacian.

Effect

Behemoth Blade deals damage. If the target is Dynamaxed or Gigantamaxed, its base power is doubled to 200.

Description

Learnset

If Zacian knows Iron Head while entering battle in its Crowned Sword form, Iron Head will become Behemoth Blade for the duration of the battle.

Trivia

Behemoth Blade being used by a Ditto

• If used by a Transformed Pokémon, such as Ditto, it will display a shorter, glitched animation with the transformed Pokémon stuck in a default pose.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 巨獸斬 Geuihsau Jáam Mandarin 巨獸斬 / 巨兽斩 Jùshòu Zhǎn French Gladius Maximus German Gigantenhieb Italian Taglio Maestoso Korean 거수참 Geosu Cham Spanish Tajo Supremo

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