Slash (move)

Slash (Japanese: きりさく Tear into Pieces) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Slash inflicts damage and has a high critical hit ratio.

In the anime

• Purugly slash.png

  The Purugly of Mars using Slash

Pokémon

Purugly. Its claws come out, glow white and slash the opponent.

• Used by the Purugly of Mars in DP110.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 30 0005 Charmeleon Fire 33 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 33 0027 Sandshrew Ground 17 0028 Sandslash Ground -- 0028 Sandslash Ground 17 0046 Paras Bug Grass 34 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 39 0050 Diglett Ground 31 0051 Dugtrio Ground 35 0052 Meowth Normal 44 0053 Persian Normal 51 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 39 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 29 0127 Pinsir Bug 49 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 39 0141 Kabutops Rock Water -- 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 39 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 37 0005 Charmeleon Fire 41 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 44 0027 Sandshrew Ground 23 0028 Sandslash Ground 24 0046 Paras Bug Grass 31 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 37 0050 Diglett Ground 33 0051 Dugtrio Ground 37 0052 Meowth Normal 46 0053 Persian Normal 53 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 37 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 36 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 40 0158 Totodile Water 35 0159 Croconaw Water 37 0160 Feraligatr Water 38 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 36 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 36 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 36 0216 Teddiursa Normal 36 0217 Ursaring Normal 39 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" | 0161 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel
Teddiursa, Ursaring

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 37 0005 Charmeleon Fire 41 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 44 0027 Sandshrew Ground 23 0028 Sandslash Ground 24 0046 Paras Bug Grass 31 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 35 0050 Diglett Ground 33 0051 Dugtrio Ground 38 0052 Meowth Normal 46 0052 Meowth Normal 40 0053 Persian Normal 53 0053 Persian Normal 49 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 41 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 31 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 40 0158 Totodile Water 35 0159 Croconaw Water 37 0160 Feraligatr Water 38 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 36 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 31 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 50 0216 Teddiursa Normal 37 0217 Ursaring Normal 37 0255 Torchic Fire 34 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 39 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 42 0264 Linoone Normal 41 0288 Vigoroth Normal 31 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 31 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 38 0335 Zangoose Normal 19 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 49 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 55 0352 Kecleon Normal 31 0359 Absol Dark 38 0383 Groudon Ground 20 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" | 0161 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 28 0005 Charmeleon Fire 32 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 32 0027 Sandshrew Ground 31 0028 Sandslash Ground 40 0046 Paras Bug Grass 22 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 22 0050 Diglett Ground 34 0051 Dugtrio Ground 40 0052 Meowth Normal 33 0053 Persian Normal 37 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 19 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 29 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 40 0158 Totodile Water 29 0159 Croconaw Water 33 0160 Feraligatr Water 37 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 31 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 29 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 35 0216 Teddiursa Normal 29 0217 Ursaring Normal 29 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 46 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 42 0255 Torchic Fire 34 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 39 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 42 0264 Linoone Normal 41 0288 Vigoroth Normal 31 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 31 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 30 0335 Zangoose Normal 18 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 43 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 46 0352 Kecleon Normal 25 0352 Kecleon Normal 27 0359 Absol Dark 26 0383 Groudon Ground 20 0402 Kricketune Bug 26 0416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 31 0431 Glameow Normal 37 0432 Purugly Normal 37 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 25 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 25 0443 Gible Dragon Ground 25 0444 Gabite Dragon Ground 28 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 28 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying 38 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying 43 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 22 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 70 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 70 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 70 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 70 0488 Cresselia Psychic 47 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" | 0161 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel, Weavile
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Sneasel, Weavile
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Stunky, Skuntank |- | 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" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Kabutops
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Sneasel, Weavile
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Linoone
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Zangoose
Kecleon
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Paras, Parasect
Scyther, Scizor
Kabutops
Gligar, Gliscor
Ninjask
Anorith, Armaldo
Vespiquen
Yanmega

|- | 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

• Spanish: Cuchillada
• French: Tranche
• German: Schlitzer
• Portuguese: Slash
• Italian: Lacerazione

Variations of the move Slash
Slash • Night Slash • Shadow Claw • Psycho Cut • Cross Poison • Aqua Cutter Formerly a variation Leaf Blade

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