Dire Claw (move)

Dire Claw フェイタルクロー Fatal Claw

Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

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

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

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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

Dire Claw (Japanese: フェイタルクロー Fatal Claw) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced during Generation VIII, in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is the signature move of Sneasler.

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• Effect
  • Generation VIII
  • Generation IX
    • Pokémon Champions
• Description
• Learnset
  • By leveling up
• In other generations
• Trivia
• In other languages

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Effect

Generation VIII

Dire Claw inflicts damage and has an increased critical-hit ratio. It has a 50% chance (80% chance in the strong style) to either poison the target, paralyze it, or make it drowsy.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Category  Physical PP  15 Agile Strong Power  60  45  75 Accuracy  100%  100%  100% Action speed modifier Self  0  0  +5 Target  0  +3  0 Additional effect Chance  50%  50%  80% Turns  3  2  4 Crit. Stage  +1  +1  +2 May inflict the target with poison, paralysis, or drowsiness

Generation IX

Dire Claw's power has been changed from 60 to 80. It has a 50% chance of leaving the target poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep (approximately a 16.67% chance for each status individually), and does not have an increased critical-hit ratio.

Pokémon Champions

Dire Claw now only has a 30% chance to inflict a status condition on the target, or a 10% chance of each individual status. It is also now considered a slicing move.

Description

Games Description LA The user lashes out at the target with ruinous claws, aiming to land a critical hit. This may also leave the target poisoned, paralyzed, or drowsy. SV The user lashes out at the target with ruinous claws, aiming to land a critical hit. This may also leave the target poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep.* The user lashes out at the target with ruinous claws. This may also leave the target poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep.* Champs Has a 30% chance of leaving the target poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Level
					VIII	IX
					LA	SV
0903		Sneasler		Field	11	Evo.
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 generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Trivia

• Dire Claw is the only Poison-type move that can inflict paralysis or sleep.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	剋命爪 Hākmihng Jáau
	Mandarin	剋命爪 / 克命爪 Kèmìng Zhuǎ
French		Griffes Funestes
German		Unheilsklauen
Italian		Artigli Fatali
Korean		페이탈클로 Peitalkeullo
Brazilian Portuguese		Garra Catastrófica
Spanish		Garra Nociva

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