Kowtow Cleave (move)

Kowtow Cleave ドゲザン Prostrate Slash

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  85 Accuracy  —% 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

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

Availability Introduced  Generation IX 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 IX

Kowtow Cleave (Japanese: ドゲザン Prostrate Slash) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature move of Kingambit.

Effect

Kowtow Cleave inflicts damage and bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly. If used by a Pokémon with Sharpness, its power is increased by 50%.

Description

Games Description SV The user slashes at the target after kowtowing to make the target let down its guard. This attack never misses.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
983		Kingambit		Human-Like		Human-Like	Evo.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Kowtow Cleave is based on dogeza, which is kneeling to a person of higher status. The word "kowtow" more accurately refers to a Chinese act that is similar to dogeza.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 仆斬 Pūkjáam Mandarin 仆斬 Pū​zhǎn * 仆刀 Pū​dāo * French Génusection German Kniefallspalter Italian Genufendente Korean 도각참 Dogakcham Spanish Genufendiente

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