Slash

きりさく Slash

Introduced:	Generation I

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	70
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	20, max: 32
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Condition:	Cool
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0
Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests (DPPt)

Condition:	Cool
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Cool
Appeal:	4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam:	0
Quite an appealing move.

Slash is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description[]

Effect[]

In battle[]

Slash does damage and has a high chance of being a critical hit. In a Double Battle, Slash can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Slash can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				VII	VIII	IX
	Charmamder	fire	30	37	37	28
	Charmeleon	fire	33	41	41	32
	Charizard	fire/flying	36	44	44	32
	Sandshrew	ground	17	23	23	31
	Sandslash	ground	17	24	24	40
	Paras	bug/grass	34	31	31	22
	Parasect	bug/grass	39	37	35	22
	Diglett	ground	31	33	33	34
	Dugtrio	ground	35	37	38	40
	Meowth	normal	44	46	46 (RSE) 40 (FRLG)	33
	Persian	normal	51	53	53 (RSE) 49 (FRLG)	37
	Farfetch'd	normal/flying	39	37	41	19
	Scyther	bug/flying	29	36	31	29
	Pinsir	bug	49
	Kabuto	rock/water	39
	Kabutops	rock/water	39	40	40	40
	Totodile	water		35	35	29
	Croconaw	water		37	37	33
	Feraligatr	water		38	38	37
	Gligar	ground/flying		36	36	31
	Scizor	bug/steel		36	31	29
	Sneasel	dark/ice		49	50	35
	Teddiursa	normal		36	37	29
	Ursaring	normal		39	37	29
	Skarmory	steel/flying				46 (DP) 42 (PtHGSS)
	Torchic	fire			34	34
	Combusken	fire/fighting			39	39
	Blaziken	fire/fighting			42	42
	Linoone	normal			41	41
	Vigoroth	normal			31	31
	Ninjask	bug/flying			31	31
	Sharpedo	water/dark			33	30
	Zangoose	normal			19	18
	Anorith	rock/bug			49	43
	Armaldo	rock/bug			55	46
	Kecleon	normal			31	25 (DP) 27 (PtHGSS)
	Absol	dark			36	36
	Groudon	ground			20	20 (DP)
	Kricketune	bug				26 (PtHGSS)
	Vespiquen	bug/flying				31
	Glameow	normal				37
	Purugly	normal				37
	Stunky	poison/dark				25 (DP) 22 (PtHGSS)
	Skuntank	poison/dark				25 (DP) 22 (PtHGSS)
	Gible	dragon/ground				25
	Gabite	dragon/ground				28
	Garchomp	dragon/ground				28
	Yanmega	bug/flying				38 (DP) 43 (PtHGSS)
	Gallade	psychic/fighting				22
	Dialga	steel/dragon				70 (DPPt) 15 (HGSS)
	Palkia	water/dragon				70 (DPPt) 15 (HGSS)
	Giratina	ghost/dragon				70 (DPPt) 15 (HGSS)
	Cresselia	psychic				47
	Samurott	water
	Purrloin	dark
	Liepard	dark
	Drilbur	ground
	Excadrill	ground/steel
	Leavanny	bug/grass
	Dwebble	bug/rock
	Crustle	bug/rock
	Karrablast	bug
	Escavalier	bug/steel
	Joltik	bug/electric
	Galvantula	bug/electric
	Axew	dragon
	Fraxure	dragon
	Haxorus	dragon
	Cubchoo	ice
	Beartic	ice
	Cryogonal	ice
	Druddigon	dragon
	Pawniard	dark/steel
	Bisharp	dark/steel
	Rufflet	normal/flying
	Braviary	normal/flying
	Heatmor	fire
	Reshiram	dragon/fire
	Zekrom	dragon/electric
	Kyurem	dragon/ice
	Genesect	bug/steel
	Pancham	fighting
	Pangoro	fighting/dark
	Honedge	ghost/steel
	Doublade	ghost/steel
	Aegislash	ghost/steel
	Inkay	dark/psychic
	Malamar	dark/psychic
	Binacle	rock/water
	Barbaracle	rock/water
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

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Gallery[]

• Games
• Anime
• Manga

Main games

Slash depicted in Generation I

Slash depicted in Generation II

Slash depicted in Generation III

Slash depicted in Generation V

Slash depicted in Generation VII

Slash depicted in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!

Main series

Slash being used by Tracey's Scyther.

Slash being used by Ash's Totodile.

Slash being used by Tyson's Meowth.

Slash being used by Aaron's Vespiquen.

Slash being used by Cilan's Dwebble.

Slash being used by Sawyer's Aegislash.

Slash being used by Kiawe's Charizard.

Slash being used by Goh's Scyther.

Spin-offs and shorts

Slash being used by Red's Mega Charizard X (In Pokémon Origins).

Pokémon Adventures

Slash being used by Darach's Gallade

Slash being used by Celosia's Aegislash.

See also[]

• Scratch

  v · d · e List of Normal-type moves
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  A	Acupressure After You Assist Attract
  B	Barrage Baton Pass Belly Drum Bestow Bide Bind Bite Block Blood Moon Body Slam Boomburst
  C	Camouflage Captivate Celebrate Charm Chip Away Comet Punch Confide Constrict Conversion Conversion 2 Copycat Court Change Covet Crush Claw Crush Grip Cut
  D	Defense Curl Disable Dizzy Punch Doodle Double Hit Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge
  E	Echoed Voice Egg Bomb Encore Endeavor Endure Entrainment Explosion Extreme Speed
  F	Facade Fake Out False Swipe Feint Fillet Away Flail Flash Focus Energy Follow Me Foresight Frustration Fury Attack Fury Swipes
  G	Giga Impact Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust
  H	Happy Hour Harden Head Charge Headbutt Heal Bell Helping Hand Hidden Power Hold Back Hold Hands Horn Attack Horn Drill Howl Hyper Beam Hyper Drill Hyper Fang Hyper Voice
  J	Judgment
  K	Karate Chop
  L	Laser Focus Last Resort Leer Lock-On Lovely Kiss Lucky Chant
  M	Me First Mean Look Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Milk Drink Mimic Mind Reader Minimize Moonlight Morning Sun Multi-Attack
  N	Natural Gift Nature Power Noble Roar
  O	Odor Sleuth
  P	Pain Split Pay Day Perish Song Play Nice Population Bomb Pound Power Shift Present Protect Psych Up
  Q	Quick Attack
  R	Rage Raging Bull Rapid Spin Razor Wind Recover Recycle Reflect Type Refresh Relic Song Retaliate Return Revelation Dance Revival Blessing Roar Rock Climb Round
  S	Safeguard Sand Attack Scary Face Scratch Screech Secret Power Self-Destruct Sharpen Shed Tail Shell Smash Simple Beam Sing Sketch Skull Bash Slack Off Slam Slash Sleep Talk Smelling Salts Smokescreen Snore Soft-Boiled Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Spit Up Splash Spotlight Stockpile Stomp Strength Struggle Stuff Cheeks Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Swagger Swallow Sweet Kiss Sweet Scent Swift Swords Dance
  T	Tackle Tail Slap Tail Whip Take Down Tearful Look Teatime Techno Blast Teeter Dance Tera Blast Tera Starstorm Terrain Pulse Thrash Tickle Tidy Up Transform Tri Attack Trump Card
  U	Uproar
  V	Vise Grip
  W	Weather Ball Whirlwind Wish Work Up Wrap Wring Out
  Y	Yawn
  See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type
  Moves

  v · d · e List of move variations
  Damage-dealing	A Acid Bubble Ember Powder Snow Thunder Shock Aeroblast Spacial Rend Ancient Power Ominous Wind Silver Wind Arm Thrust Water Shuriken Aqua Jet Accelerock B Barb Barrage Infernal Parade Bite Heart Stamp Blizzard Hurricane Thunder Bolt Beak Fishious Rend Bone Rush Rock Blast Brine Hex Venoshock Bullet Seed Icicle Spear C Catastropika Pulverizing Pancake Circle Throw Dragon Tail Collision Course Electro Drift Counter Mirror Coat Cross Chop Stone Edge Crush Claw Razor Claw Crunch Flash Cannon Shadow Ball D Dig Dive Discharge Lava Plume Double-Edge Brave Bird Flare Blitz Wave Crash Wood Hammer Volt Tackle Drill Peck Dragon Claw Power Gem Seed Bomb Strength X-Scissor Dynamax Cannon Behemoth Bash Behemoth Blade Dynamic Punch Inferno E Earthquake Judgment Eruption Dragon Energy Water Spout F False Swipe Hold Back Fire Punch Ice Punch Signal Beam Thunder Punch Relic Song Fire Spin Clamp Sand Tomb Whirlpool Flail Reversal Flame Charge Chilling Water Pounce Struggle Bug Trailblaze Flamethrower Ice Beam Thunderbolt Fury Attack Barrage Fusion Flare Fusion Bolt G Giga Drain Drain Punch Horn Leech Gyro Ball Electro Ball H Hammer Arm Ice Hammer Heavy Slam Heat Crash Hyper Beam Blast Burn Frenzy Plant Giga Impact Hydro Cannon Meteor Assault Roar of Time Rock Wrecker Hyper Fang Zen Headbutt I Icy Wind Electroweb Mud Shot Snarl Iron Tail Dragon Rush J Jump Kick Supercell Slam K Karate Chop Poison Tail L Last Respects Rage Fist Leaf Blade Attack Order Low Kick Grass Knot Lunge Apple Acid Drum Beating Grav Apple Fire Lash Luster Purge Mist Ball M Megahorn Power Whip Precipice Blades Metal Burst Comeuppance N Needle Arm Force Palm O Octazooka Mirror Shot Mud Bomb Overheat Draco Meteor Fleur Cannon Leaf Storm P Pluck Bug Bite Pound Branch Poke Fairy Wind Gust Leafage Scratch Tackle Psybeam Aurora Beam Bubble Beam Chatter Low Sweep Sludge Spark Psyblade Hydro Steam Psychic Bug Buzz Earth Power Energy Ball Psyshock Body Press Q Quick Attack Bullet Punch Ice Shard Mach Punch Shadow Sneak Vacuum Wave R Return Frustration Revenge Avalanche Rollout Ice Ball S Sacred Fire Diamond Storm Seismic Toss Night Shade Shadow Bone Liquidation Skull Bash Electro Shot Sky Attack Freeze Shock Ice Burn Slash Aqua Cutter Cross Poison Night Slash Psycho Cut Shadow Claw Sludge Wave Moonblast Springtide Storm Bleakwind Storm Sandsear Storm Wildbolt Storm Steel Beam Chloroblast Stomp Steamroller Stomping Tantrum Lash Out Temper Flare Stone Axe Ceaseless Edge Stored Power Power Trip Sucker Punch Thunderclap Sunsteel Strike Moongeist Beam Photon Geyser Superpower Armor Cannon Close Combat Dragon Ascent Headlong Rush Super Fang Nature's Madness Ruination Surf Hyper Voice Land's Wrath Petal Blizzard Thousand Arrows Thousand Waves Swift Aerial Ace Feint Attack Magical Leaf Magnet Bomb Shadow Punch Shock Wave T Techno Blast Multi-Attack Thief Covet Thrash Outrage Petal Dance Raging Fury U U-turn Volt Switch W Waterfall Dark Pulse Extrasensory Iron Head Poison Jab Scald Zing Zap Weather Ball Terrain Pulse Wring Out Crush Grip Hard Press Elemental fangs Fire Fang Ice Fang Thunder Fang One-hit knockout moves Fissure Guillotine Horn Drill Sheer Cold Pledge moves Fire Pledge Grass Pledge Water Pledge Let's Go Partner Pika Papow Veevee Volley Bouncy Bubble Buzzy Buzz Sizzly Slide Glitzy Glow Baddy Bad Sappy Seed Freezy Frost
  Status	After You Quash Camouflage Reflect Type Charm Captivate Eerie Impulse Fake Tears Feather Dance Confide Play Nice Conversion Conversion 2 Destiny Bond Grudge Disable Embargo Heal Block Taunt Torment Follow Me Rage Powder Foresight Miracle Eye Odor Sleuth Forest's Curse Trick-or-Treat Guard Split Power Split Harden Sharpen Heal Bell Aromatherapy Heal Pulse Floral Healing Aqua Ring Ingrain Jungle Healing Lunar Blessing Magnetic Flux Gear Up Meditate Defense Curl Howl Withdraw Memento Lunar Dance Healing Wish Mind Reader Lock-On Mist Lucky Chant Safeguard Morning Sun Moonlight Shore Up Synthesis Mud Sport Water Sport No Retreat Clangorous Soul Poison Powder Stun Spore Protect Baneful Bunker Burning Bulwark Detect King's Shield Obstruct Silk Trap Spiky Shield Quick Guard Crafty Shield Wide Guard Quiver Dance Coil Recover Heal Order Milk Drink Roost Slack Off Soft-Boiled Roar Whirlwind Sand Attack Flash Smokescreen Screech Metal Sound Sing Grass Whistle Supersonic Skill Swap Guard Swap Heart Swap Power Swap Speed Swap Sleep Powder Lovely Kiss Sweet Kiss Soak Magic Powder Spider Web Block Mean Look Spikes Stealth Rock Sticky Web Toxic Spikes Splash Celebrate Hold Hands Stockpile Bulk Up Calm Mind Cosmic Power Dragon Dance Hone Claws Swords Dance Acid Armor Amnesia Autotomize Barrier Iron Defense Nasty Plot Rock Polish Tail Whip Leer Trick Switcheroo Trick Room Magic Room Wonder Room Worry Seed Entrainment Simple Beam Terrain moves Electric Terrain Grassy Terrain Misty Terrain Psychic Terrain Weather moves Hail Rain Dance Sandstorm Snowscape Sunny Day

  v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation I
  Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type
  A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam
  B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam
  C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut
  D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck
  E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion
  F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes
  G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust
  H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis
  I	Ice Beam Ice Punch
  J	Jump Kick
  K	Karate Chop Kinesis
  L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick
  M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist
  N	Night Shade
  P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave
  Q	Quick Attack
  R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick
  S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance
  T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle
  V	Vine Whip ViceGrip
  W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap
  See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX
  Generation I