Guillotine (move)

Guillotine ハサミギロチン Pincers Guillotine

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

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

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Guillotine (Japanese: ハサミギロチン Pincers Guillotine) is a Normal-type one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Guillotine has 30% accuracy and inflicts damage equal to the target's current HP. Guillotine will break a Substitute if it hits, and can be countered for infinite damage on the turn it breaks a Substitute.

Guillotine will not affect an opponent whose current Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat.

Generation II and on

Unlike in Generation I, Guillotine can affect a Pokémon whose Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat. However, it cannot affect a Pokémon of a higher level. The accuracy of Guillotine depends on the level of the user and the level of the target and is worked out with the formula: Accuracy = ((level of user - level of target) + 30)%. Guillotine ignores all changes to accuracy and evasion stats.

Mystery Dungeon

Guillotine will cause a Pokémon to instantly faint through 'calamitous damage', regardless of level, but is prone to missing.

Description

Games Description A single-hit knockout attack. Learned only by Pokémon that have large pincers. A one-hit KO, pincer attack. RSE A powerful pincer attack that may cause fainting. FRLG A vicious tearing attack with pincers. The foe will faint if it hits. A vicious, tearing attack with pincers. The foe will faint instantly if this attack hits. A vicious, tearing attack with big pincers. The target will faint instantly if this attack hits.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
098		Krabby	Water		Water	25			27			34			31				31			'
099		Kingler	Water		Water	--, 25			27			38			37				37			'
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	30			31			37			47				47			'
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying				49			52			45				45	55	'
341		Corphish	Water		Water							44	46	53				53			'
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark							52	56	65				65			'
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying										45				49	55	'
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon														51			'
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon														54			'
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon														58			'
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel														62			'
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel														71			'
632		Durant	Bug	Steel														61			'
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 the anime

Gligar Gliscor Pawniard Durant
A vicious, tearing attack with pincers that always makes the opponent faint.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gligar's claws glow white and it strikes the opponent with it, or Gligar grabs the opponent by the neck with a glowing white claw and slams it into the ground.
Morrison's Gligar	From Brags to Riches		Debut
	Pinsir's horns glow white and it grabs the opponent with them.
Howie's Pinsir	The Ole' Berate and Switch!		None
A Coordinator's Pinsir	Dawn of a Royal Day!		None
	One or both of Gliscor's claws glows light blue or white and it grabs the opponent's neck, slamming it into the ground.
Paul's Gliscor	Chim - Charred!		None
Bertha's Gliscor	An Elite Coverup!		None
	Pawniard raises both of its claws into the air, then crosses them over its chest. Pawniard's claws then glow white for a moment, and when the glow fades, they turn light blue and extend greatly. Pawniard then jumps into the air and falls down at the opponent, landing on top of it with its claws first.
Georgia's Pawniard	Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!		None
	The blades on Bisharp's elbows glow and then turn light blue. Bisharp then slashes at the opponent with them.
Georgia's Bisharp	A Clubsplosion of Excitement!		None
	Durant opens its mandibles wide as they glow light blue and grow in size. It then crunches the opponent with them.
A wild Durant	Battling the Leaf Thieves!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Krabby
The user closes its pincers or claws around the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Krabby closes its pincers around the opponent.
Misty's Krabby	Airing Out Aerodactyl		Debut

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	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Despite being a Normal-type move, no Normal-type Pokémon (with the exception of Smeargle due to Sketch) is able to learn Guillotine.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 剪刀斷頭台 Pincers Guillotine Mandarin 剪刀斷頭臺 Pincers Guillotine Dutch Guillotine Finnish Giljotiini French Guillotine German Guillotine Greek Λαιμητόμος Indonesian Guillotine Italian Ghigliottina Korean 가위자르기 Pincers Guillotine Polish Gilotyna Portuguese Brazil Guilhotina Portugal Guilhotina Serbian Giljotina Spanish Guillotina

One-hit knockout moves
Guillotine • Horn Drill • Fissure Sheer Cold

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