Bitter Blade (move)

Bitter Blade むねんのつるぎ Sword of Regret

Battles Type  Fire Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  90 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 IX 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 IX

Bitter Blade (Japanese: むねんのつるぎ Sword of Regret) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature move of Ceruledge.

Effect

Bitter Blades inflicts damage, and it restores the user's HP by half of the damage dealt. If used by a Pokémon with Sharpness, its power is increased by 50%.

Description

Games Description SV The user focuses its bitter feelings toward the world of the living into a slashing attack. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage taken by the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0000	Ceruledge	Ceruledge		Human-Like		Human-Like	48
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.

Trivia

• Bitter Blade is the only Fire-type HP-draining move.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 悔念劍 Fuinihm Gim Mandarin 悔念劍 / 悔念剑 Huǐniàn Jiàn French Lame en Peine German Reueschwert Italian Lama del Rimorso Korean 원념의칼 Wonnyeom-ui Kal Spanish Espada Lamento

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