Razor Leaf (move)

Razor Leaf はっぱカッター Leaf Cutter

File:Razor Leaf.png

Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  55 Accuracy  95% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Other Side: Affects the opponent's side of the field

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

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

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

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

Razor Leaf (Japanese: はっぱカッター Leaf Cutter) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Razor Leaf deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

In double battles, Razor Leaf hits both opponents.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 27 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 30 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 30 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 33 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 38 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 20 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 22 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 22 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 37 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 42 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0152 Chikorita Grass 8 0153 Bayleef Grass -- 0153 Bayleef Grass 8 0154 Meganium Grass -- 0154 Meganium Grass 8 0192 Sunflora Grass 10 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0043 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Sunflora

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 20 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 22 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 22 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 37 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 42 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0152 Chikorita Grass 8 0153 Bayleef Grass -- 0153 Bayleef Grass 8 0154 Meganium Grass -- 0154 Meganium Grass 8 0192 Sunflora Grass 13 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 11 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0043 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Sunflora
Tropius |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0270 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lotad
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Sunflora
Tropius

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 19 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 20 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 20 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 39 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 39 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0152 Chikorita Grass 6 0153 Bayleef Grass --,6 0154 Meganium Grass --,6 0191 Sunkern Grass 29 0192 Sunflora Grass 29 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark -- 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark -- 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 11 0387 Turtwig Grass 13 0388 Grotle Grass 13 0389 Torterra Grass Ground --,13 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 26 0459 Snover Grass Ice 5 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice -- 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 5 0470 Leafeon Grass 15 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0043 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium
Sunkern, Sunflora
Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0270 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lotad
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium
Sunkern, Sunflora
Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0315 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium
Sunkern, Sunflora
Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0406 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Budew
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium
Sunkern, Sunflora
Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0420 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cherubi
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium
Sunkern, Sunflora
Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0455 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Carnivine
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium
Sunkern, Sunflora
Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Snover, Abomasnow

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Other appearances

• Chikorita uses Razor Leaf after coming out of a Poké Ball in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• Ivysaur has Razor Leaf as its side B attack in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• Despite Razor Leaf being a physical move, it doesn't require physical contact with the opponent the opposite of Petal Dance, a special move that does the opposite.

In the anime

File:Turtwig RazorLeaf.jpg Turtwig File:MayBulbasaur RazorLeaf.jpg Bulbasaur File:Sunflorarazorleaf.jpg Sunflora File:Grotle Razor Leaf.jpg Grotle
A sharp-edged leaf is launched to slash at the foe. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Razor-sharp leaves come out from under Bulbasaur's bulb and fly into the opponent.
Ash's Bulbasaur	Primeape goes Bananas		Debut
May's Bulbasaur	Grass Hysteria!		None
	Venusaur launches multiple razor-sharp leaves from the leaves on its back.
Corey's Bruteroot	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
A Venusaur James borrowed from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!		None
Jeremy's Venusaur	Weekend Warrior		None
Spenser's Venusaur	Ka Boom with a View!		None
	Bellsprout launches multiple razor sharp leaves from the two large leaves on its stem.
Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout	The Fourth Round Rumble		None
Zackie's Bellsprout	A Bout with Sprout		None
Anthony's Bellsprout	You Said a Mouthful!		None
	Weepinbell spins around in a circle, and multiple razor-sharp leaves come out and fly at the opponent.
Erika's Weepinbell	Pokémon Scent-Sation		None
James's second Weepinbell	Here's Lookin' at you, Elekid		None
	Victreebel launches razor sharp leaves from the two large leaves on the sides of its body.
James's Victreebel	A Shipful of Shivers		None
	Chikorita swings its head and razor-sharp leaves fly out from the leaf on its head at the opponent.
Casey's Chikorita	The Double Trouble Header		None
Ash's Chikorita	The Chikorita Rescue		None
Silver's Chikorita	The Search for the Legend		None
Lyra's Chikorita	An Egg Scramble!		None
Chikorita of Team Go-Getters	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!		None
	Bayleef swings its head and multiple razor-sharp leaves fly out from the leaf on its head.
Casey's Bayleef	The Bug Stops Here		None
Ash's Bayleef	Current Events		None
	Meganium swings its head and razor-sharp leaves fly out from the flower on Meganium's neck.
Casey's Meganium	Here's Lookin' at you, Elekid		None
Jackson's Meganium	Tie One On!		None
Officer Jenny's Meganium	Gulpin it Down		None
Elisa's Meganium	Beg, Burrow, and Steal		None
Nurse Joy's Meganium	Odd Pokémon Out!		None
	Lotad swings its head and two razor-sharp leaves fly out of the lily pad on its head.
Brock's Lotad	Sharpedo Attack!		None
	Lombre swings it head and releases sharp leaves from the lily pad on its head.
Brock's Lombre	Take the Lombre Home		None
	Sunflora waves its arms and it releases multiple razor-sharp leaves at the opponent.
A wild Sunflora	Grass Hysteria!		None
Sunflora	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness		None
	Ivysaur releases multiple razor sharp leaves from the leaves on its back.
Crystal's Ivysaur	Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!		None
Jimmy's Ivysaur	Judgement Day!		None
	Ludicolo waves its arms and razor-sharp leaves come out of them at the opponent.
Brock's Ludicolo	Do I Hear a Ralts?		None
	Skitty raises its paw and a white orb appears around it. It then fires razor sharp leaves from the orb at the opponent.
May's Skitty	Mean with Envy		Used via Assist
	Tropius swings the leaves on its back and razor-sharp leaves fly at the opponent, or Tropius flaps its wings at a fast speed, sending a barrage of razor-sharp leaves at the opponent from them.
Dominick's Tropius	From Brags to Riches		None
A wild Tropius	Odd Pokémon Out!		None
	Turtwig swings its head and razor-sharp leaves shoot out from the leaves on its head at the opponent.
A Turtwig Dawn imagined	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Ash's Turtwig	Gettin' Twiggy With It!		None
	The branch on Sudowoodo's head glows white and it flips around, sending razor-sharp leaves from its branch at the opponent.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Bibarel Knaws the Best!		Used via Mimic
	Grotle gets on its hind legs and comes down fast, making razor-sharp leaves come out of the bushes on its back at the opponent, or Grotle shakes the bushes on its back and razor-sharp leaves come out of it at the opponent.
Ash's Grotle	A Breed Stampede!		None
	Snover sticks out its hand and releases multiple razor-sharp dark green leaves from it at the opponent.
Candice's Snover	Sliding Into Seventh!		None
Unknown Trainer's Snover	Challenging a Towering Figure!		None
	Abomasnow brings one of its hands forward and releases several razor sharp leaves from it at the opponent.
Candice's Abomasnow	Double-Time Battle Training!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Razor leaf saur.jpeg Ivysaur
A sharp-edged leaf is launched to slash at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bulbasaur releases a razor-sharp leaf at the opponent from the hole on the bulb on its back.
Red's Saur	...But Fearow Itself!		Debut
	Ivysaur releases a razor-sharp leaf at the opponent from the base of the flower bulb on its back.
Red's Saur	Kalling Kadabra		None

In other languages

• Dutch: Mesblad (season 1-5, 11-present) or Messcherp Blad (season 6-10)
• French: Tranch'herbe
• German: Rasierblatt
• Italian: Foglielama
• Latin American Spanish (anime): Hojas Navaja
• Danish Barberblade
• Norwegian: Barberblad
• Portuguese: Folha Navalha
• Spanish: Hoja Afilada
• Hindi: Tez Dhaar Waale Patay

Variations of the move Razor Leaf
Razor Leaf Air Cutter