Night Slash (move)

Night Slash つじぎり Blade Testing

File:Night Slash.png

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes 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 Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   No additional effect.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Night Slash (Japanese: つじぎり Blade Testing) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Night Slash deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0051 Dugtrio Ground -- 0052 Meowth Normal 49 0053 Persian Normal 61 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 33 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 45 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 72 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 45 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting -- 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 50 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 45 0254 Sceptile Grass -- 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 56 0336 Seviper Poison 46 0341 Corphish Water 35 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 39 0359 Absol Dark 52 0402 Kricketune Bug 42 0430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 45 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 31 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 32 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 31 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 32 0461 Weavile Ice Dark 35 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying -- 0472 Gliscor Ground Flying 31 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting -- 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" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0083 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Skarmory
Seviper
Absol
Honchkrow
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0123 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0290 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nincada
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0335 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zangoose
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Skarmory
Sceptile
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0403 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shinx
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Kabutops
Heracross
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Yanmega, Gliscor

|- | 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0051 Dugtrio Ground -- 0052 Meowth Normal 49 0053 Persian Normal 61 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 33 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 45 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 72 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 45 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting -- 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 50 0254 Sceptile Grass -- 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 56 0336 Seviper Poison 46 0341 Corphish Water 35 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 39 0359 Absol Dark 52 0402 Kricketune Bug 42 0430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 55 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 37 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 41 0461 Weavile Ice Dark 38 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying -- 0472 Gliscor Ground Flying 31 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting -- 0509 Purrloin Dark 37 0510 Liepard Dark 43 0571 Zoroark Dark 30 0615 Furiijio Furiijio Ice 37 0621 Crimgan Crimgan Dragon 40 0624 Komatana Komatana Dark Steel 49 0625 Kirikizan Kirikizan Dark Steel 49 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" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0083 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Skarmory
Seviper
Absol
Honchkrow
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0123 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0287 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slakoth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0290 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nincada
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0335 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zangoose
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0336 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seviper
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Skarmory
Sceptile
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark
Crimgan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0403 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shinx
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Kabutops
Heracross
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0501 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Oshawott
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0557 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Ishizumai | style="background: #FFF" | Ishizumai
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Yanmega, Gliscor |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0610 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Axew
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Sceptile
Seviper
Crimgan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0613 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Kumasyun | style="background: #FFF" | Kumasyun
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0631 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Kuitaran | style="background: #FFF" | Kuitaran
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Dugtrio
Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Seviper
Absol
Stunky, Skuntank
Weavile
Purrloin, Liepard
Zoroark

|- | 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. |} |}

In the anime

File:HonchkrowNightSlash.png Honchkrow Zoroark
The user's hand/claws/wings glow. The user then attacks its opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	One or both of Honchkrow's wings glow light blue or purple. It then flies down and hits the opponent with its wings.
Paul's Honchkrow	Aiding the Enemy!		Debut
	Both of Zoroark's claws glow crimson and it slashes the opponent with one of them.
Zoroark (movie 13)	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None

Trivia

• The Japanese name つじぎり (Blade Testing) is probably a reference to the way in which some particularly unscrupulous samurai would test new swords in feudal Japan. This was by hiding in wait by a road (typically a crossroads) and waiting for an unsuspecting commoner (i.e. lower class, and so with far fewer rights than the samurai class) to pass by. He would then strike to kill, and in this way learn how well his new sword could cut.

In other languages

• Dutch: Nachtslag
• French: Tranche-Nuit
• German: Nachthieb
• Greek: Νυκτερινός Τεμαχισμός
• Italian: Nottesferza
• Korean: 깜짝베기 Kkamjjakbegi
• Polish: Cieniste Cięcie
• Spanish: Tajo Umbrío

Variations of the move Slash
Slash • Night Slash • Shadow Claw • Psycho Cut • Cross Poison • Aqua Cutter Formerly a variation Leaf Blade

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