Hyper Cutter (Ability)

Hyper Cutter	かいりきバサミ
	Superpowerful Claws
Flavor text Generation III Prevents Attack reduction. Generation IV Prevents the Attack stat from being lowered. Generation V Prevents other Pokémon from lowering Attack stat. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Hyper Cutter (Japanese: かいりきバサミ Superpowerful Claws) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Nine Pokémon have this Ability, all of which have powerful claws or jaws.

Effect

In battle

Hyper Cutter prevents the Attack stat from being reduced (except those self-inflicted) from moves such as Growl or abilities such as Intimidate. The stat can be changed however by Power Swap or Heart Swap and infict a stat boost with Swagger.

Outside of battle

In Pokémon Emerald, using Cut will remove all tall grass within a two square radius of the player's position, as opposed to a one square radius without this Ability. In Generation IV, Hyper Cutter has no effect outside of battle due to removal of cutting tall grass.

Pokémon with Hyper Cutter

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0098		Krabby	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Sheer Force
0099		Kingler	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Sheer Force
0127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	Hyper Cutter	Mold Breaker	Moxie
0207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter	Sand Veil	Immunity
0303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	Hyper Cutter	Intimidate	Sheer Force
0328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground	Hyper Cutter	Arena Trap	Sheer Force
0341		Corphish	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Adaptability
0342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Adaptability
0472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter	Sand Veil	Poison Heal
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other languages

Language Title French Hyper Cutter German Scherenmacht Greek Υπερκόφτης Italian Ipertaglio Portuguese Hyper Cortador Spanish Corte Fuerte

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