Night Slash (move)

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Night Slash is a move with 13 base power, 12 PP and 88% accuracy. The user attacks enemy in front. The move has an increased critical hit ratio.

Gyms & Raids

• July 30, 2016
  • Power: 25 → 30
• February 16, 2017
  • Power: 30 → 50
  • Energy cost: 25 → 33
  • Duration: 2.7 → 2.2 seconds
  • Damage window: 2.4 - 2.6 → 1.3 - 2 seconds

Trainer Battles

• December 11, 2019
  • Energy cost: 40 → 35
  • Secondary effect added

Purrloin	Honchkrow	Kantonian and Galarian Farfetch'd	Weavile
The user slashes the target the instant an opportunity arises.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Honchkrow	One or both of Honchkrow's wings glow light-blue, purple or white. It then flies down and hits the opponent with its wings.
Paul's Honchkrow	Aiding the Enemy!		Debut
Zoroark	Both of Zoroark's claws glow crimson and it slashes the opponent with one of them.
Zoroark (M13)	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None
Purrloin	Purrloin's claws turn a whitish-purple, and it slashes the opponent with them.
Ricard Nouveau's Purrloin	Clash of the Connoisseurs!		None
Liepard	Liepard slashes the opponent with its claws.
Misaki's Liepard	Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice		None
Greninja	Greninja creates a purple energy sword in the palm of one of its hands and then grabs it with the other hand. It then slashes the opponent with it.
Sanpei's Greninja	The Legend of the Ninja Hero!		None
Ippei's Greninja	The Festival of Decisions!		None
Doublade	Doublade's two swords glow light-purple. It then charges at the opponent, striking it with its swords.
Sawyer's Doublade	A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!		None
Weavile	Weavile creates a purple energy sword in the palm of one of its hands and then grabs it with the other hand. It then slashes the opponent with it.
Alain's Weavile	Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!		None
Persian	Alolan Persian's claws glow light purple and it slashes its opponents with them.
Nanu's Persian	Guiding an Awakening!		None
Bisharp	Bisharp's arm glows white. It then strikes the opponent with its arm blade.
A Trainer's Bisharp	Legend? Go! Friends? Go!		None
Farfetch'd	Farfetch'd strikes the opponent with a sideways swipe of its leek.
Goh's Farfetch'd	Toughing It Out!		None
Farfetch'd	Galarian Farfetch'd strikes the opponent with a downwards or sideways swipe of its leek. Sometimes, the leek becomes surrounded in light blue streaks of energy while the move is used; or, Galarian Farfetch'd swings its leek, sending multiple light blue blades of energy from it at the opponent.
Ash's Farfetch'd	Toughing It Out!		None
Gallade	Gallade's arms glow light blue and extend. He then swings both of his extended arms, sending multiple light blue blades of energy from them at the opponent; or, Gallade's arms glow light blue and become surrounded in similarly colored streaks of energy and he slashes the opponent with them.
Rinto's Gallade	Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!		None
Sirfetch'd	Sirfetch'd's leek becomes surrounded in light blue streaks of energy and it slashes the opponent with it.
Ash's Sirfetch'd	Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!		None
Absol	Absol's horn glows white, and it slashes the opponent with it.
Goh's Absol	JN091		None

• In Jumping Rocket Ship!, Meowth claimed to have learned Night Slash, but he has never been seen using the move, claiming that it's too scary to be used by him.
• In Classroom Training!, Jeremiah told his Skuntank to use Night Slash, but due to it being incapacitated by a Vine Whip attack from James's Carnivine, it was unable to execute the move.

Alolan Meowth	Gallade	Purrloin	Mega Absol
The user strikes the opponent with powerful sharp appendages.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Gallade	Gallade extends both of the arm blades on his arms to large sizes and spins, slashing the opponent with one of them.
Darach's Gallade	Getting the Drop on Gallade II		Debut
Honchkrow	Honchkrow strikes the foe repeatedly with one of its wings.
Cyrus's Honchkrow	The Final Dimensional Duel VIII		None
Lickilicky	Lickilicky whips the opponent with its tongue repeatedly.
Diamond's Kit	The Final Dimensional Duel VIII		Used via Me First
Purrloin	Purrloin dashes around the opponent at a top speed and moves so fast that it disappears. Purrloin then repeatedly slashes the opponent with its claws, or Purrloin jumps at the opponent and slashes it with one of its claws.
N's Purrloin	Letting Go		None
Absol	Mega Absol slashes the opponent with its claws.
Y's Solsol	PS586		None
Malamar	Malamar slashes the opponent with one of its tentacles.
Xerosic's Malamar	Chesnaught Protects		None
Meowth	Alolan Meowth slashes the opponent with its claws.
Sun's Cent	The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer		None
Thievul	Thievul slashes the opponent with its claws.
A Team Yell Grunt's Thievul	Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light		None

• In Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank II, a Skuntank belonging to a Team Galactic Grunt was about to use Night Slash on Paka's Burmy, but thanks to Pearl's warning, Burmy was able to stop and counter the attack before it could be executed.