Guillotine (move)

Move data

Type Normal
Category Physical  Physical
Power
Accuracy 30
PP 5  (max. 8)
Makes contact? Yes
Introduced Generation 1

Effects

If it hits, Guillotine is guaranteed to make the opponent faint. Its accuracy increases if the user is a higher level than the target Pokémon, but fails if the target is higher level.

Its accuracy (as a percentage) is calculated as below, ignoring all other accuracy and evasion modifiers:

30 + UserLevel - TargetLevel

This means that if the user and target Pokémon are the same level, Guillotine has 30% accuracy.

Changes

  • In Generation 1, Guillotine has 30% accuracy.
  • In Generation 1, the move can hit Pokémon of any level, but does not affect Pokémon with a higher Speed than the user.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Normalium Z and uses its Z-Power, Guillotine turns into Breakneck Blitz and has base power 180.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Guillotine
Japanese ハサミギロチン (Hasami Guillotine)
German Guillotine
French Guillotine
Italian Ghigliottina
Spanish Guillotina
Korean 가위자르기
Chinese (Simplified) 极落钳
Chinese (Traditional) 斷頭鉗

Game descriptions

Gold​/​Silver
Crystal
A one-hit KO, pincer attack.
Ruby​/​Sapphire
Emerald
A powerful pincer attack that may cause fainting.
FireRed​/​LeafGreen A vicious tearing attack with pincers. The foe will faint if it hits.
Diamond​/​Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold​/​SoulSilver
A vicious, tearing attack with pincers. The foe will faint instantly if this attack hits.
Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
A vicious, tearing attack with big pincers. The target will faint instantly if this attack hits.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
A vicious, tearing attack with big pincers. The target faints instantly if this attack hits.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
L.G. Pikachu​/​L.G. Eevee
A vicious, tearing attack with big pincers. The target faints instantly if this attack hits.
Sword​/​Shield
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl
A vicious, tearing attack with big pincers. The target faints instantly if this attack hits.
Scarlet​/​Violet A vicious tearing attack with big pincers. The target faints instantly if this attack hits.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Guillotine at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.

Corphish Corphish
#0341 / Water
Level 52
Crawdaunt Crawdaunt
#0342 / Water · Dark
Level 64
Axew Axew
#0610 / Dragon
Level 45
Fraxure Fraxure
#0611 / Dragon
Level 51
Haxorus Haxorus
#0612 / Dragon
Level 53
Pawniard Pawniard
#0624 / Dark · Steel
Level 65
Bisharp Bisharp
#0625 / Dark · Steel
Level 71
Vikavolt Vikavolt
#0738 / Bug · Electric
Level 43
Klawf Klawf
#0950 / Rock
Level 56
Kingambit Kingambit
#0983 / Dark · Steel
Level 71