Leaf Blade (move)

Move data

Type Grass
Category Physical  Physical
Power 90
Accuracy 100
PP 15  (max. 24)
Makes contact? Yes
Introduced Generation 3

Machine/Record

Sword​/​Shield TR50

Effects

Leaf Blade deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio (18 instead of 124).

Changes

  • In Generation 3, Leaf Blade is categorized as Special.
  • In Generation 3, Leaf Blade has 70 base power.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Grassium Z and uses its Z-Power, Leaf Blade turns into Bloom Doom and has base power 175.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Leaf Blade
Japanese リーフブレード (Leaf Blade)
German Laubklinge
French Lame-Feuille
Italian Fendifoglia
Spanish Hoja Aguda
Korean 리프블레이드
Chinese (Simplified) 叶刃
Chinese (Traditional) 葉刃

Game descriptions

Ruby​/​Sapphire
Emerald
Slashes with a sharp leaf. High critical-hit ratio.
FireRed​/​LeafGreen The foe is slashed with a sharp leaf. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
Diamond​/​Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold​/​SoulSilver
The foe is slashed with a sharp leaf. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
The user handles a sharp leaf like a sword and attacks by cutting its target. Critical hits land more easily.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
The user handles a sharp leaf like a sword and attacks by cutting its target. Critical hits land more easily.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
The user handles a sharp leaf like a sword and attacks by cutting its target. Critical hits land more easily.
Sword​/​Shield
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl
The user handles a sharp leaf like a sword and attacks by cutting its target. Critical hits land more easily.
Scarlet​/​Violet The user handles a sharp leaf like a sword and cuts the target to inflict damage. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Leaf Blade 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.

Victreebel Victreebel
#0071 / Grass · Poison
Level 44
Grovyle Grovyle
#0253 / Grass
Level 40
Nuzleaf Nuzleaf
#0274 / Grass · Dark
Level 57
Leafeon Leafeon
#0470 / Grass
Level 50
Gallade Gallade
#0475 / Psychic · Fighting
Level 1
Snivy Snivy
#0495 / Grass
Level 28
Servine Servine
#0496 / Grass
Level 32
Serperior Serperior
#0497 / Grass
Level 32
Leavanny Leavanny
#0542 / Bug · Grass
Level 36
Hisuian Lilligant Lilligant
Hisuian Lilligant
#0549 / Grass · Fighting
Level 1
Virizion Virizion
#0640 / Grass · Fighting
Level 63
Skiddo Skiddo
#0672 / Grass
Level 45
Gogoat Gogoat
#0673 / Grass
Level 55
Rowlet Rowlet
#0722 / Grass · Flying
Level 30
Dartrix Dartrix
#0723 / Grass · Flying
Level 40
Decidueye Decidueye
#0724 / Grass · Ghost
Level 44
Hisuian Decidueye Decidueye
Hisuian Decidueye
#0724 / Grass · Fighting
Level 44
Fomantis Fomantis
#0753 / Grass
Level 40
Lurantis Lurantis
#0754 / Grass
Level 44
Iron Valiant Iron Valiant
#1006 / Fairy · Fighting
Level 49
Iron Leaves Iron Leaves
#1010 / Grass · Psychic
Level 49

Learnt upon evolution

Sceptile Sceptile
#0254 / Grass
Shiftry Shiftry
#0275 / Grass · Dark

Learnt by breeding

These Pokémon can learn Leaf Blade as an egg move. Their breeding groups are also shown for reference.