Sacred Sword (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Fighting
Category	Physical
Power	90
Accuracy	100
PP	15 (max. 24)
Makes contact?	Yes
Introduced	Generation 5

Effects

Sacred Sword deals damage, but ignores changes to the target's stats (i.e. Defense and Evasion in this case).

Note this does not include the effects of screens like Reflect as they are different to regular stat boosts.

Changes

In Generation 5, Sacred Sword has 20 PP.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Fightinium Z and uses its Z-Power, Sacred Sword turns into All-Out Pummeling and has base power 175.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English	Sacred Sword
Japanese	せいなるつるぎ (Seinaru Tsurugi)
German	Sanctoklinge
French	Lame Sainte
Italian	Spadasolenne
Spanish	Espada Santa
Korean	성스러운칼
Chinese (Simplified)	圣剑
Chinese (Traditional)	聖劍

Game descriptions

Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user attacks by slicing with its long horns. The target’s stat changes don’t affect this attack’s damage.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user attacks by slicing with a long horn. The target’s stat changes don’t affect this attack’s damage.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user attacks by slicing with a long horn. The target’s stat changes don’t affect this attack’s damage.
Sword/Shield	The user attacks by slicing with a long horn. The target’s stat changes don’t affect this attack’s damage.
B.Diamond/S.Pearl	This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.
Scarlet/Violet	The user attacks by slicing with a sword. The target’s stat changes don’t affect the damage inflicted by this move.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Sacred Sword 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.