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False Swipe

Type	Power	Accuracy	PP	Priority	Damage	Target
Normal	40	100%	40	0	Physical	Single non-user

Description

Deals damage. If the move would cause enough damage to the opponent to faint it will always leave the opponent with 1 HP instead, regardless of how much damage would have been inflicted.

Competitive Uses

False Swipe has no competitive use in singles. In doubles and triples it can be used to reduce a teammate to 1 HP safely in order to bring the Base Power of Flail or Reversal to 200.

Related Moves

There are no moves similar to False Swipe.

Pokémon	Type	Tier	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	BST
Absol	Dark	NU	Pressure / Super Luck / Justified	65	130	60	75	60	75	465
Anorith	Rock / Bug	LC	Battle Armor / Swift Swim	45	95	50	40	50	75	355
Armaldo	Rock / Bug	NU	Battle Armor / Swift Swim	75	125	100	70	80	45	495
Axew	Dragon	LC	Rivalry / Mold Breaker / Unnerve	46	87	60	30	40	57	320
Beedrill	Bug / Poison	NU	Swarm / Sniper	65	80	40	45	80	75	385
Bisharp	Dark / Steel	UU	Defiant / Inner Focus / Pressure	65	125	100	60	70	70	490
Breloom	Grass / Fighting	OU	Effect Spore / Poison Heal / Technician	60	130	80	60	60	70	460
Cobalion	Steel / Fighting	UU	Justified	91	90	129	90	72	108	580
Corphish	Water	LC	Hyper Cutter / Shell Armor / Adaptability	43	80	65	50	35	35	308
Crawdaunt	Water / Dark	RU	Hyper Cutter / Shell Armor / Adaptability	63	120	85	90	55	55	468
Cubone	Ground	LC	Rock Head / Lightningrod / Battle Armor	50	50	95	40	50	35	320
Drapion	Poison / Dark	RU	Battle Armor / Sniper / Keen Eye	70	90	110	60	75	95	500
Escavalier	Bug / Steel	UU	Swarm / Shell Armor / Overcoat	70	135	105	60	105	20	495
Farfetch'd	Normal / Flying	NU	Keen Eye / Inner Focus / Defiant	52	65	55	58	62	60	352
Fearow	Normal / Flying	NU	Keen Eye / Sniper	65	90	65	61	61	100	442
Fraxure	Dragon	NU	Rivalry / Mold Breaker / Unnerve	66	117	70	40	50	67	410
Gallade	Psychic / Fighting	RU	Steadfast / Justified	68	125	65	65	115	80	518
Garchomp	Dragon / Ground	Uber	Sand Veil / Rough Skin	108	130	95	80	85	102	600
Gligar	Ground / Flying	UU	Hyper Cutter / Sand Veil / Immunity	65	75	105	35	65	85	430
Gliscor	Ground / Flying	OU	Hyper Cutter / Sand Veil / Poison Heal	75	95	125	45	75	95	510
Haxorus	Dragon	OU	Rivalry / Mold Breaker / Unnerve	76	147	90	60	70	97	540
Heracross	Bug / Fighting	UU	Swarm / Guts / Moxie	80	125	75	40	95	85	500
Karrablast	Bug	LC	Swarm / Shed Skin / No Guard	50	75	45	40	45	60	315
Keldeo	Water / Fighting	Limbo	Justified	91	72	90	129	90	108	580
Kingler	Water	NU	Hyper Cutter / Shell Armor / Sheer Force	55	130	115	50	50	75	475
Krabby	Water	LC	Hyper Cutter / Shell Armor / Sheer Force	30	105	90	25	25	50	325
Kricketune	Bug	NU	Swarm / Technician	77	85	51	55	51	65	384
Leavanny	Bug / Grass	NU	Swarm / Chlorophyll / Overcoat	75	103	80	70	70	92	490
Marowak	Ground	NU	Rock Head / Lightningrod / Battle Armor	60	80	110	50	80	45	425
Mawile	Steel	NU	Hyper Cutter / Intimidate / Sheer Force	50	85	85	55	55	50	380
Mew	Psychic	UU	Synchronize	100	100	100	100	100	100	600
Nincada	Bug / Ground	LC	Compoundeyes / Run Away	31	45	90	30	30	40	266
Ninjask	Bug / Flying	NU	Speed Boost / Infiltrator	61	90	45	50	50	160	456
Oshawott	Water	LC	Torrent / Shell Armor	55	55	45	63	45	45	308
Paras	Bug / Grass	LC	Effect Spore / Dry Skin / Damp	35	70	55	45	55	25	285
Parasect	Bug / Grass	NU	Effect Spore / Dry Skin / Damp	60	95	80	60	80	30	405
Pawniard	Dark / Steel	LC	Defiant / Inner Focus / Pressure	45	85	70	40	40	60	340
Pinsir	Bug	NU	Hyper Cutter / Mold Breaker / Moxie	65	125	100	55	70	85	500
Samurott	Water	NU	Torrent / Shell Armor	95	100	85	108	70	70	528
Sceptile	Grass	RU	Overgrow / Unburden	70	85	65	105	85	120	530
Scizor	Bug / Steel	OU	Swarm / Technician / Light Metal	70	130	100	55	80	65	500
Scyther	Bug / Flying	RU	Swarm / Technician / Steadfast	70	110	80	55	80	105	500
Seedot	Grass	LC	Chlorophyll / Early Bird / Pickpocket	40	40	50	30	30	30	220
Shedinja	Bug / Ghost	NU	Wonder Guard / Wonder Guard	1	90	45	30	30	40	236
Shiftry	Grass / Dark	NU	Chlorophyll / Early Bird / Pickpocket	90	100	60	90	60	80	480
Shroomish	Grass	LC	Effect Spore / Poison Heal / Quick Feet	60	40	60	40	60	35	295
Skorupi	Poison / Bug	LC	Battle Armor / Sniper / Keen Eye	40	50	90	30	55	65	330
Sneasel	Dark / Ice	NU	Inner Focus / Keen Eye / Pickpocket	55	95	55	35	75	115	430
Spearow	Normal / Flying	LC	Keen Eye / Sniper	40	60	30	31	31	70	262
Terrakion	Rock / Fighting	OU	Justified	91	129	90	72	90	108	580
Virizion	Grass / Fighting	OU	Justified	91	90	72	90	129	108	580
Weavile	Dark / Ice	UU	Pressure / Pickpocket	70	120	65	45	85	125	510
Zangoose	Normal	NU	Immunity / Toxic Boost	73	115	60	60	60	90	458