Leaf Blade (move)

Leaf Blade (Japanese: リーフブレード Leaf Blade) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation IV, it was the signature move of and . It was TR50 in Generation VIII.
==Effect==
===Generation III===
Leaf Blade inflicts damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. It has a base power of 70 in this generation.
===Generation IV onwards===
Leaf Blade's base power increased from 70 to 90. If used by a Pokémon with Sharpness, its power is increased by 50%.
Leaf Blade can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if the move was used in the prior turn.
===Generation VIII===
====Pokémon Legends: Arceus====
Leaf Blade's PP has been reduced to 10, and its power has been lowered to 85.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By ===
===By TR===
===Special move===
====Generation V====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Leaf Blade deals damage. This move has an increased critical hit ratio (50% in the Rescue Team series, 30% in the Explorers and Adventure Squad series).
===Pokémon Conquest===
===Pokémon GO===
====Updates====
;Gyms & Raids
* July 30, 2016
** Power: 45 → 55
* February 16, 2017
** Power: 55 → 70
** Energy cost: 50 → 33
** Duration: 2.8 → 2.4 seconds
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move gauge cost	MP(uses)	Base 	Max 	 	Target	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable	
Leaf Blade 	3 	— 	80 	96 	100% 	An opponent 	— 	Critical hits land more easily. 	/Dartrix/Decidueye	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Name 	 	State 	State 	Base 	Max 	Target 	Target	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable	
Leaf Blade of Sundering	Default6★ EX	Default6★ EX 	250 	300 	An opponentAll opponents	An opponentAll opponents	— 	Become until the end of battle. 	 	 	
Moonlight Leaf Blade 	Default6★ EX	Default6★ EX 	200 	240 	An opponentAll opponents	An opponentAll opponents	— 	Critical hits land more easily. 	 	 	
Sunny Snooze Leaf Blade	Default6★ EX	Default6★ EX 	200300 	240360	An opponent 	An opponent 	— 	Critical hits land more easily. This attack's power increases when the is sunny.	 	 	
Notes:
* Leaf Blade of Sundering:
** Prior to June 22, 2023, this sync move had no additional effect.
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===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
===Pokémon Generations===
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
===Be the Best! Pokémon B+W===
===Phantom Thief Pokémon 7===
===Pokémon Adventures===
* was revealed to know Leaf Blade on the official website, but it was never shown using the move.
===Pokémon Battle Frontier===
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
===Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* In the dub of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, from Clamperl of Wisdom to From Cradle to Save, Leaf Blade is referred to as either Folha Navalha or some slight variation of it, a name that had been present in the Brazilian dub since Enter the Dragonite as the national name for .
** Interestingly, Leaf Blade is referred to as Lâmina de Folha, its most fitting, and now official, name, from its animated series debut to forty-seven episodes later. It is currently unknown why this name would disappear from the dub until Odd Pokémon Out!.
==In other languages==
Category:Slicing moves
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
de:Laubklinge
es:Hoja aguda
fr:Lame Feuille
it:Fendifoglia
ja:リーフブレード
zh:叶刃（招式）