Dire Hit

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The Dire Hit (Japanese: クリティカット Criticut, known as クリティカッター Criticutter prior to Generation V and in Hisui) is a type of battle item introduced in Generation I. It temporarily boosts a Pokémon's critical hit ratio.
==In the core series games==
===Price===
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At Join Avenue's Market, Dire Hit can be bought in dozens at 5850 each, which equates to 487.5 per Dire Hit.
===Effect===
Dire Hit replicates the effect of the move , which itself has changed through the generations. It does not stack with Focus Energy or other Dire Hits.
====Generation I====
When used on a Pokémon from the Bag during battle, the Pokémon's chance of getting a critical hit is reduced by 75% (due to a glitch) while it is in battle.
====Generation II====
When used on a Pokémon from the Bag during battle, it raises that Pokémon's critical hit ratio by 1 stage while it is in battle. It also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.
This improves the default critical hit odds from 17/256 to 1/8.
====Generation III onward====
When used on a Pokémon from the Bag during battle, it raises that Pokémon's critical hit ratio by 2 stages while it is in battle. It also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.
This improves the default critical hit odds from 1/16 to 1/4 (Gen. -), from 1/16 to 1/2 (Gen. ), or from 1/24 to 1/2 (Gen. +).
===Wonder Launcher===
 The Dire Hit appears as three Wonder Launcher items, increasing the critical hit ratio by 1, 2, or 3 stages. It costs 3, 5, or 7 points to use respectively.
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Celadon Department Store
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| Routes and , Dark Cave, Mt. Silver Cave, Team Rocket's Hideout
| Goldenrod Department Store, Celadon Department Store
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| and Poké Marts, Lilycove Department Store
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| Mt. Ember
| Celadon Department Store
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| Poké Mart
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| Poké Mart
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| , Oreburgh City
| Veilstone Department Store
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| Dark Cave, Mt. Silver Cave, Viridian Forest
| Goldenrod Department Store, Celadon Department Store
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| Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine
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| Nacrene City, Shopping Mall NineJoin Avenue ()
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| , Frost Cavern, Terminus Cave
| Santalune City Poké Mart
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| , Rusturf Tunnel, Mt. Pyre
| Slateport City Poké Mart, Lilycove Department Store (Level 3)
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| Routes , , and , Konikoni City, Paniola Town
| , , , and Poké MartsFestival Plaza (Battle Store)
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| Rock Tunnel, Silph Co.
| All Poké Marts (after obtaining 1 Badge), Celadon Department Store
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| Hammerlocke
| Hammerlocke Poké Mart (south)
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| Veilstone Department Store
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| Crafting: 2 Direshrooms and 1 Candy Truffle
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| Levincia, Casseroya Lake, Dalizapa Passage, Glaseado Mountain, Navi Squad's Base, Socarrat Trail, East Province (Area Three), North Province (Area Two), North Province (Area Three), South Province (Area One), South Province (Area Five), West Province (Area One), West Province (Area Two)
| Chansey Supply (after earning 3 Gym Badges)
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| Apple Hills, Fellhorn Gorge
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| Canyon Biome
| Vending machines (Terarium)
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==Gallery==
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
In , Dire Hits can only be used by certain sync pairs who have them as an item move. In addition, several variants of Dire Hit can be used by certain sync pairs. All of these item moves have 2 MP. A full list of all sync pairs who can learn Dire Hit, Dire Hit +, Dire Hit All, or Dire Hit All + can be found here.
 	 	 	
Dire Hit	Dire Hit +	Dire Hit All	Dire Hit All +
====Description====
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==Trivia==
* In Generation V, a boy in Nacrene City mentions that Dire Hit is called Dire Hit in Unova. This is a reference to the change in the Japanese name of Dire Hit from クリティカッター Criticutter to クリティカット Criticut, in order to make room for the number-level reference of Wonder Launcher items. Because "Dire Hit" is much shorter than the 12-character limit on English item names, this issue does not come up in the translated games.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
de:X-Volltreffer
es:Objeto de batalla#Directo
fr:Muscle +
it:Strumenti lotta#Supercolpo
ja:クリティカット
zh:要害攻击（道具）