Guillotine (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

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Guillotine (Japanese: ハサミギロチン Pincer Guillotine) is a Normal-type one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Guillotine always inflicts exactly 65535 HP damage if it hits. Its accuracy is 30%. Guillotine will break a substitute if it hits.

Unlike other moves that skip the damage formula, Guillotine does not bypass type immunities.

Guillotine will not affect a target whose current Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat.

Generation II

Guillotine now inflicts damage equal to the target's current HP. The accuracy of Guillotine is now calculated using the following formula:

${\displaystyle Accuracy=\left({\frac {(Level_{user}-Level_{target})\times 2+76}{256}}\right)\times 100\%}$

If the user is a lower level than the target, the move always fails (Speed no longer has any impact on the success of Guillotine). If the user is 90 levels or more higher than the target, Guillotine's accuracy is 100% (even though the formula would produce values over 100% for a difference of 91 or more).

This formula means that the accuracy starts at approximately 30% (${\displaystyle {\tfrac {76}{256}}}$) when the Pokémon have the same level, and grows by approximately 0.78% (${\displaystyle {\tfrac {2}{256}}}$) for every level higher than the target that the user is. This accuracy is affected by accuracy and evasion stats.

Generations III onwards

Despite having an accuracy of 30% listed, Guillotine's chance of hitting a Pokémon is instead calculated using the following formula:

${\displaystyle HitChance=(Level_{user}-Level_{target}+30)\%}$

This formula means that the accuracy starts at 30% when the Pokémon have the same level, and is 1% more likely to hit for every level the user is higher than the target. If the user is at least 70 levels higher than the target, Guillotine will always hit. If the user is a lower level than the target, the move always fails.

This chance of hitting is not an accuracy: it is not affected by accuracy and evasion stats, nor is it affected by other accuracy modifiers such as Gravity, Wide Lens, and Compound Eyes. Additionally, Guillotine cannot hit a semi-invulnerable Pokémon. However, effects that guarantee moves to hit (such as No Guard and Lock-On) still affect Guillotine.

Guillotine can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if ViceGrip was used in the previous turn. It is also part of a Contest Spectacular combination and will give an extra three appeal points if any of the moves Lock-On, Mind Reader and Miracle Eye was used in the prior turn.

When used in a Max Raid Battle against a Dynamax Pokémon while it is under the effect of a mysterious barrier, Guillotine will deplete two bars of the barrier's strength. Otherwise, Guillotine will always fail against Dynamax Pokémon. Tera Raid bosses are unaffected by Guillotine.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Guillotine defeats the target in one hit. Prior to Gates to Infinity, Guillotine knocks out the target by dealing "calamitous damage" (Japanese: とてつもない タメージ tremendous damage) which is internally treated as 9999 damage. Additionally, it will fail against Ghost-type Pokémon.

Description

In the anime

Gligar Gliscor Durant Bisharp
The user viciously tears at the target with its big pincers. The target faints instantly if this attack hits.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gligar's claws glow white and it strikes the opponent with it; or, Gligar grabs the opponent by the neck with a glowing white claw and slams it into the ground. If the move lands, the opponent is instantly knocked out.
Morrison's Gligar	From Brags to Riches		Debut
	Pinsir's horns glow white and it grabs the opponent with them.
Howie's Pinsir	The Ole' Berate and Switch!		None
A Coordinator's Pinsir	Dawn of a Royal Day!		None
	One or both of Gliscor's claws glows light blue or white and it grabs the opponent's neck, slamming it into the ground. If the move lands, the opponent is instantly knocked out.
Paul's Gliscor	Chim - Charred!		None
Bertha's Gliscor	An Elite Coverup!		None
	Pawniard raises both of its claws into the air, then crosses them over its chest. Pawniard's claws glow white for a moment, and when the glow fades, they turn light blue and extend greatly and then jumps into the air and falls down at the opponent, landing on top of it with its claws first. If the move lands, the opponent is instantly knocked out.
Georgia's Pawniard	Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!		None
	The blades on Bisharp's elbows glow and turn light blue and then slashes at the opponent with them. If the move lands, the opponent is instantly knocked out.
Georgia's Bisharp	A Clubsplosion of Excitement!		None
Alain's Bisharp	Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!		None
	Durant opens its mandibles wide as they glow light blue and grow in size and it crunches the opponent with them.
A wild Durant	Battling the Leaf Thieves!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

• The Axew and Pawniard evolutionary lines, as well as Kartana, can learn this move despite all seven lacking pincers (which are necessary for the move, as indicated by the move description and Japanese name). However, in the anime, Pawniard and Bisharp are seen using this move by slashing at the opponent with their blades.
• With the exception of Smeargle, no Pokémon that learns Guillotine can learn any of the other one-hit knockout moves.
• Unlike the other one-hit knockout moves, Guillotine cannot be learned by any Pokémon that shares the same type as this move.

In other languages