X-Scissor

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X-Scissor

シザークロス Scissor Cross

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	80
Accuracy:	100
PP:	15, max: 24
Affects:	The target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

X-Scissor is a Bug-type attack introduced in Generation IV.

Description

Games	Description
DPPtHGSS	The user slashes at the foe by crossing its scythes or claws as if they were a pair of scissors.
BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSP	The user slashes at the target by crossing its scythes or claws as if they were a pair of scissors.
LA	The user strikes at the target by crossing its scythes or claws as if they were a pair of scissors. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.
SV	The user slashes at the target by crossing its scythes, claws, or the like as if they were a pair of scissors.

Effect

It uses the user Pokémon's dual claws to slice the opponent with two slashes in the shape of an X. It has no other effect except dealing damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Paras	bug/grass	Bug/Grass	43	54	54	54SMUSUM 31PE	54BDSP 37LA
	Parasect	bug/grass	Bug/Grass	55	66	66	66SMUSUM 43PE	66BDSP 37LA
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug	41	41	41	41SMUSUM 50PE	40SwShBDSP 34LA	40
	Pinsir	bug	Bug	30	30BW 29B2W2	29XY 33ORAS	29SMUSUM 20PE	32SwShBDSP
	Gligar	ground/flying	Bug	42	45BW 40B2W2	40	40	40BDSP 43LA	40
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug	41	41	41	41	40SwShBDSP 34LA	40
	Grovyle	grass	Monster/Dragon			43ORAS	43	1SwShBDSP	Rem.
	Sceptile	grass	Monster/Dragon	16	16	16XY 45ORAS	45	1SwShBDSP	Rem.
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug	52	52	52XY 47ORAS	47	64SwShBDSP
	Zangoose	normal	Field	48	48BW 36B2W2	36XY 40ORAS	40	40BDSP	40
	Anorith	rock/bug	Water 3	61	61	61XY 44ORAS	44	44SwShBDSP
	Armaldo	rock/bug	Water 3	73	73	73XY 46ORAS	46	46SwShBDSP
	Kricketune	bug	Bug	26DP 30PtHGSS	30	30	30	30BDSP 29LA	30
	Skorupi	poison/bug	Bug/Water 3					42SwShBDSP 34LA
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3					44SwShBDSP 34LA
	Gliscor	ground/flying	Bug	42	45BW 40B2W2	40	40	40BDSP 43LA	40
	Leavanny	bug/grass	Bug		39	39	39		39
	Dwebble	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral		35	35	35	36SwSh
	Crustle	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral		38	38	38	38SwSh
	Karrablast	bug	Bug		44	44	44	32SwSh
	Escavalier	bug/steel	Bug		44	44	44	32SwSh
	Durant	bug/steel	Bug		51	51	41	32SwSh
	Genesect	bug/steel	Undiscovered		51	51	51	32SwSh
	Grubbin	bug	Bug				25	30SwSh	30
	Charjabug	bug/electric	Bug				31	36SwSh	36
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug					1SwSh	Rem.
	Fomantis	grass	Grass					30SwSh	30
	Lurantis	grass	Grass				1	30SwSh	30
	Type: Null	normal	Undiscovered				35	40SwSh
	Silvally	normal	Undiscovered				35	40SwSh
	Kartana	grass/steel	Undiscovered				47
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug					34LA	40
	Klawf	rock	Water 3						29
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Beedrill	bug/poison	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TM81BDSP
	Sandshrew	ground	Field	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Sandshrew	ice/steel	Field				TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh	TM105
	Sandslash	ground	Field	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Sandslash	ice/steel	Field				TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh	TM105
	Paras	bug/grass	Bug/Grass	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TM81BDSP
	Parasect	bug/grass	Bug/Grass	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TM81BDSP
	Meowth	steel	Field						TM105
	Krabby	water	Water 3	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Kingler	water	Water 3	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Pinsir	bug	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Kabutops	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81SMUSUM TM24PE	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Spinarak	bug/poison	Bug		TM81B2W2	TM81	TM81	TM81BDSP	TM105
	Ariados	bug/poison	Bug		TM81B2W2	TM81	TM81	TM81BDSP	TM105
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Gligar	ground/flying	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81BDSP	TM105
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Sneasel	dark/ice	Field	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Sneasel	fighting/poison	Field						TM105
	Skarmory	steel/flying	Flying	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Grovyle	grass	Monster/Dragon	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Sceptile	grass	Monster/Dragon	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Slakoth	normal	Field						TM105
	Vigoroth	normal	Field						TM105
	Slaking	normal	Field						TM105
	Nincada	bug/ground	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Shedinja	bug/ghost	Mineral	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like						TM105
	Zangoose	normal	Field	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81BDSP	TM105
	Seviper	poison	Field/Dragon	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81BDSP	TM105
	Corphish	water	Water 1/Water 3	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Crawdaunt	water/dark	Water 1/Water 3	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Anorith	rock/bug	Water 3	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Armaldo	rock/bug	Water 3	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Absol	dark	Field	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Kricketune	bug	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81BDSP	TM105
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Skorupi	poison/bug	Bug/Water 3	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Leafeon	grass	Field	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Gliscor	ground/flying	Bug	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81BDSP	TM105
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60SwSh TM81BDSP	TM105
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81BDSP	TM105
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81	TM81BDSP	TM105
	Oshawott	water	Field		TM81	TM81	TM81		TM105
	Dewott	water	Field		TM81	TM81	TM81		TM105
	Samurott	water	Field		TM81	TM81	TM81		TM105
	Samurott	water/dark	Field						TM105
	Drilbur	ground	Field		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Excadrill	ground/steel	Field		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Leavanny	bug/grass	Bug		TM81	TM81	TM81		TM105
	Scolipede	bug/poison	Bug		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60
	Dwebble	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60
	Crustle	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60
	Karrablast	bug	Bug		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60
	Escavalier	bug/steel	Bug		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60
	Joltik	bug/electric	Bug		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Galvantula	bug/electric	Bug		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Axew	dragon	Monster/Dragon		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Fraxure	dragon	Monster/Dragon		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Haxorus	dragon	Monster/Dragon		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Cubchoo	ice	Field						TM105
	Beartic	ice	Field						TM105
	Pawniard	dark/steel	Human-Like		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Bisharp	dark/steel	Human-Like		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Durant	bug/steel	Bug		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Terrakion	rock/fighting	Undiscovered		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Virizion	grass/fighting	Undiscovered		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Genesect	bug/steel	Undiscovered		TM81	TM81	TM81	TR60	{{{11}}}
	Pangoro	fighting/dark	Field/Human-Like			TM81	TM81	TR60
	Binacle	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3			TM81	TM81	TR60
	Barbaracle	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3			TM81	TM81	TR60
	Hawlucha	fighting/flying	Flying/Human-Like			TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Trevenant	ghost/grass	Grass/Amorphous			TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon			TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon			TM81	TM81	TR60	TM105
	Grubbin	bug	Bug				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Charjabug	bug/electric	Bug				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Dewpider	water/bug	Water 1/Bug				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Araquanid	water/bug	Water 1/Bug				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Fomantis	grass	Grass				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Lurantis	grass	Grass				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Golisopod	bug/water	Bug/Water 3				TM81	TR60
	Type: Null	normal	Undiscovered				TM81	TR60
	Silvally	normal	Undiscovered				TM81	TR60
	Mimikyu	ghost/fairy	Amorphous				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Jangmo-o	dragon	Dragon				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Hakamo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Kommo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Kartana	grass/steel	Undiscovered				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Necrozma	psychic	Undiscovered				TM81	TR60	TM105
	Necrozma	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				TM81USUM	TR60	TM105
	Necrozma	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TM81USUM	TR60	TM105
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered				TM81USUM	TR60
	Centiskorch	fire/bug	Bug					TR60
	Obstagoon	dark/normal	Field					TR60
	Perrserker	steel	Field						TM105
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug						TM105
	Sneasler	fighting/poison	Field						TM105
	Tarountula	bug	Bug						TM105
	Spidops	bug	Bug						TM105
	Nymble	bug	Bug						TM105
	Lokix	bug/dark	Bug						TM105
	Ceruledge	fire/ghost	Human-Like						TM105
	Grafaiai	poison/normal	Field						TM105
	Klawf	rock	Water 3						TM105
	Rellor	bug	Bug						TM105
	Rabsca	bug/psychic	Bug						TM105
	Kingambit	dark/steel	Human-Like						TM105
	Roaring Moon	dragon/dark	Undiscovered						TM105
	Iron Valiant	fairy/fighting	Undiscovered						TM105
	Iron Leaves	grass/psychic	Undiscovered						TM105
	Iron Boulder	rock/psychic	Undiscovered						TM105
	Iron Crown	steel/psychic	Undiscovered						TM105
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime

Main games

X-Scissor depicted in Generation V

X-Scissor depicted in Generation VII

X-Scissor depicted in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!

Main series

X-Scissor being used by Jupiter's Skuntank.

X-Scissor being used by Paul's Gliscor.

X-Scissor being used by Cilan's Crustle.

X-Scissor being used by Ash's Hawlucha.

X-Scissor being used by Ash's Naganadel.

X-Scissor being used by Goh's Scizor.