Bitter Blade (move)

Bitter Blade むねんのつるぎ Mortification Sword

Battles Type  Fire Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  90 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IX Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Bitter Blade (Japanese: むねんのつるぎ Mortification Sword) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature move of Ceruledge.

Effect

Bitter Blade inflicts damage, and it restores the user's HP by half of the damage dealt. If used by a Pokémon with Sharpness, its power is increased by 50%.

If the user is holding a Big Root, the HP restored is increased by 30%. Big Root does not increase the damage dealt.

If the target has the Ability Liquid Ooze, the user will lose the amount of HP it would have gained instead.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IX
						SV
0937		Ceruledge		Human-Like		Human-Like	48
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Ceruledge
The user focuses its bitter feelings toward the world of the living into a slashing attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Ceruledge's arm blades become covered in purple fire, and it slashes the opponent with them, leaving behind a purple trail of energy as it slashes.
Amethio's Ceruledge	The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One)		Debut

POKÉTOON

Ceruledge
The user focuses its bitter feelings toward the world of the living into a slashing attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Ceruledge's body becomes surrounded by a dark purple aura, and it slashes the opponent with its arm blades, leaving behind a trail of purple flames.
A Shiny Ceruledge	PT16		Debut

Trivia

• Bitter Blade is the only Fire-type HP-draining move.
• Bitter Blade was the first Generation IX move seen in the animated series.
• As shown in HZ105, if Bitter Blade is used to cut food it will suck out its nutrients but the food will still be edible.

In other languages

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