Psychic · Physical move · Gen 4
Psycho Cut
Psycho Cut is a Psychic-type physical move introduced in Generation 4. It has 70 base power and 100% accuracy, with 20 PP (32 with PP Max). 60 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Psychic
Category
Physical
Power
70
Accuracy
100%
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
High critical hit ratio. Has a higher chance for a critical hit.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Slicing move (Sharpness)
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (20 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (14 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (12 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Psychic attack
2× vsFightingPoison
½× vsPsychicSteel
0× vsDark
Pokémon that learn Psycho Cut
60 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kadabra | Psychic | ✓ | 4–8 | ||
 Alakazam | Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 4–8 | |
 Galarian Rapidash | Psychic/Fairy | 8 | |||
 Drowzee | Psychic | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Hypno | Psychic | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Exeggutor | Grass/Psychic | 8 | |||
 Starmie | Water/Psychic | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Scyther | Bug/Flying | 8 | |||
 Jynx | Ice/Psychic | 8 | |||
 Kabutops | Rock/Water | 8 | |||
 Galarian Articuno | Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Mewtwo | Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | |
 Mew | Psychic | 8 | |||
 Scizor | Bug/Steel | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Sneasel | Dark/Ice | 8 | |||
 Celebi | Psychic/Grass | 8 | |||
 Meditite | Fighting/Psychic | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Medicham | Fighting/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |
 Spinda | Normal | 4–7 | |||
 Absol | Dark | ✓ | 4–8 | ||
 Metang | Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Metagross | Steel/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | |
 Latias | Dragon/Psychic | 8 | |||
 Latios | Dragon/Psychic | 8 | |||
 Weavile | Dark/Ice | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Gallade | Psychic/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 |
 Uxie | Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Mesprit | Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Azelf | Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Cresselia | Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
 Liepard | Dark | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Woobat | Psychic/Flying | 8 | |||
 Swoobat | Psychic/Flying | 8 | |||
 Sigilyph | Psychic/Flying | 8 | |||
 Haxorus | Dragon | 8 | |||
 Pawniard | Dark/Steel | 5–8 | |||
 Bisharp | Dark/Steel | 5–8 | |||
 Honedge | Steel/Ghost | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Doublade | Steel/Ghost | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Aegislash | Steel/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | |
 Inkay | Dark/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
 Malamar | Dark/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 |
 Decidueye | Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Lurantis | Grass | 8 | |||
 Tapu Lele | Psychic/Fairy | 8 | |||
 Lunala | Psychic/Ghost | 8 | |||
 Kartana | Grass/Steel | 7–8 | |||
 Necrozma | Psychic | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
 Orbeetle | Bug/Psychic | 8 | |||
 Hatterene | Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
 Zacian | Fairy | 8 | |||
 Spectrier | Ghost | 8 | |||
 Calyrex-Shadow | Psychic/Ghost | 8 | |||
 Kleavor | Bug/Rock | 8 | |||
 Ceruledge | Fire/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 |
 Veluza | Water/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Kingambit | Dark/Steel | 5–8 | |||
 Iron Valiant | Fairy/Fighting | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Iron Boulder | Rock/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Iron Crown | Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 9 |
Psycho Cut FAQ
What does Psycho Cut do?
Psycho Cut is a Psychic-type physical move with 70 power. Has a higher chance for a critical hit.
Which Pokémon can learn Psycho Cut?
60 Pokémon and forms can learn Psycho Cut in at least one game: 20 in Scarlet & Violet, 14 in Pokémon Champions and 12 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Kadabra, Alakazam, Galarian Rapidash, Drowzee, Hypno and Exeggutor.
Is Psycho Cut in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 14 Pokémon can use Psycho Cut in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Psycho Cut super effective against?
As a Psychic-type attack, Psycho Cut is super effective against Fighting and Poison, not very effective against Psychic and Steel and has no effect on Dark (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.