Tail Slap

Effect

Hits 2-5 times in one turn. Hits two to five times. Has a 35% chance to hit two or three times and a 15% chance to hit four or five times. If one of the hits breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the remaining hits. If the user has the Skill Link Ability, this move will always hit five times. If the user is holding Loaded Dice, this move will hit 4-5 times.

Targets

One adjacent Pokémon

Hits

2–5 times

Properties

Makes contact

Scarlet & Violet

Usable (3 Pokémon)

Pokémon Champions

Usable (7 Pokémon)

Legends: Z-A

Not usable

Pokémon that learn Tail Slap

26 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.

All (26)Champions (7)S/V (3)Z-A (0)

Pokémon	Type	Champions	S/V	Z-A	Gens
Vulpix	Fire				5–8
Alolan Vulpix	Ice				7–8
Ninetales	Fire	✓			5–8
Alolan Ninetales	Ice/Fairy	✓			7–8
Mew	Psychic				8
Aipom	Normal				7
Zigzagoon	Normal				8
Linoone	Normal				8
Buizel	Water				5–7
Floatzel	Water				5–7
Ambipom	Normal				7
Stunky	Poison/Dark				8
Skuntank	Poison/Dark				8
Minccino	Normal		✓		5–9
Cinccino	Normal		✓		5–9
Meowstic	Psychic	✓			8
Meowstic-F	Psychic	✓			8
Lycanroc	Rock	✓			8
Lycanroc-Dusk	Rock	✓			8
Skwovet	Normal				8
Greedent	Normal				8
Nickit	Dark				8
Thievul	Dark	✓			8
Zacian	Fairy				8
Zamazenta	Fighting				8
Fezandipiti	Poison/Fairy		✓		9