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Critical Hit Chance and List of High-Critical Hit Moves

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Laser Focus and Slash are some of the High Critical Hit Moves in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on to learn more about these moves and their stats.

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Critical Hit Chance

Critical Hits

Attacking moves are defaultly set to stage 0 with a set critical hit chance of about 4%. There are ways to increase these stages and increase the likelihood of critical hits by means of Items and Abilities. There are also moves with increased critical hit chances.

Stage Critical Hit Chance
0 4.17%
+1 12.5%
+2 50%
+3 100%

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Moves with Increased Critical Hit Ratio

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Move Type Category Power Acc. PP Target Effect
Air Cutter Flying Special 60 95 25 All opponents This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Aqua Cutter Water Physical 70 100 20 Single opponent This attack has an increased Critical Hit ratio.
Attack Order Bug Physical 90 100 15 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Crabhammer Water Physical 100 90 10 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Cross Chop Fighting Physical 100 80 5 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Cross Poison Poison Physical 70 100 20 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio. Has a 10% to poison the target.
Drill Run Ground Physical 80 95 10 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Flower Trick Grass Physical 70 - 10 Single opponent This attack will always land a critical hit and never miss.
Focus Energy Normal Status - - 30 Self Increases the user's critical hit rate.
Frost Breath Ice Special 60 90 10 Single opponent This attack is always a critical hit.
Ivy Cudgel Grass Physical 100 100 10 Single opponent The user strikes with an ivy-wrapped cudgel. This move's type type changes depending on the mask worn by the user, and it has a heightened chance of landing of critical hit.
Leaf Blade Grass Physical 90 100 15 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Poison Tail Poison Physical 50 100 25 Single opponent This attack has an increased Critical Hit ratio and has a 10% chance to poison the opponent.
Psycho Cut Psychic Physical 70 100 20 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Razor Leaf Grass Physical 55 95 25 All opponents This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 15 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Sky Attack Flying Physical 140 90 5 Single opponent The user charges in the first turn and attacks in the next turn instead. Has a 30% chance of causing the opponent to flinch.
Slash Normal Physical 70 100 20 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.
Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 5 Single opponent This attack has a 1-stage increased Critical Hit ratio.

What are Critical Hits?

Critical hits deal 1.5 times the damage of the base power of the move and ignores defensive boosts. The probability of landing critical hits depend on the critical hit ratio your Pokemon, or the move itself, has.

Moves that Always Result in a Critical Hit

Move Category Power Acc. PP
Frost Breath Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Special Moves 60 90 10
Flower Trick Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Physical Moves 70 - 10

Moves that Increase Critical Hit Ratio

Move Category Power Acc. PP
Focus Energy Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Status Moves - - 30

Abilities that Increase Critical Hit Ratio

Ability Effect
Merciless The user's attacks become critical hits if the user is poisoned.
Super Luck Increases the critical hit ratio of moves by one stage.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Related Guides

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Moves by Type
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Electric TypeElectric Ice TypeIce Fighting TypeFighting
Ground TypeGround Poison TypePoison Flying TypeFlying
Psychic TypePsychic Bug TypeBug Rock TypeRock
Ghost Type,Ghost Dragon TypeDragon Dark TypeDark
Steel TypeSteel Fairy TypeFairy Normal TypeNormal
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Moves by Effects
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Moves that Never Miss Moves that Set Entry Hazards Sound-Based Moves
High-Critical Hit Moves Moves that Change Weather Moves that Change Terrain
Powder/Spore Moves Moves that Restore HP Redirection Moves
Multi-Hit Moves One-Hit Knockout Moves Trapping Moves
Moves with Recoil Damage List of Priority Moves Moves that Block Attacks
Status Restoring Moves Switching Moves Wind Moves
List of Set Damage Moves Moves That Remove Screens List of Moves Boosted When Terastallized
Other Move Guides
All Gen 9 New Moves Unavailable
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Returning DLC Moves The Teal Mask DLC New TMs The Indigo Disk DLC New TMs

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