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Breaking Swipe

In Pokémon ChampionsGen VIII

Game

Pokémon Champions

DragonPhysical

100% chance to lower the foe(s) Attack by 1.

Power: 60
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 16 Scarlet & Violet: 15
Hits: Both foes (spread move)
On Showdown: 0.1% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Properties

Contact Secondary effect100%

Changes over time

How Breaking Swipe changed from game to game, newest first.

Champions
PP 15 → 16 Buffed

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage.

“The user swings its tough tail wildly and attacks opposing Pokémon. This also lowers their Attack stats.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

What interacts

Abilities and items that boost Breaking Swipe, block it, punish its user or change how it works.

Boosts it

4

Tough Claws×1.3
Poison Touch30% to poison
Sheer Force×1.3, loses the effect
Technician×1.5

Blocks or weakens it

3

Fluffytakes ½
Aura Guardtakes ½
Shield Dustblocks the effect

Punishes the user

12

Rough Skintakes ⅛ back
Rocky Helmettakes ⅙ back
Static30% paralysis
Flame Body30% burn
Poison Point30% poison
Effect Spore30% poison, paralysis or sleep
Cute Charm30% infatuation
Gooey−1 Speed
Mummyreplaces its ability
Wandering Spiritswaps abilities
Aftermathtakes ¼ if it knocks the holder out
Pickpocketsteals its item

Changes how it works

4

Long Reachno contact
Unseen Fistgoes through Protect for ¼ damage
Piercing Drillgoes through Protect for ¼ damage
Infiltratorgoes through Substitute

Only in other games 8

Boosts it

1

Serene Gracedoubles the chance

Blocks or weakens it

1

Covert Cloakblocks the effect

Punishes the user

5

Iron Barbstakes ⅛ back
Tangling Hair−1 Speed
Lingering Aromareplaces its ability
Perish Bodya 3-turn faint countdown for both
Sticky Barbcan stick to it

Changes how it works

1

Protective Padsno contact effects

Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.

Good to know

Can't be used through: Metronome.

Who runs Breaking Swipe on Showdown

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.