Guillotine
Pokémon Champions
OHKOs the target. Fails if user is a lower level.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- 30%
- PP
- 8 Scarlet & Violet: 5
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Guillotine changed from game to game, newest first.
- Champions
PP 5 → 8 Buffed
- Gen III
Deals
dropped: 65535damage to thedropped: target.added: target equal to the target's maximum HP. Ignores accuracy and evasiveness modifiers. This attack's accuracydropped: out of 256is equal todropped: the lesser of (2 ×(user's level - target'sdropped: level)added: level +dropped: 76)added: 30)%, anddropped: 255, before applying accuracy and evasiveness modifiers. Failsadded: fails if the target is at a higher level. added: Pokémon with the Sturdy Ability are immune. - Gen II
Before: Deals 65535 damage to the target. Fails if the target's Speed is greater than the user's.
Now: Deals 65535 damage to the target. This attack's accuracy out of 256 is equal to the lesser of (2 × (user's level - target's level) + 76) and 255, before applying accuracy and evasiveness modifiers. Fails if the target is at a higher level.
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
Deals damage to the target equal to the target's maximum HP. Ignores accuracy and evasiveness modifiers. This attack's accuracy is equal to (user's level - target's level + 30)%, and fails if the target is at a higher level. Pokémon with the Sturdy Ability are immune.
“A vicious tearing attack with big pincers. The target faints instantly if this attack hits.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Guillotine, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Boosts it
2
- Tough Claws×1.3
- Poison Touch30% to poison
Blocks or weakens it
2
- Fluffytakes ½
- Aura Guardtakes ½
Punishes the user
12
- Rough Skintakes ⅛ back
- Iron Barbstakes 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
- Tangling Hair−1 Speed
- Mummyreplaces its ability
- Lingering Aromareplaces its ability
- Wandering Spiritswaps abilities
- Perish Bodya 3-turn faint countdown for both
- Aftermathtakes ¼ if it knocks the holder out
- Pickpocketsteals its item
Sticky Barbcan stick to it
Changes how it works
8
- Long Reachno contact
Protective Padsno contact effects- Unseen Fistgoes through Protect
- Piercing Drillgoes through Protect for ¼ damage
- Infiltratorgoes through Substitute
- Pixilatebecomes Fairy-type, ×1.2
- Aerilatebecomes Flying-type, ×1.2
- Refrigeratebecomes Ice-type, ×1.2
- Galvanizebecomes Electric-type, ×1.2
- Dragonizebecomes Dragon-type, ×1.2
- Unseen Fistgoes through Protect for ¼ damage
No ability or held item affected it in these games.
Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.
Good to know
- One-hit KO if it lands; fails against higher-level Pokémon and Sturdy.
Who learns Guillotine
3 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 17 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →