Dire Hit


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The Dire Hit (Japanese: クリティカット Criticut) is a type of battle item introduced in Generation I. It temporarily boosts the critical hit ratio.

Price

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Generation I
Due to a glitch, it quarters the Pokémon's chance of getting a critical hit. Does not stack with itself or.

Generation II
Raises the critical hit ratio of a Pokémon currently in battle by 1 stage. Does not stack with itself or Focus Energy.

Generation III onward
Raises the critical hit ratio of a Pokémon currently in battle by 2 stages. Does not stack with itself or Focus Energy. It also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.

Description

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Acquisition

 * Celadon Department Store
 * Dark Cave,, Mt. Silver, Team Rocket's Hideout,
 * Goldenrod and Celadon Department Stores
 * and Poké Marts, Lilycove Department Store
 * Mt. Ember
 * Celadon Department Store
 * Poké Mart
 * Poké Mart
 * , Oreburgh City
 * Veilstone Department Store
 * Dark Cave, Mt. Silver, Viridian Forest
 * Goldenrod and Celadon Department Stores
 * Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine
 * Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine Join Avenue
 * , Frost Cavern, Terminus Cave
 * Santalune City Poké Mart
 * , Rusturf Tunnel, Mt. Pyre
 * Slateport City Poké Mart, Lilycove Department Store (Level 3)
 * Routes, , and , Paniola Town
 * ,, and Hau'oli City Poké Marts Festival Plaza
 * Routes and, Konikoni City, Paniola Town
 * ,, , and Hau'oli City Poké Marts Festival Plaza
 * Rock Tunnel, Silph Co.
 * All Poké Marts
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 * , Oreburgh City
 * Veilstone Department Store
 * Dark Cave, Mt. Silver, Viridian Forest
 * Goldenrod and Celadon Department Stores
 * Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine
 * Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine Join Avenue
 * , Frost Cavern, Terminus Cave
 * Santalune City Poké Mart
 * , Rusturf Tunnel, Mt. Pyre
 * Slateport City Poké Mart, Lilycove Department Store (Level 3)
 * Routes, , and , Paniola Town
 * ,, and Hau'oli City Poké Marts Festival Plaza
 * Routes and, Konikoni City, Paniola Town
 * ,, , and Hau'oli City Poké Marts Festival Plaza
 * Rock Tunnel, Silph Co.
 * All Poké Marts
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 * , Frost Cavern, Terminus Cave
 * Santalune City Poké Mart
 * , Rusturf Tunnel, Mt. Pyre
 * Slateport City Poké Mart, Lilycove Department Store (Level 3)
 * Routes, , and , Paniola Town
 * ,, and Hau'oli City Poké Marts Festival Plaza
 * Routes and, Konikoni City, Paniola Town
 * ,, , and Hau'oli City Poké Marts Festival Plaza
 * Rock Tunnel, Silph Co.
 * All Poké Marts
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 * Routes and, Konikoni City, Paniola Town
 * ,, , and Hau'oli City Poké Marts Festival Plaza
 * Rock Tunnel, Silph Co.
 * All Poké Marts
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 * Rock Tunnel, Silph Co.
 * All Poké Marts
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Wonder Launcher
The Dire Hit appears as three Wonder Launcher items, increasing the critical hit ratio by 1, 2, or 3 stages. It costs 3, 5, or 7 points to use respectively.

Trivia

 * In Generation V, a boy in Nacrene City mentions that Dire Hit is called Dire Hit in Unova. This is a reference to the change in the Japanese name of Dire Hit from クリティカッター Criticutter to クリティカット Criticut, in order to make room for the number-level reference of Wonder Launcher items. Because "Dire Hit" is much shorter than the 12-character limit on English item names, this issue does not come up in the translated games.

In other languages
Angriffplus Objeto de batalla Muscle + Strumenti lotta クリティカット 要害攻击（道具）