Fury Swipes (move)

Fury Swipes (Japanese: みだれひっかき Fury Swipes) is a damage-dealing multi-strike move introduced in Generation I.

It appears to be a counterpart to, as the type, effect, and names are the same or very similar.

Generation I
Fury Swipes inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Provided that the move does not miss, it will hit 3 times on average, giving it an average power of 54. Although only the first strike can be a critical hit, each successive one will deal the same amount of damage.

Fury Swipes will end immediately if it breaks a. and will only acknowledge the last strike of this move.

Generation II
All strikes now do damage independently, enabling any of them to be critical hits.

If the user is holding a King's Rock, the final strike has a chance to cause the opponent to.

Generations III and IV
If the target has an Ability that activates upon contact, each strike counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate multiple times.

Fury Swipes may now continue attacking after breaking a substitute.

Fury Swipes can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra two appeal points if move was used in the prior turn.

Pokémon with the Ability will always hit five times when using Fury Swipes if it does not miss.

If the user is holding a King's Rock or Razor Fang, each consecutive hit has an equal chance to cause the opponent to.

Generation V and on
There is now a ~33.3% chance that it will hit 2 times, a ~33.3% chance it will hit 3 times, a ~16.7% chance it will hit 4 times, and a ~16.7% chance it will hit 5 times. Provided that the move does not miss, it will hit ~3.167 times on average, giving it an average power of 57.

If a Focus Sash, Focus Band, or activates before the last strike is dealt, the following strike will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one.

If the target has, each strike will activate it.

If the target is holding a Rocky Helmet, the user is damaged for each strike.

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In the main series

 * In the English dub of The Ties That Bind, commanded his  to use Fury Swipes, which it cannot legally learn. In the original Japanese version, Ash instead commanded Heracross to use.

Trivia

 * Fury Swipes is one of two moves in the main series games to have a base power that is not a multiple of 5, the other being.
 * was a third until its base power was increased to 25 in Generation VI.
 * In Generation V, Fury Swipes has the lowest accuracy of all multi-strike moves, with 80%.

In other languages
Kratzfurie Golpes furia Combo-Griffe Sfuriate みだれひっかき 乱抓（招式）