Quick Claw

The Quick Claw (Japanese: せんせいのツメ Head-Start Claw) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that increases the holder's chance of moving first.

Quick Claw せんせいのツメ Head-Start Claw

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Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 80

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $50 SMUSUM N/A $2,000 SwSh $3,000 $2,000 SV $8,000 $2,000

Effect

Generation II

Quick Claw gives the holder a ~23% (60/256) chance of going first in its priority bracket.

Generation III onward

Quick Claw gives the holder a 20% chance of going first in its priority bracket (regardless of Trick Room and Stall). If a Quick Claw is gained, lost, or suppressed, then it will not affect turn order until the beginning of the next turn.

From Generation IV onward, Quick Claw plays an animation at the start of the turn if it is activated. From Generation V onward, the Quick Claw activation message will be displayed before a player flees or forfeits.

Description

Games Description GSC Raises 1st strike ratio. (HOLD) RSE A hold item that occasionally allows first strike. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A light and sharp claw. The holder may be able to strike first. ColoXD A hold item that occasionally allows the first strike. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. A light, sharp claw that lets the bearer move first occasionally. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. This light, sharp claw lets the bearer move first occasionally. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This light, sharp claw lets the holder move first occasionally.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC National Park Held by wild Sneasel (2% chance) RSE Pokémon Trainer's School Battle Tower (35 win streak)RS, Battle Frontier (48 BP)E Held by wild Sandshrew (5% chance) FRLG Safari Zone Colo Agate Village Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons) XD Gateon Port (after answering "No" to all questions) Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons) DPPt Jubilife City (Jubilife Condominiums) Held by wild Sandshrew, wild Sandslash, wild Meowth, wild Sneasel, and wild Zangoose (5% chance each) HGSS National Park Held by wild Sandshrew, wild Sandslash, wild Meowth, wild Persian, wild Sneasel, and wild Zangoose (5% chance each) PBR Shop (7200 Poké Coupons) BW Skyarrow Bridge Held by wild Sandslash, wild Sneasel, and wild Zangoose (5% chance each) B2W2 Skyarrow Bridge Held by wild Sandshrew, wild Sandslash, wild Sneasel, and wild Zangoose (5% chance each) XY Lumiose City (South Boulevard) Held by wild Sandslash, wild Sneasel, and wild Zangoose (5% chance each) ORAS Pokémon Trainers' School Held by wild Persian and wild Zangoose (5% chance each) SMUSUM Route 1 (Trainers' School) Battle Royal Dome (48 BP) Held by wild Meowth and wild Sneasel (5% chance each) SwSh Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) Held by wild Meowth, wild Persian, wild Sneasel, and wild Weavile (5% chance each) BDSP Jubilife City (Jubilife Condominiums) Held by wild Meowth, wild Sneasel, and wild ZangooseBD (5% chance each) SV Artazon Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch)

Distribution

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period RS Slither & Swim Week Zangoose United States August 7 to 13, 2004

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Emerald arc

In Interesting Interactions Involving Illumise, a Quick Claw was listed as the held item of a rental Skarmory that Emerald used at the Battle Factory.

A Quick Claw was held by the Metagross that Emerald borrowed from Crystal for his battle against Tucker in A Cheeky Charizard Change-Up I, allowing it to outspeed Tucker's Charizard and trap it in a doubly super effective Rock Tomb. This proved to be not enough to knock the Flame Pokémon out, however, and Charizard was able to defeat Metagross with Overheat.

Trivia

• The Japanese name of Quick Claw can also be read as "Teacher's Claw", which explains the Quick Claw gift from the teacher of Pokémon Trainers' School in Hoenn.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 先制之爪 Sīnjai-jī Jáau * 先攻之爪Sīngōng-jī Jáau * Mandarin 先制之爪 Xiānzhì-zhī Zhuǎ * 先攻之爪Xiāngōng-zhī Zhuǎ * Danish Hurtigklo* Lynklo* French Vive Griffe German Flinkklaue Italian Rapidartigli Korean 선제공격손톱 Seonjegonggyeok Sontop Brazilian Portuguese Garra Rápida Spanish Garra Rápida Swedish Snabbrep Vietnamese Vuốt bứt phá

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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