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Pokemon Sword and Shield: Removed Moves

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We've got a look at the list of Pokemon moves that have been cut from Sword and Shield. This is a pretty big list and is pretty disappointing, especially if you are a fan of the competitive side of the games. This comes after all of the controversy about a bunch of Pokemon being cut from the game.

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Not only have a lot of moves been cut, but if you bring in Pokemon from other games and they have some of the cut moves you will get the following message:

This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.

It should be said that this list was datamined, so there's a possibility that it ends up being wrong. However, it appears that all of the leaks we have seen have been pretty much confirmed by in-game screenshots and streams of the game.

Some of the key moves that have been cut are Return, Pursuit, and Hidden Power. These were all moves that were used fairly often in competitive play and will shake things up quite a bit in the meta.

Here's a list of the moves that will NOT be appearing in Pokemon Sword and Shield:

  • 002 Karate Chop
  • 003 Double Slap
  • 004 Comet Punch
  • 013 Razor Wind
  • 026 Jump Kick
  • 027 Rolling Kick
  • 041 Twineedle
  • 049 Sonic Boom
  • 082 Dragon Rage
  • 096 Meditate
  • 099 Rage
  • 112 Barrier
  • 117 Bide
  • 119 Mirror Move
  • 121 Egg Bomb
  • 125 Bone Club
  • 128 Clamp
  • 131 Spike Cannon
  • 132 Constrict
  • 134 Kinesis
  • 140 Barrage
  • 145 Bubble
  • 146 Dizzy Punch
  • 148 Flash
  • 149 Psywave
  • 159 Sharpen
  • 169 Spider Web
  • 171 Nightmare
  • 185 Feint Attack
  • 193 Foresight
  • 216 Return
  • 218 Frustration
  • 222 Magnitude
  • 228 Pursuit
  • 237 Hidden Power
  • 265 Smelling Salts
  • 274 Assist
  • 287 Refresh
  • 289 Snatch
  • 290 Secret Power
  • 293 Camouflage
  • 300 Mud Sport
  • 301 Ice Ball
  • 302 Needle Arm
  • 316 Odor Sleuth
  • 318 Silver Wind
  • 320 Grass Whistle
  • 324 Signal Beam
  • 327 Sky Uppercut
  • 346 Water Sport
  • 357 Miracle Eye
  • 358 Wake-Up Slap
  • 363 Natural Gift
  • 373 Embargo
  • 376 Trump Card
  • 377 Heal Block
  • 378 Wring Out
  • 381 Lucky Chant
  • 382 Me First
  • 386 Punishment
  • 426 Mud Bomb
  • 429 Mirror Shot
  • 431 Rock Climb
  • 443 Magnet Bomb
  • 445 Captivate
  • 456 Heal Order
  • 466 Ominous Wind
  • 477 Telekinesis
  • 481 Flame Burst
  • 485 Synchronoise
  • 498 Chip Away
  • 507 Sky Drop
  • 516 Bestow
  • 531 Heart Stamp
  • 537 Steamroller
  • 563 Rototiller
  • 569 Ion Deluge
  • 622 Breakneck Blitz
  • 623 Breakneck Blitz
  • 624 All-Out Pummeling
  • 625 All-Out Pummeling
  • 626 Supersonic Skystrike
  • 627 Supersonic Skystrike
  • 628 Acid Downpour
  • 629 Acid Downpour
  • 630 Tectonic Rage
  • 631 Tectonic Rage
  • 632 Continental Crush
  • 633 Continental Crush
  • 634 Savage Spin-Out
  • 635 Savage Spin-Out
  • 636 Never-Ending Nightmare
  • 637 Never-Ending Nightmare
  • 638 Corkscrew Crash
  • 639 Corkscrew Crash
  • 640 Inferno Overdrive
  • 641 Inferno Overdrive
  • 642 Hydro Vortex
  • 643 Hydro Vortex
  • 644 Bloom Doom
  • 645 Bloom Doom
  • 646 Gigavolt Havoc
  • 647 Gigavolt Havoc
  • 648 Shattered Psyche
  • 649 Shattered Psyche
  • 650 Subzero Slammer
  • 651 Subzero Slammer
  • 652 Devastating Drake
  • 653 Devastating Drake
  • 654 Black Hole Eclipse
  • 655 Black Hole Eclipse
  • 656 Twinkle Tackle
  • 657 Twinkle Tackle
  • 658 Catastropika
  • 671 Spotlight
  • 695 Sinister Arrow Raid
  • 696 Malicious Moonsault
  • 697 Oceanic Operetta
  • 698 Guardian of Alola
  • 699 Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike
  • 700 Stoked Sparksurfer
  • 701 Pulverizing Pancake
  • 702 Extreme Evoboost
  • 703 Genesis Supernova
  • 719 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt
  • 723 Light That Burns the Sky
  • 724 Searing Sunraze Smash
  • 725 Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom
  • 726 Let’s Snuggle Forever
  • 727 Splintered Stormshards
  • 728 Clangorous Soulblaze
  • 729 Zippy Zap
  • 730 Splishy Splash
  • 731 Floaty Fall
  • 732 Pika Papow
  • 733 Bouncy Bubble
  • 734 Buzzy Buzz
  • 735 Sizzly Slide
  • 736 Glitzy Glow
  • 737 Baddy Bad
  • 738 Sappy Seed
  • 739 Freezy Frost
  • 740 Sparkly Swirl
  • 741 Veevee Volley

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