How To Get TM27 Fissure in Pokémon Yellow

TM27 Fissure
#	Location	Repeatable?
1	Viridian City Gym. Reward after defeating Giovanni.	No

TM27 will be given to you by Viridian City Gym Leader Giovanni after you defeat him at the Viridian Gym. The Gym is located near the top right corner of Viridian City.

But the Viridian Gym will be closed until you’ve defeated the 7 other gym leaders and collected their badges.

Prerequisites

This is what you need to do before you can get TM27:

Obtain the 7 other gym badges by defeating the 7 other gym leaders.

Getting TM27 Fissure

The Viridian City Gym is a large area with multiple paths that can lead to trainer battles.

This guide will show you the quickest route to Gym Leader Giovanni.

Staring from the inside of the Viridian Gym, walk northwest through the gap in the walls.

Inside the Viridian City Gym.

Then walk northeast past the trainers to your left until you reach another trainer (Cooltrainer) facing a right wall.

Standing next to a group of trainers in the Viridian Gym.

This trainer (Cooltrainer) can’t be avoided and must be fought in order to progress.

Standing under a Cooltrainer in the Viridian Gym.

Cooltrainer’s Team

Pokémon	Rhyhorn (Lv.43)
Type	Rock/Ground
Moves	Horn Attack Stomp Tail Whip Fury Attack

After defeating the Cooltrainer, head west until you see a trainer (Black Belt) above you.

Standing in front of a defeated Cooltrainer in the Viridian Gym

This Black Belt can’t be avoided and must be defeated in order to progress.

Standing under a Black Belt in the Viridian Gym.

Black Belt’s Team

Pokémon	Machoke x2 (Lv.38)	Machop (Lv.38)
Type	Fighting	Fighting
Moves	Karate Chop Low Kick Leer Focus Energy	Karate Chop Low Kick Leer Focus Energy

After defeating the Black Belt, go back the way you came and return to the start of the Gym.

Head north along the right side of the gym until you reach a wall.

Facing the right wall near the front entrance of the Viridian Entrance.

After reaching a wall, head west until you reach another wall.

Near a set of movement tiles at the top right corner of the Viridian Gym.

Once you reach the wall, head southwest and you’ll quickly reach Giovanni.

Near the top left corner of the Viridian Gym.

Fighting Gym Leader Giovanni

At the back of the gym, you’ll find Giovanni. Talk to him to begin your battle.

Talking to Viridian City Gym Leader Giovanni.

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Giovanni’s Team

Pokémon	Dugtrio (Lv.50)	Persian (Lv.53)	Nidoqueen (Lv.53)	Nidoking (Lv.55)	Rhydon (Lv.55)
Type	Ground	Normal	Ground/Poison	Ground/Poison	Rock/Ground
Moves	Sand-Attack Dig Earthquake Fissure	Fury Swipes Screech Slash Double Team	Tail Whip Double Kick Earthquake Thunder	Leer Double Kick Earthquake Thunder	Fury Attack Rock Slide Earthquake Horn Drill

Tips for Fighting Giovanni

Watch out for Fissure and Horn Drill. Giovanni’s Dugtrio and Rhydon know Fissure and Horn Drill respectively. These two moves have very low accuracy, but will instantly KO any Pokémon. However, Fissure won’t work against Flying type Pokémon since it’s a Ground type attack.

Watch out for Nidoqueen and Nidoking’s Thunder. Giovanni’s Nidoqueen and Nidoking both know Thunder. This is a move that these two Pokémon don’t normally learn and it offers coverage against Water and Flying type Pokémon.

Once you defeat Giovanni, he’ll give you TM27 Fissure along with the Earthbadge.

Getting TM27 Fissure after defeating Giovanni.

Fissure Details + Uses

Fissure Move Details
Type	Ground
Power	–
Accuracy	30%
PP	5 (max. 8)
Effect	Instantly makes the opposing Pokémon faint. Doesn’t work if the opposing Pokémon is faster than the user.

Fissure is a powerful move that always knocks out a Pokémon with one hit.

The major drawback is that Fissure has an incredibly low accuracy at 30%.

Also, being a Ground-type move, Fissure doesn’t affect Flying-type Pokémon. Furthermore, Fissure will not work on a Pokémon that’s faster than the user.

While Fissure’s promise of one-hit KO’s is tempting, its high miss potential and speed requirements make it a pretty unreliable move in practice. So it’s rarely ever worth using in a regular playthrough.

Dugtrio using Fissure against a wild Geodude (Left) and the move resulting in a One-hit KO. (Right)

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