Acid Armor (move)

Acid Armor (Japanese: とける Liquefy) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Acid Armor will increase the user's Defense by two stages.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	55			40			34			39				39	40	'
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	60			45			34			44				42	43	'
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	42	47	47			47			64				64	29	'
489		Phione	Water		Water										31				31			'
490		Manaphy	Water		Water										31				31			'
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice														31			'
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice														31			'
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice														31			'
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice														29			'
616		Shelmet	Bug		Bug														32			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0316 Gulpin Poison Dream World - Dream Park Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Vaporeon Phione
The user alters its cellular structure to melt into the water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Vaporeon jumps into the water, glows blue, then disappears. Seconds later, it jumps out of the water and attacks the opponent.
Rainer's Vaporeon	The Battling Eevee Brothers		Debut
Galea's Vaporeon	On Olden Pond		None
	Phione goes into the water and then disappears, or it transforms its body into water.
A wild Phione	Hold the Phione!		None

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

File:Rainer Vaporeon Acid Armor EToP.png Vaporeon
The user melts into a body of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Vaporeon's body turns into a large wave of water. While in the form of the wave, its eyes and mouth can be seen if it stands still.
Rainer's two Vaporeon	To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Vaporeon
The user melts into a body of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Vaporeon's body melts into a body of water. It then hops out and attacks the opponent.
Red's Vee	Clefabulous Clefable		Debut
	Slugma melts its body into a puddle of lava.
Mack's Slugma	VS. Lunatone & Solrock		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• All Pokémon that learn Acid Armor through breeding are in the Amorphous Group.
• Although a Poison-type move, Acid Armor is frequently depicted (particularly in the anime) as the Ability to melt into water or otherwise liquefy one’s own body structure, due to its Japanese name being Liquefy. Furthermore, Grimer and its evolution are the only Poison-type Pokémon that can learn Acid Armor by leveling up.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 溶化 Rónghuà Dutch Zuurschild Finnish Happokilpi French Acidarmure German Säurepanzer Greek Οξυπανοπλία Italian Scudo Acido Korean 녹기 Nokgi Norwegian Syreskjold Portuguese Brazil Armadura Ácida Portugal Armadura Ácida (Original Series; DP Series) Armadura (Advanced Series) Serbian Kiselinski Oklop Spanish Armad. Ácida

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