Effect Spore (Ability)

Effect Spore (Japanese: ほうし Spore) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Seven Pokémon can have this Ability, all of them Template:Type2.

Effect

In battle

Effect Spore may inflict the foe with a status problem if they make contact. It has a 30% chance of inducing either Paralysis, Sleep or Poison on the opponent when hit with a move that makes contact.

Outside of battle

Effect Spore has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Effect Spore

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	Chlorophyll	None	Effect Spore
0046		Paras	Bug	Grass	Effect Spore	Dry Skin	Damp
0047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	Effect Spore	Dry Skin	Damp
0285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass	Effect Spore	Poison Heal	Quick Feet
0286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	Effect Spore	Poison Heal	Technician
0590		Foongus	Grass	Poison	Effect Spore	None	Regenerator
0591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison	Effect Spore	None	Regenerator
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other languages

Language Title French Pose Spore German Sporenwirt Greek Επιδραστικός Σπόρος Italian Spargispora Portuguese Efeito Esporos Spanish Efec. espora

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