Mud Bomb (move)

Mud Bomb どろばくだん Mud Bomb

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Battles Type  Ground Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  65 Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   If appealed last, +2 points.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Mud Bomb (Japanese: どろばくだん Mud Bomb) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Mud Bomb deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the foe's accuracy by one stage.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0023 Ekans Poison 28 0024 Arbok Poison 34 0050 Diglett Ground 29 0051 Dugtrio Ground 33 0060 Poliwag Water 41 0061 Poliwhirl Water 53 0088 Grimer Poison 23 0089 Muk Poison 23 0194 Wooper Water Ground 19 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 19 0220 Swinub Ice Ground 20 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground 20 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 25 0260 Swampert Water Ground 25 0339 Barboach Water Ground 14 0340 Whiscash Water Ground 14 0422 Shellos Water 11 0422 Shellos Water 11 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 11 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 11 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 29 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 29 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 20 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Diglett, Dugtrio
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0054 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Diglett, Dugtrio
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath
Wooper, Quagsire
Politoed
Swinub, Piloswine
Marshtomp, Swampert
Shellos, Gastrodon
Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0113 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chansey
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Marshtomp, Swampert
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Wooper, Quagsire
Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Diglett, Dugtrio
Psyduck, Golduck
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Diglett, Dugtrio
Psyduck, Golduck
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0440 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Happiny
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0023 Ekans Poison 33 0024 Arbok Poison 39 0050 Diglett Ground 26 0051 Dugtrio Ground 28 0060 Poliwag Water 41 0061 Poliwhirl Water 53 0088 Grimer Poison 23 0089 Muk Poison 23 0194 Wooper Water Ground 19 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 19 0220 Swinub Ice Ground 20 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground 20 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 25 0260 Swampert Water Ground 25 0339 Barboach Water Ground 14 0340 Whiscash Water Ground 14 0422 Shellos Water 11 0422 Shellos Water 11 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 11 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 11 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 29 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 29 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 20 0618 Stunfisk Ground Electric 21 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Diglett, Dugtrio
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0054 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Diglett, Dugtrio
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath
Wooper, Quagsire
Politoed
Swinub, Piloswine
Marshtomp, Swampert
Shellos, Gastrodon
Mamoswine
Stunfisk |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0113 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chansey
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Marshtomp, Swampert
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Wooper, Quagsire
Shellos, Gastrodon
Stunfisk |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Diglett, Dugtrio
Psyduck, Golduck
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Diglett, Dugtrio
Psyduck, Golduck
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0440 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Happiny
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0535 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tympole
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Shellos, Gastrodon
Stunfisk

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

Muk Shellos
The user opens its mouth wide and shoots out balls of mud.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Shellos opens its mouth and fires multiple balls of brown mud at the opponent.
Zoey's Shellos	A Stand-Up Sit-Down!		Debut
	Muk opens its mouth and fires globs of mud from its mouth at the opponent.
Three wild Muk	The Psyduck Stops Here!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Gastrodon Mud Bomb Adventures.png Gastrodon
The user fires mud at the opponent to either trap or attack them.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gastrodon creates a huge blast of mud that traps the opponent or it fires several balls of mud at the opponent.
Jupiter's Gastrodon	VS. Sableye		Debut

In other languages

• Chinese: 泥巴爆彈 Níbā Bàodàn
• French: Boue-Bombe
• German: Schlammbombe
• Greek: Λασποβόμβα
• Hindi: Keecher Ka Bomb
• Italian: Pantanobomba
• Korean: 진흙폭탄 Jinheulk Poktan
• Norwegian: Gjørme Bombe
• Spanish: Bomba Fango

Variations of the move Octazooka
Octazooka • Mirror Shot • Mud Bomb

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