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Poison Point
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どくのトゲ
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Poison Spine
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Flavor text
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Generation V
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Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.
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Poison Point (Japanese: どくのトゲ Poison Spine) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Fourteen Pokémon can have this Ability; all but one of them Template:Type2.
Effect
In battle
When a Pokémon with Poison Point is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking foe will become poisoned.
Outside of battle
Poison Point has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Poison Point
In the anime
Venipede
The effect activated
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When the opponent makes physical contact with the user, they become poisoned.
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Pokémon
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Method
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User
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First Used In
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Notes
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Venepede slams its head into the opponent, causing it to become poisoned.
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A wild Venipede
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A Venipede Stampede!
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Debut
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Qwilfish making contact
Poisoned
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When the opponent makes physical contact with the user, they become poisoned.
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Pokémon
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Method
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User
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First Chapter Used In
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Notes
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Sometimes, when Qwilfish makes direct contact with the opponent, it gets poisoned.
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The Battle Factory's Qwilfish
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VS. Ledian
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Debut
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Sometimes, when Whirlipede makes direct contact with the opponent, it gets poisoned.
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Burgh's Whirlipede
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Big City Battles
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None
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Trivia
- Seadra is the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon that can have Poison Point as an Ability.
- The ability Poison Touch introduced in Generation V can be thought of having Poison Point's inverse effect.
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