Poison Powder (move)

PoisonPowder どくのこな PoisonPowder

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Status PP  35 (max. 56) Power  — Accuracy  75% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

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

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

PoisonPowder (Japanese: どくのこな PoisonPowder) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

It appears to be a poison counterpart to Sleep Powder and Stun Spore, as the Accuracy, Contest group, appeal, effects, Japanese names and animation are the same or very similar. They are also usually learned at the same level or in a similar pattern.

Effect

PoisonPowder poisons the target.

PoisonPowder can't affect an target that has a Substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is Poison- or Template:Type2.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 20 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 22 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 22 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 15 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 13 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 15 0044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 15 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 15 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 24 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 22 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison -- 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 24 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 22 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 15 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 15 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 15 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 37 0114 Tangela Grass 32 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 15 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 15 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 15 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 13 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 14 0044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 14 0046 Paras Bug Grass 13 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 13 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 20 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 20 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 17 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 17 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 31 0114 Tangela Grass 13 0152 Chikorita Grass 15 0153 Bayleef Grass 15 0154 Meganium Grass 15 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 13 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 13 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 13 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 15 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 15 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 15 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 13 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 14 0044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 14 0046 Paras Bug Grass 13 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 13 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 20 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 20 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 17 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 17 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 31 0114 Tangela Grass 19 0152 Chikorita Grass 15 0153 Bayleef Grass 15 0154 Meganium Grass 15 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 13 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 13 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 13 0285 Shroomish Grass 28 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 13 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 13 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 13 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 12 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 13 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 13 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0046 Paras Bug Grass 6 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 6 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 13 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 13 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 15 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 15 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 21 0114 Tangela Grass 15 0152 Chikorita Grass 9 0153 Bayleef Grass -- 9 0154 Meganium Grass -- 9 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 12 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 12 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 12 0285 Shroomish Grass 25 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 29 0465 Tangrowth Grass 15 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 13 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 13 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 13 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 12 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 13 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 13 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0046 Paras Bug Grass 6 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 6 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 13 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 13 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 15 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 15 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 21 0114 Tangela Grass 15 0152 Chikorita Grass 9 0153 Bayleef Grass -- 9 0154 Meganium Grass -- 9 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 12 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 12 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 12 0285 Shroomish Grass 25 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 29 0465 Tangrowth Grass 15 0546 Cottonee Grass 22 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" | 0590 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Foongus
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume
Paras, Parasect
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Shroomish
Cottonee

|- | 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

File:Butterfree PoisonPowder.png Shroomish
A cloud of poisonous dust is scattered on the foe. It may poison the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Shroomish releases a sparkling purple powder with green or orange sparkles in it from the hole on its head. When the opponent breathes in the powder, it becomes poisoned.
Multiple wild Shroomish	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate		Debut
A wild Shroomish	Keeping in Top Forme!		None
	Butterfree releases waves of purple powder from its wings at the opponent.
Jeremy's Butterfree	Weekend Warrior		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Venusaur
A cloud of poisonous dust is scattered on the foe. It may poison the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bulbasaur releases a seed from the back of its bulb at the opponent. The seed then explodes around the opponent, releasing toxic spores into the air around it.
Red's Saur	Wanted: Pikachu!		Debut
	Victreebel releases a seed from its mouth at the opponent. The seed then explodes around the opponent, releasing toxic spores into the air around it.
Red's Victreebel	A Hollow Victreebel		None
	Venusaur releases a thick powder from the middle of the flower on its back that poisons the opponent.
Red's Saur	A Charizard... and a Champion		None
	Paras sticks out one of its claws and a powder forms around them. When the powder hits the opponent, they become poisoned.
William's Paras	Paras Sight		None

Trivia

• Its description states that it 'may' poison the target. The word choice is likely alluding to its 75% accuracy since, as a status move, it will always poison the target if the attack is successful.
• Although a Poison-type move, the only Poison-type Pokémon that can learn it are primarily Grass- and Bug-type.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Gifpoeder European French Poudre Toxik German Giftpuder Greek Δηλητηριώδης Σκόνη Hindi Zahareela Powder Italian Velenpolvere Korean 독가루 Dok Garu European Portuguese Pó Venenoso Serbian Otrovni Prah European Spanish Polvo Veneno

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