Poison Tail (move)

Poison Tail ポイズンテール Poison Tail

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  50 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes 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 adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III 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 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Poison Tail (Japanese: ポイズンテール Poison Tail) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature move of Seviper.

Effect

Poison Tail deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. It has a 10% chance of poisoning the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	16			16				16			''''
543		Venipede	Bug	Poison								19			''''
544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison								19			''''
545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison								19			''''
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
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon
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.

In the anime

File:Thane father Scolipede Poison Tail.png Scolipede Jessie's Seviper Lucy's Seviper
An attack with a high critical-hit ratio.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The dagger part of Seviper's tail glows purple and Seviper hits the opponent with it.
Jessie's Seviper	A Tail with a Twist		Debut
Lucy's Seviper	Queen of the Serpentine!		None
	Scolipede's tails glow purple and Scolipede hits the opponent with them.
Thane's father's Scolipede	BW065		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Seviper Crobat Poison Tail Fang Adventures.png Seviper
The user stabs the opponent with its tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Seviper stabs the opponent with the tip of its tail.
Lucy's Seviper	VS. Swalot		Debut

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

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 毒尾 Dúwěi Dutch Gifstaart Finnish Myrkkyhäntä French Queue-Poison German Giftschweif Greek Δηλητηριώδης Ουρά Hindi ज़हरीली पूँछ Zehreeli Poonch Indonesian Ekor Beracun Italian Velenocoda Korean 포이즌테일 Poison Tail Portuguese Brazil Cauda Envenenada Portugal Cauda Venenosa Serbian Otrovni Rep Spanish Latin America Cola Venenosa (anime) Spain Cola Veneno

Variations of the move Karate Chop
Karate Chop • Poison Tail

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