Acid ようかいえき
The foe is attacked with a spray of harsh acid. It may also lower the target's Sp.Def stat.
Battles
Type	Poison
Category	Special
PP	30 (max. 48)
Power	40
Accuracy	100%
Introduced	Generation I
Availability
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock
Has a 10% chance of lowering the enemy's Special Defense.
Contests
Category	Smart
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	4 ♥♥♥♥
Subtracts four appeal points from the preceeding Pokémon.
Super Contests
Category	Smart
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Acid on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Acid on Eevee's Movedex

Acid (Japanese: ようかいえき Melting Liquid) is a Poison-type move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage.

Effect

Generation I

Acid does damage and has a 9.8% chance of lowering the opponent's defense by 1 level.

Acid will not be able to lower the opponent's defense if it has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, or if the opponent has a Substitute.

Generation III

Acid will hit both opponents in a Double Battle and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Defense by 1 level.

Generation IV

Acid will hit both opponents in a Double Battle and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by 1 level.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

Trivia

• Acid is the only Poison damaging move that does not poison the opponent.

In other languages

• French: Acide
• German: Säure
• Italian: Acido
• Spanish: Ácido

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.