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Acid Armor (move)

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Acid Armor
とける Liquefy
The user alters its cellular structure to liquify itself, sharply raising its Defense stat.
Battles
Type  Poison
Category  Status
PP  40 (max. 64)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  0
The user gains a star if their condition is good. Stars add one more heart to future appeals and reduce the chance of nervousness.
Super Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

Acid Armor (Japanese: とける Liquefy) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents

Effect

Acid Armor increases the user's Defense by two stages.

Acid Armor will do nothing if the user's Defense has reached a level of +6 or a value of 999. The effect of Acid Armor is ignored by critical hits.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
088 088 Grimer Poison 55
089 089 Muk Poison 60
134 134 Vaporeon Water 42RGB
134 134 Vaporeon Water 47Y
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
088 088 Grimer Poison 40
089 089 Muk Poison 45
134 134 Vaporeon Water 47
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

#   Pokémon Type Father
218 218 Slugma Fire Grimer, Muk
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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
088 088 Grimer Poison 34
089 089 Muk Poison 34
134 134 Vaporeon Water 47
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

#   Pokémon Type Father
218 218 Slugma Fire Grimer, Muk
Gulpin, Swalot
316 316 Gulpin Poison Grimer, Muk
Slugma, Magcargo
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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
088 088 Grimer Poison 39
089 089 Muk Poison 44
134 134 Vaporeon Water 64
489 489 Phione Water 31
490 490 Manaphy Water 31
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

#   Pokémon Type Father
218 218 Slugma Fire Grimer, Muk
Gulpin, Swalot
316 316 Gulpin Poison Grimer, Muk
Slugma, Magcargo
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


Trivia

  • Generation IV is the only generation since Generation I to introduce new Pokémon that can learn Acid Armor by leveling up.
  • The only dual-type Pokémon capable of learning Acid Armor is Magcargo, and even then, it must be born knowing the move as a Slugma.

In other languages

  • French: Acidarmure
  • German: Säurepanzer
  • Italian: Scudo Acido
  • Norwegian: Syreskjold ("Acid Shield")
  • Spanish: Armad. Ácida
Variations on the move Acid Armor
Status Acid Armor | Agility | Amnesia | Barrier
Swords Dance | Iron Defense | Tail Glow
Acupressure | Nasty Plot | Rock Polish


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