Acid Armor (move)

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 Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Acid Armor on Eevee's Movedex

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

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 Grimer Poison 55 089 Muk Poison 60 134 Vaporeon Water 42RGB 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 Grimer Poison 40 089 Muk Poison 45 134 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 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 Grimer Poison 34 089 Muk Poison 34 134 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 Slugma Fire Grimer, Muk Gulpin, Swalot 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 Grimer Poison 39 089 Muk Poison 44 134 Vaporeon Water 64 489 Phione Water 31 490 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 Slugma Fire Grimer, Muk Gulpin, Swalot 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

	Vaporeon
The user alters its cellular structure to melt into the water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Vaporeon	Vaporeon jumps into the water, glows blue, then disappears. Seconds later, it jumps out of the water.
Rainer's Vaporeon	The Battling Eevee Brothers		Debut
Galea's Vaporeon	On Olden Pond		None
Phione	Phione jumps into the water, then disappears. Seconds later, it jumps out of the water.
Wild Phione	Hold the Phione!		None

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
	Acid Armor | Agility | Amnesia | Barrier Swords Dance | Iron Defense | Tail Glow Acupressure | Nasty Plot | Rock Polish

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