Acid Armor (move)

Acid Armor とける Liquefy

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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 Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

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

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent 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 will increase the user's Defense by two stages.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 Melts the user's body for protection. A move that sharply raises Defense. GSC Sharply raises the user's Defense. RSEColo.XD Liquifies the user’s body to sharply raise Defense. FRLG The user alters its cells to liquefy itself and sharply raise Defense. DPPtHGSSBWB2W2 The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, sharply raising its Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	55			40			34			39				39	40
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	60			45			34			44				42	43
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	42	47	47			47			64				64	29
489		Phione	Water		Water	no			no			no			31				31
490		Manaphy	Water		Water	no			no			no			31				31
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				31
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				31
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				31
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				29
616		Shelmet	Bug		Bug	no			no			no			no				32
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	no
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost	no			no			no
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 316 Gulpin Poison Dream World - Dream Park Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

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

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

	Vaporeon
The user melts into a body of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Vaporeon	Vaporeon's body turns into a large wave of water. While in the form of the wave, its eyes and mouth can be seen if it stands still.
Rainer's two Vaporeon	To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Vaporeon
The user melts into a body of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Vaporeon	Vaporeon's body melts into a body of water. It then hops out and attacks the opponent.
Red's Vee	Clefabulous Clefable		Debut
Slugma	Slugma melts its body into a puddle of lava.
Blaise's Slugma	VS. Lunatone & Solrock		None

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• All Pokémon that learn Acid Armor by breeding are in the Amorphous Group.
• Despite its type and international names, Acid Armor is generally depicted as a Pokémon's ability to dissolve its own body structure, in accordance with its Japanese name, とける Tokeru, which can be translated to liquefy.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 溶化 Rónghuà Dutch Zuurschild Finnish Happokilpi French Acidarmure German Säurepanzer Greek Οξυπανοπλία Italian Scudo Acido Korean 녹기 Nokgi Norwegian Syreskjold Portuguese Brazil Armadura Ácida Portugal Armadura Ácida (Original Series; DP Series) Armadura (Advanced Series) Serbian Kiselinski Oklop Spanish Armad. Ácida

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