Cotton Spore (move)

Cotton Spore わたほうし Cotton Spore

The user releases cottonlike spores that cling to the foe, sharply reducing its Speed stat.

Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect either foe, but not the ally

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Subtracts 5 appeal points from any Pokémon in Combo Standby who appealed prior to the user. Subtracts 1 point from any Pokémon not in Combo Standby.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Cotton Spore on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Cotton Spore on Eevee's Movedex

Cotton Spore (Japanese: わたほうし Cotton Spore) is a non-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Cotton Spore lowers the target's Speed stat by two stat levels. It will fail if the target's Speed stat has reached a stat level of -six or a value of 1, if the target has a Substitute, or is under the effect of Mist.

In the anime

Cacturne using Cotton Spore

Pokémon

Cacturne. Cacturne opens its arms and releases small clumps of cotton.

• Used by Harley's Cacturne in A Hurdle for Squirtle.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 179 Mareep Electric 23 180 Flaaffy Electric 27 181 Ampharos Electric 27 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 25 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 29 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 33 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 179 Mareep Electric 23 180 Flaaffy Electric 27 181 Ampharos Electric 27 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 25 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 29 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 33 331 Cacnea Grass 41 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 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 315 Roselia Grass Poison Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff Cacnea, Cacturne 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 179 Mareep Electric 19 180 Flaaffy Electric 20 181 Ampharos Electric 20 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 28 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 32 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 32 331 Cacnea Grass 49 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 59 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 315 Roselia Grass Poison Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff Cacnea, Cacturne 406 Budew Grass Poison Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff Cacnea, Cacturne 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 other languages

• German: Baumwollsaat
• Italian: Cottonspora
• Spanish: Esporagodón
• French: Spore Coton
• Portuguese (Brazilian animé): Sementes de algodão

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