Cross Poison (move)

Cross Poison
クロスポイズン Cross Poison

A slashing attack that may also leave the target poisoned. It has a high critical-hit ratio.

Battles

Type	Poison
Category	Physical
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	70
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe
Self	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Super Contests

Category	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Cross Poison (Japanese: クロスポイズン Cross Poison) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Cross Poison deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. It has a 10% chance of poisoning the opponent.

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
047	Parasect	Bug	Grass	--
169	Crobat	Poison	Flying	--
451	Skorupi	Poison	Bug	50
452	Drapion	Poison	Dark	58
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

#	Pokémon	Type		Father
046	Paras	Bug	Grass	Parasect Skorupi, Drapion
207	Gligar	Ground	Flying	Parasect Skorupi, Drapion
347	Anorith	Rock	Bug	Skorupi, Drapion
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.

Pokémon	Method

Crosses arms	Slashes	Drapion
The user crosses its arms and they start to glow purple. The user then slashes its opponent, leaving a purple after image.
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Drapion	Drapion crosses its arms and its pincers start to glow purple. Drapion then slashes its opponent, leaving a purple after image.
J's Drapion	Mutiny in the Bounty!		Debut
Reggie's Drapion	A Pyramiding Rage!		Flashback