Gunk Shot (move)
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| Gunk Shot ダストシュート Dust Shoot | ||||||||||||
| The user shoots filthy garbage at the foe to attack. It may also poison the target. | ||||||||||||
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Gunk Shot (Japanese: ダストシュート Dust Shoot) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move, introduced in Generation IV.
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Effect
Gunk Shot deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
Learnset
Generation IV
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 023 | 
| Ekans | Poison | 41 | |
| 024 | 
| Arbok | Poison | 56 | |
| 088 | 
| Grimer | Poison | 44 | |
| 089 | 
| Muk | Poison | 54 | |
| 224 | 
| Octillery | Water | -- | |
| 316 | 
| Gulpin | Poison | 54 | |
| 317 | 
| Swalot | Poison | 66 | |
| 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 move tutor
In Pokémon Platinum
| # | Pokémon | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 023 |
| Ekans | Poison | ||
| 024 |
| Arbok | Poison | ||
| 052 | 
| Meowth | Normal | ||
| 053 | 
| Persian | Normal | ||
| 056 | 
| Mankey | Fighting | ||
| 057 | 
| Primeape | Fighting | ||
| 088 |
| Grimer | Poison | ||
| 089 |
| Muk | Poison | ||
| 143 | 
| Snorlax | Normal | ||
| 151 | 
| Mew | Psychic | ||
| 190 | 
| Aipom | Normal | ||
| 216 | 
| Teddiursa | Normal | ||
| 217 | 
| Ursaring | Normal | ||
| 223 | 
| Remoraid | Water | ||
| 224 |
| Octillery | Water | ||
| 225 | 
| Delibird | Ice | Flying | |
| 226 | 
| Mantine | Water | Flying | |
| 231 | 
| Phanpy | Ground | ||
| 232 | 
| Donphan | Ground | ||
| 263 | 
| Zigzagoon | Normal | ||
| 264 | 
| Linoone | Normal | ||
| 279 | 
| Pelipper | Water | Flying | |
| 287 | 
| Slakoth | Normal | ||
| 288 | 
| Vigoroth | Normal | ||
| 289 | 
| Slaking | Normal | ||
| 316 |
| Gulpin | Poison | ||
| 317 |
| Swalot | Poison | ||
| 392 | 
| Infernape | Fire | Fighting | |
| 413 | 
| Wormadam Trash Cloak | Bug | Steel | |
| 417 | 
| Pachirisu | Electric | ||
| 424 | 
| Ambipom | Normal | ||
| 446 | 
| Munchlax | Normal | ||
| 453 | 
| Croagunk | Poison | Fighting | |
| 454 | 
| Toxicroak | Poison | Fighting | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
Trivia
- Many non-Poison-types can learn this move from the tutor in Platinum. It shares this trait with Seed Bomb, which many non-Grass-types can learn from a tutor.
- Octillery is the only non-Poison-type to learn this move by level up.
- None of the Pokémon that learn this move by level up have a secondary type.
- Croagunk and Toxicroak are the only Poison-types that can learn this move via move tutor that couldn't already learn it by leveling up.
In other languages
- Italian: Sporcolancio
- Spanish: Lanza Mugre
- French: Detri-Canon
- German: Mülltreffer
| Variations on the move Blizzard | |
|---|---|
| Gunk Shot |
| Blizzard | Thunder | Focus Blast |
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |
