Gunk Shot (move)

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.

Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  70% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make 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 Move tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0

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

Gunk Shot on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Gunk Shot on Eevee's Movedex

Gunk Shot (Japanese: ダストシュート Dust Shoot) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation IV.

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, HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   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

• Dutch: Slijmschot
• Italian: Sporcolancio
• Spanish: Lanza Mugre
• French: Detri-Canon
• German: Mülltreffer

Variations on the move Blizzard
	Gunk Shot
	Blizzard | Thunder | Focus Blast

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