Gunk Shot (move)

Gunk Shot ダストシュート Dust Shoot

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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 King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to 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

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	41				49
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	56				63
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	44				49
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	54				58
224		Octillery	Water		Water	--				--
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	54				59
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	66				73
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison	no				45
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison	no				54
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
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	no
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	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 move tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison						✔	✔
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison						✔	✔
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
053		Persian	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting						✔	✔
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting						✔	✔
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison						✔	✔
089		Muk	Poison		Poison						✔	✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
223		Remoraid	Water		Water						✔	✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water						✔	✔
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying						✔	✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying						✔	✔
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground						✔	✔
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground						✔	✔
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying						✔	✔
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison						✔	✔
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison						✔	✔
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire						✔	✔
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting						✔	✔
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting						✔	✔
413		Wormadam Trash Cloak	Bug	Steel						✔	✔
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric						✔	✔
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting						✔	✔
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting						✔	✔
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 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting Dream World - Rugged Mountain 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 manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Octillery
The user shoots a huge blast of gunk at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Octillery	Octillery takes in a deep breath and fires a tremendously powerful blast of ink from its mouth at the opponent.
Saturn's Octillery	VS. Octillery		Debut

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)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Many non-Poison-type Pokémon can learn this move from the tutor in Platinum. It shares this trait with Seed Bomb, which many non-Grass-type Pokémon can learn from a tutor.
• Octillery is the only non-Poison-type Pokémon to learn this move by level up.
• None of the Pokémon that learn this move by level up have a secondary type.
• It has the highest base power of all Poison-type moves.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 灰塵射擊 Huī​chén​ Shè​jī​ Dutch Slijmschot French Détricanon German Mülltreffer Greek Βολή Λιπαντικού Italian Sporcolancio Korean 더스트슈트 Dust Shoot Spanish Lanza Mugre

Variations of the move Blizzard
Gunk Shot Blizzard • Focus Blast • Thunder • Hurricane

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