Mud Bomb (move)

Mud Bomb どろばくだん Mud Bomb

The user launches a hard-packed mud ball to attack. It may also lower the target's accuracy.

Battles Type  Ground Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  65 Accuracy  85% 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 Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 If appealed last, +2 points.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Mud Bomb on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Mud Bomb on Eevee's Movedex

Mud Bomb (Japanese: どろばくだん Mud Bomb) is a damage-dealing Ground-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Mud Bomb deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the foe's accuracy by one stage.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 023 Ekans Poison 28 024 Arbok Poison 34 050 Diglett Ground 29 051 Dugtrio Ground 33 060 Poliwag Water 41 061 Poliwhirl Water 53 088 Grimer Poison 23 089 Muk Poison 23 194 Wooper Water Ground 19 195 Quagsire Water Ground 19 220 Swinub Ice Ground 20 221 Piloswine Ice Ground 20 259 Marshtomp Water Ground 25 260 Swampert Water Ground 25 339 Barboach Water Ground 14 340 Whiscash Water Ground 14 422 Shellos West Sea Water 11 422 Shellos East Sea Water 11 423 Gastrodon West Sea Water Ground 11 423 Gastrodon East Sea Water Ground 11 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 29 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 29 473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 20 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 050 Diglett Ground Ekans, Arbok Diglett, Dugtrio Wooper, Quagsire Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine 054 Psyduck Water Ekans, Arbok Diglett, Dugtrio Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath Wooper, Quagsire Politoed Swinub, Piloswine Marshtomp, Swampert Shellos, Gastrodon Mamoswine 113 Chansey* Normal Skitty, DelcattyHGSS 258 Mudkip Water Marshtomp, Swampert Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Wooper, Quagsire Shellos, Gastrodon 300 Skitty Normal Ekans, Arbok Diglett, Dugtrio Psyduck, Golduck Wooper, Quagsire Swinub, Piloswine, MamoswineHGSS 322 Numel Fire Ground Ekans, Arbok Diglett, Dugtrio Psyduck, Golduck Wooper, Quagsire Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine 258 Mudkip Water Marshtomp, Swampert Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Wooper, Quagsire Shellos, Gastrodon 440 Happiny* Normal Skitty, DelcattyHGSS 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 the anime

	Muk	Shellos
The user opens its mouth wide and shoots out balls of mud.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Shellos	Shellos opens its mouth and fires multiple balls of brown mud at the opponent.
Zoey's Shellos	A Stand-Up Sit-Down!		Debut
Quagsire	Same as above.
Crasher Wake's Quagsire	A Crasher Course in Power!		None
Muk	Muk opens its mouth wide and shoots out balls of mud.
A group of wild Muk	The Psyduck Stops Here!		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Bomba Fango
• Italian: Pantanobomba

Variations on the move Octazooka
	Octazooka | Mirror Shot | Mud Bomb

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