Poison Gas (move)

Poison Gas どくガス Poison Gas

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  80% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all adjacent foes, but not allies

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.

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

Poison Gas on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Poison Gas on Eevee's Movedex

Poison Gas (Japanese: どくガス Poison Gas) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I to IV

Poison Gas poisons the target and has an accuracy of 55. Poison Gas targets one opponent in Double Battles.

Generation V

Poison Gas's Accuracy is increased to 80 and now targets all opponents in Double Battles and all adjacent opponents in Triple Battles.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	30			--			--			--				--
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	--, 30			--			--			--				--
096		Drowzee	Psychic		Psychic	29			31			31	21	18				17
097		Hypno	Psychic		Psychic	33			33			39	21	18				17
109		Koffing	Poison		Poison	no			--			--			--				--
110		Weezing	Poison		Poison	no			--			--			--				--
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	no			no			9			9				9
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	no			no			--, 9			--, 9				--, 9
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	no			no			no			4				4
435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark	no			no			no			--, 4				--, 4
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison	no			no			no			no				--
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison	no			no			no			no				--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Weezing	Grimer	Koffing
A cloud of poison gas is sprayed in the foe's face.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Koffing	Koffing releases dark green toxic gases from the holes on its body at the opponent.
James's Koffing	The Ghost of Maiden's Peak		Debut Koffing could not legally learn Poison Gas at the time
Weezing	Weezing releases a thick brown toxic gas from its larger mouth at the opponent.
James's Weezing	The Song of Jigglypuff		Weezing could not legally learn Poison Gas at the time
Grimer	Grimer opens its mouth and releases a thick dark green gas from its mouth at the opponent.
A Grimer Dawn used briefly	Camping it Up!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Muk
The user releases a cloud of poisonous gas at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Muk	Muk releases a thick poisonous gas from its mouth at the opponent.
Koga's Muk	Weezing Winks Out		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

• Drowzee's evolutionary family are the only non-Poison-type Pokémon (besides Smeargle) that are able to learn Poison Gas.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 毒瓦斯 Dú Wǎsī Dutch Gifgas Finnish Myrkkykaasu French Gaz Toxik German Giftwolke Greek Δηλητηριώδες Αέριο Hindi ज़ेहेरीली गैस Zehereeli Gas Indonesian Gas Beracun Italian Velenogas Korean 독가스 Dok Gas Portuguese Gás Venenoso Serbian Otrovni Gas Spanish Gas Venenoso

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