Poison Gas (move)

Poison Gas どくガス Poison Gas

A cloud of poison gas is sprayed in the foe's face. It may poison the target.

Battles Type  Poison Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  55% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

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

Poison Gas poisons the target. Poison Gas cannot poison the target if it has a Substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is a Poison- or Steel-type.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 088 Grimer Poison 30 089 Muk Poison -- 30 096 Drowzee Psychic 29 097 Hypno Psychic 33 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 088 Grimer Poison -- 089 Muk Poison -- 096 Drowzee Psychic 31 097 Hypno Psychic 33 109 Koffing Poison -- 110 Weezing Poison -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 088 Grimer Poison -- 089 Muk Poison -- 096 Drowzee Psychic 31RSE 096 Drowzee Psychic 21FRLG 097 Hypno Psychic 39RSE 097 Hypno Psychic 21FRLG 109 Koffing Poison -- 110 Weezing Poison -- 316 Gulpin Poison 9 317 Swalot Poison -- 9 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 088 Grimer Poison -- 089 Muk Poison -- 096 Drowzee Psychic 18 097 Hypno Psychic 18 109 Koffing Poison -- 110 Weezing Poison -- 316 Gulpin Poison 9 317 Swalot Poison -- 9 434 Stunky Poison Dark 4 435 Skuntank Poison Dark -- 4 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 anime

	Grimer
A cloud of poison gas is sprayed in the foe's face.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Koffing	Koffing releases toxic gases from the holes on its body.
James's Koffing	The Ghost of Maiden's Peak		Debut
Grimer	Grimer releases a toxic gas from its mouth.
A Grimer Dawn trained briefly	Camping it Up!		None

In other languages

• French: Gaz Toxik
• German: Giftwolke
• Hindi: Zehereeli Gas
• Spanish: Gas Venenoso
• Italian: Velenogas

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