Poison Jab (move)

Poison Jab どくづき Poison Stab

The foe is stabbed with a tentacle or arm steeped in poison. It may also poison the foe.

Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes 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 TM84 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Increases judge's voltage by 2

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

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

Poison Jab (Japanese: どくづき Poison Stab) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Poison Jab inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	37
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		37
033		Nidorino	Poison		43
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	33
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	36
078		Rapidash	Fire		--
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	--
119		Seaking	Water		--
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	43
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	50
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	49
336		Seviper	Poison		52
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	38
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	41
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock	--
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	--
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 TM84

#		Pokémon	Type
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison
023		Ekans	Poison
024		Arbok	Poison
027		Sandshrew	Ground
028		Sandslash	Ground
029		Nidoran♀	Poison
030		Nidorina	Poison
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground
032		Nidoran♂	Poison
033		Nidorino	Poison
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground
056		Mankey	Fighting
057		Primeape	Fighting
066		Machop	Fighting
067		Machoke	Fighting
068		Machamp	Fighting
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison
078		Rapidash	Fire
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying
088		Grimer	Poison
089		Muk	Poison
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock
118		Goldeen	Water
119		Seaking	Water
150		Mewtwo	Psychic
151		Mew	Psychic
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison
206		Dunsparce	Normal
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice
232		Donphan	Ground
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting
296		Makuhita	Fighting
297		Hariyama	Fighting
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark
331		Cacnea	Grass
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark
335		Zangoose	Normal
336		Seviper	Poison
386		Deoxys Normal Forme	Psychic
386		Deoxys Attack Forme	Psychic
386		Deoxys Defense Forme	Psychic
386		Deoxys Speed Forme	Psychic
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting
407		Roserade	Grass	Poison
435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground
447		Riolu	Fighting
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting
461		Weavile	Dark	Ice
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock
465		Tangrowth	Grass
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting
491		Darkrai	Dark
493		Arceus	Water
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
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	Beedrill Spinarak, Ariados Gliscor
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	Seaking Qwilfish
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

Roserade	Croagunk	Toxicroak	Tangrowth
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Croagunk	Croagunk's fingertips glow purple and it jabs its target.
Brock's Croagunk	Gymbaliar!		Debut
Toxicroak	Toxicroak's claw glows purple and it jabs its target.
Saturn's Toxicroak	Losing Its Lustrous!		None
Roserade	Roserade's flowers glow purple and it throws a series of quick punches at its target.
Barry's Roserade	Barry's Busting Out All Over!		None
Tangrowth	Both of Tangrowth's entire arms glow purple and it throws a series of quick hits at its target.
Wild Tangrowth	DP134		None

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Injeção Venenosa
• French: Direct Toxik
• Spanish: Puya Nociva
• Italian: Velenpuntura
• German: Gifthieb
• Dutch: Gifstoot

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