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 Steel 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	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None

In other languages

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

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