Poison Sting (move)

Poison Sting どくばり Poison Needle

The foe is stabbed with a poisonous barb of some sort. It may also poison the target.

Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  35 (max. 56) Power  15 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not 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  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appeals before the user.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

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

Poison Sting (Japanese: どくばり Poison Needle) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Poison Sting inflicts damage and has a 19.9% chance of poisoning the target. Poison Sting cannot poison the target if it has a Substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is a Poison-type.

Generation II and on

Same as Generation I with a 20% chance of poisoning all Pokémon except Poison-types and Steel-types.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 013 Weedle Bug Poison -- 023 Ekans Poison 10 024 Arbok Poison -- 10 027 Sandshrew Ground 24 028 Sandslash Ground 27 029 Nidoran♀ Poison 14RGB 029 Nidoran♀ Poison 17Y 030 Nidorina Poison 14RGB 030 Nidorina Poison 19Y 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 14RGB 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 19Y 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 14RGB 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 17Y 033 Nidorino Poison 14RGB 033 Nidorino Poison 17Y 034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 072 Tentacool Water Poison 18 073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 18 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 013 Weedle Bug Poison -- 023 Ekans Poison 9 024 Arbok Poison -- 9 027 Sandshrew Ground 17 028 Sandslash Ground 17 029 Nidoran♀ Poison 17 030 Nidorina Poison 19 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 17 033 Nidorino Poison 19 034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 072 Tentacool Water Poison -- 073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 167 Spinarak Bug Poison -- 168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 207 Gligar Ground Flying -- 211 Qwilfish Water 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 013 Weedle Bug Poison -- 023 Ekans Poison 8 024 Arbok Poison -- 8 027 Sandshrew Ground 17 028 Sandslash Ground 17 029 Nidoran♀ Poison 17 030 Nidorina Poison 18 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 17 033 Nidorino Poison 18 034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 072 Tentacool Water Poison -- 073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 167 Spinarak Bug Poison -- 168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 207 Gligar Ground Flying -- 211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- 265 Wurmple Bug 5 315 Roselia Grass Poison 9 331 Cacnea Grass -- 332 Cacturne Grass Dark -- 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 013 Weedle Bug Poison -- 023 Ekans Poison 4 024 Arbok Poison -- 4 027 Sandshrew Ground 9 028 Sandslash Ground 9 029 Nidoran♀ Poison 13 030 Nidorina Poison 13 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 13 033 Nidorino Poison 13 034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 072 Tentacool Water Poison -- 073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 167 Spinarak Bug Poison -- 168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 207 Gligar Ground Flying -- 211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- 265 Wurmple Bug 5 315 Roselia Grass Poison 7 331 Cacnea Grass -- 332 Cacturne Grass Dark -- 407 Roserade Grass Poison -- 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 3 451 Skorupi Poison Bug -- 452 Drapion Poison Dark -- 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 8 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting -- 8 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

Croagunk	Arbok	Dustox
The foe is stabbed with a poisonous barb of some sort.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Weedle	Weedle jumps at the foe with its stinger pointed at it.
A wild Weedle	Challenge of the Samurai		Debut
Beedrill	Beedrill stabs at the foe with it's body stinger.
Multiple wild Beedrill	Challenge of the Samurai		None
Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill	The Fourth Round Rumble		None
Arbok	Arbok open its mouth and multiple white or purple darts are shot at the opponent in rapid succession.
Jessie's Arbok	The Flame Pokémon-athon!		None
Tentacruel	Tentacruel stabs the opponent with its large blue beak on its face, or it fires multiple white darts in rapid sucession from under its beak.
Marina's Tentacruel	Bye Bye Psyduck		None
Captain Crook's Tentacruel	Viva Las Lapras		None
Kim's Tentacruel	Cerulean Blues		None
Kail's Tentacruel	Cerulean Blues		None
Kai's Tentacruel	Cerulean Blues		None
Gligar	Gligar points the large stinger at the end of its tail toward the opponent and it starts to glow white. Multiple white needles are then shot at the opponent from the stinger.
Gligarman's Gligar	The Superhero Secret		None
Sandslash	Sandslash rolls into a ball and spins around quickly, shooting white needles from out of its quills.
Koji's Sandslash	Good 'Quil Hunting		None
Spinarak	Spinarak shoots multiple white needles from its mouth.
Bugsy's Spinarak	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
Nidorina	Nidorina fires multiple white darts from its mouth toward the opponent.
Whitney's Nidorina	A Goldenrod Opportunity		None
Venonat	Venonat jumps into the air, spins around quickly and releases multiple white needles towards the opponent.
Aya's Venonat	Ariados, Amigos		None
Dustox	Dustox opens its mouth and white or purple darts are shot at the opponent.
Jessie's Dustox	Seeing is Believing!		None
Cacturne	Cacturne fires white darts that directly hit the foe.
Harley's Cacturne	A Cacturne for the Worse		None
Ariados	Same as below.
Multiple wild Ariados	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Multiple wild Ariados	DP140		None
Croagunk	Croagunk opens its mouth and purple darts are shot at the opponent.
Brock's Croagunk	Gymbaliar!		None
Drapion	Drapion opens its mouth and purple darts are shot at the opponent.
J's Drapion	Mutiny in the Bounty!		None
Nidoran ♂	Nidoran ♂ opens its mouth and purple darts are shot at the opponent.
A wild Nidoran ♂	Leading a Stray!		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Picotazo Ven.
• French: Dard Venin
• German: Giftstachel ("Poison Spikes")
• Hindi: Zehereeli Sui
• Italian: Velenospina
• Norwegian: Giftangrep ("Poison Attack")
• Dutch: Gifangel ("Poison Stinger")

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