Poison Tail (move)

Poison Tail ポイズンテール Poison Tail

An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. This tail attack may also poison the foe.

Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  50 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 III 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  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

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

Poison Tail (Japanese: ポイズンテール Poison Tail) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of Seviper.

Effect

Poison Tail deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. It has a 10% chance of poisoning the target.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 336 Seviper Poison 16 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 336 Seviper Poison 16 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 023 Ekans Poison Seviper 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

	Seviper
An attack with a high critical-hit ratio.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Seviper	The end part of Seviper's tail glows purple and Seviper hits the opponent with it.
Jessie's Seviper	A Tail with a Twist		Debut
Lucy's Seviper	Queen of the Serpentine!		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Cola Veneno
• Latin American Spanish dub: Cola Venenosa
• Italian: Velenocoda
• Dutch: Gifstaart
• European Portuguese: Cauda Venenosa

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