Acid Downpour (move)

Acid Downpour アシッドポイズンデリート Acid Poison Delete

Battles Type  Poison Category  Varies PP  — (max. —) Power  Varies Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Acid Downpour (Japanese: アシッドポイズンデリート Acid Poison Delete) is a damage-dealing Poison-type Z-Move introduced in Generation VII.

Effect

Generation VII

Acid Downpour inflicts damage. Its power and whether it is a special or physical move depends on the move it is based on.

Base move Power Cat. Acid 100 Special Acid Spray 100 Special Belch 190 Special Clear Smog 100 Special Cross Poison 140 Physical Gunk Shot 190 Physical Poison Fang 100 Physical Poison Jab 160 Physical Poison Sting 100 Physical Poison Tail 100 Physical Sludge 120 Special Sludge Bomb 175 Special Sludge Wave 175 Special Smog 100 Special Venoshock 120 Special

Generation VIII

Acid Downpour cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SMUSUM The user creates a poisonous swamp using its Z-Power and sinks the target into it at full force. The power varies, depending on the original move. SwShBDSPLA This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

Any non-Mega Evolved, non-Primal Pokémon can use Acid Downpour if it knows a damaging Poison-type move, holds a Poisonium Z, and if its Trainer wears a Z-Ring^SM or Z-Power Ring^USUM.

In other games

Pokémon Masters EX

Name	Action Class	Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description	Playable Users
Wicked Enforcer Acid Downpour	Sync move	Special	—	—	250	300	—	An opponent	—	No additional effect.	Plumeria & Salazzle

Appearance

Pose

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Acid Downpour is one of the few Z-Moves that didn't make any appearance in the Pokémon Sun & Moon anime.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 強酸劇毒滅絕雨 Kèuhngsyūn-Kehkduhk Mihtjyuhtyúh Mandarin 強酸劇毒滅絕雨 / 强酸剧毒灭绝雨 Qiángsuān-Jùdú Mièjuéyǔ French Déluge Causti-Toxique German Vernichtender Säureregen Italian Acidiluvio Corrosivo Korean 애시드포이즌딜리트 Aesideupoijeundilliteu Spanish Diluvio Corrosivo

Type-based Z-Moves
Breakneck Blitz • All-Out Pummeling • Supersonic Skystrike • Acid Downpour • Tectonic Rage Continental Crush • Savage Spin-Out • Never-Ending Nightmare • Corkscrew Crash Inferno Overdrive • Hydro Vortex • Bloom Doom • Gigavolt Havoc • Shattered Psyche Subzero Slammer • Devastating Drake • Black Hole Eclipse • Twinkle Tackle
Species-based Z-Moves
Catastropika • 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt • Stoked Sparksurfer • Extreme Evoboost Pulverizing Pancake • Genesis Supernova • Sinister Arrow Raid • Malicious Moonsault Oceanic Operetta • Splintered Stormshards • Let's Snuggle Forever • Clangorous Soulblaze Guardian of Alola • Searing Sunraze Smash • Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom Light That Burns the Sky • Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.