Poison Sting (move)
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Poison Sting どくばり Poison Needle | ||||||||||||
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Poison Sting (Japanese: どくばり Poison Needle) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Poison Sting inflicts damage and has a 30% 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 or Steel-type.
Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||||
013 | ![]() |
Weedle | Bug | Poison | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | ||||||
023 | ![]() |
Ekans | Poison | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | '''' | |||||||
024 | ![]() |
Arbok | Poison | --, 10 | --, 9 | --, 8 | --, 4 | --, 4 | '''' | |||||||
027 | ![]() |
Sandshrew | Ground | 24 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 9 | ' | |||||||
028 | ![]() |
Sandslash | Ground | 27 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 9 | ' | |||||||
029 | ![]() |
Nidoran♀ | Poison | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 | '''' | ||||||
030 | ![]() |
Nidorina | Poison | 14 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 13 | '''' | ||||||
031 | ![]() |
Nidoqueen | Poison | Ground | 14 | 19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | |||||
032 | ![]() |
Nidoran♂ | Poison | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 | '''' | ||||||
033 | ![]() |
Nidorino | Poison | 14 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 13 | '''' | ||||||
034 | ![]() |
Nidoking | Poison | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | ||||||
072 | ![]() |
Tentacool | Water | Poison | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | ||||||
073 | ![]() |
Tentacruel | Water | Poison | --, 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | ||||||
167 | ![]() |
Spinarak | Bug | Poison | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | |||||||
168 | ![]() |
Ariados | Bug | Poison | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | |||||||
207 | ![]() |
Gligar | Ground | Flying | -- | -- | -- | -- | ' | |||||||
211 | ![]() |
Qwilfish | Water | Poison | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | |||||||
265 | ![]() |
Wurmple | Bug | 5 | 5 | 5 | ''' | |||||||||
315 | ![]() |
Roselia | Grass | Poison | 9 | 7 | 7 | '''' | ||||||||
331 | ![]() |
Cacnea | Grass | -- | -- | -- | ' | |||||||||
332 | ![]() |
Cacturne | Grass | Dark | -- | -- | -- | ' | ||||||||
407 | ![]() |
Roserade | Grass | Poison | -- | -- | '''' | |||||||||
416 | ![]() |
Vespiquen | Bug | Flying | 3 | 3 | ' | |||||||||
451 | ![]() |
Skorupi | Poison | Bug | -- | -- | '''' | |||||||||
452 | ![]() |
Drapion | Poison | Dark | -- | -- | '''' | |||||||||
453 | ![]() |
Croagunk | Poison | Fighting | 8 | 8 | '''' | |||||||||
454 | ![]() |
Toxicroak | Poison | Fighting | --, 8 | --, 8 | '''' | |||||||||
543 | ![]() |
Venipede | Bug | Poison | 5 | '''' | ||||||||||
544 | ![]() |
Whirlipede | Bug | Poison | --, 5 | '''' | ||||||||||
545 | ![]() |
Scolipede | Bug | Poison | --, 5 | '''' | ||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Type | Father | |||||||
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V | VI | |||||||||
595 | ![]() |
Joltik | Bug | Electric | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In the anime
The foe is stabbed with a poisonous barb of some sort. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
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Weedle jumps at the opponent with its stinger pointed at it and stabs it. | ||
A wild Weedle | Challenge of the Samurai | Debut | |
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Beedrill stabs the opponent with its body stinger. | ||
Multiple wild Beedrill | Challenge of the Samurai | None | |
Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill | The Fourth Round Rumble | None | |
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Arbok open its mouth and fires multiple white or purple darts from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Jessie's Arbok | The Flame Pokémon-athon! | None | |
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Tentacruel stabs the opponent with the large blue beak on its face, or Tentacruel fires multiple white or purple darts from under its beak at the opponent, or the middle orb on Tentacruel's forehead glows purple and it fires multiple purple darts from it at the opponent. | ||
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 | |
A Coordinator's Tentacruel | A Cacturne for the Worse | None | |
Multiple wild Tentacruel | The Brockster Is In! | None | |
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Gligar points the large stinger at the end of its tail at 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 | |
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Sandslash rolls into a ball and spins around quickly, firing white needles from out of the quills on its back at the opponent. | ||
Koji's Sandslash | Good 'Quil Hunting | None | |
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Spinarak fires multiple white needles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Bugsy's Spinarak | Gettin' the Bugs Out | None | |
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Nidorina fires multiple white darts from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Whitney's Nidorina | A Goldenrod Opportunity | None | |
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Venonat jumps into the air and spins around quickly, releasing multiple white needles from its body at the opponent. | ||
Aya's Venonat | Ariados, Amigos | None | |
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Dustox opens its mouth and white or purple darts are fired from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Jessie's Dustox | Seeing is Believing! | None | |
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Cacturne fires multiple white or purple darts from the middle hole of its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Harley's Cacturne | A Cacturne for the Worse | None | |
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Ariados fires multiple purple needles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Multiple wild Ariados | Following a Maiden's Voyage! | None | |
Multiple wild Ariados | Historical Mystery Tour! | None | |
Multiple wild Ariados | SS024 | None | |
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Croagunk fires multiple purple darts from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Brock's Croagunk | Gymbaliar! | None | |
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Drapion opens its mouth and fires multiple purple darts from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
J's Drapion | Mutiny in the Bounty! | None | |
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Nidoran♂ opens its mouth and fires multiple purple darts from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A wild Nidoran♂ | Leading a Stray! | None | |
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Whirlipede jumps into the air and spins its body quickly. It then fires multiple glowing purple darts from in between its antennae at the opponent. | ||
Burgh's Whirlipede | Battling For The Love of Bug-Types! | None | |
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Scolipede releases a spray of multiple purple darts from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Emmanuel's Scolipede | Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
The user strikes the opponent with a sharpened body part. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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The tip of Arbok's tail turns into a horn-like object and it stabs the opponent with it. | ||
Agatha's Arbok | Weezing Winks Out | Debut | |
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Qwilfish sucks up water until its body grows to a massive size. It then points the spines on the top of its head at the opponent and fires multiple thin energy beams from its spines at the opponent. | ||
Crys's Qwilfish | Querulous Qwilfish | None |
In other generations
In other languages
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