Cotton Spore (move)

Cotton Spore (Japanese: わたほうし Cotton Spore) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Cotton Spore lowers the target's Speed stat by two stat levels. It will fail if the target's Speed stat has reached a stat level of -six or a value of 1, if the target has a Substitute, or is under the effect of Mist.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0179 Mareep Electric 23 0180 Flaaffy Electric 27 0181 Ampharos Electric 27 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 25 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 29 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 33 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 0179 Mareep Electric 23 0180 Flaaffy Electric 27 0181 Ampharos Electric 27 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 25 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 29 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 33 0331 Cacnea Grass 41 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 47 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0315 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Cacnea, Cacturne

|- | colspan="6" | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0179 Mareep Electric 19 0180 Flaaffy Electric 20 0181 Ampharos Electric 20 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 28 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 32 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 32 0331 Cacnea Grass 49 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 59 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0315 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Cacnea, Cacturne |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0406 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Budew
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Cacnea, Cacturne

|- | colspan="6" | 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

File:Cspore2.png Cacturne
The user releases cottonlike spores that cling to the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Cacturne releases multiple fluffy, white cottonballs from its mouth that float around the opponent.
Harley's Cacturne	A Hurdle for Squirtle		Debut

Trivia

• No Pokémon introduced in Generation IV can learn Cotton Spore by level up, and only Budew can learn it by other methods, in this case by breeding.

In other languages

• German: Baumwollsaat
• Italian: Cottonspora
• Spanish: Esporagodón
• French: Spore Coton
• Portuguese (Brazilian animé): Sementes de algodão

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