Effect Spore (Ability)

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Generation III
Leaves spores on contact.
Generation IV
Contact may paralyze, poison, or cause sleep.
Generation V
Currently unknown
Generation VI
Currently unknown
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Effect Spore (Japanese: ほうし Spore) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Four Pokémon have this ability, all of them Template:Type2. Interestingly, all the Pokémon who can learn Spore can have this ability, as well as being based around mushrooms, with exception of Smeargle.

Effect

In battle

Effect Spore may inflict the foe with a status problem if they make contact. It has a 10% chance of inducing either Paralysis, Sleep or Poison on the opponent when hit with a move that makes contact.

Outside of battle

Effect Spore has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Effect Spore

Single ability

As of Generation IV, no Pokémon have Effect Spore as their only ability.

Dual ability

# Pokémon Type Other ability

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other languages

German: Sporenwirt