Poison Tail (move)

Poison Tail
ポイズンテール Poison Tail

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 Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation III
TM026 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jam	0
Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.

Super Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Clever
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jamming	0
Brings down the energy of any Pokémon that have already used a move this turn.

On Smogon'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. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature move of Seviper. It is TM026 in Generation IX.

Effect

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

Poison Tail can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if the move Focus Energy was used in the prior turn.

Description

Games	Description
RS EColoXD	Has a high critical-hit ratio. May also poison.
FRLG	An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. It may also poison the foe.
DP Pt HGSSPBR	An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. This tail attack may also poison the foe.
BW B2W2	The user hits the target with its tail. It may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP LA	The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
SV	The user hits the target with its tail. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit and may also poison the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
194P		Wooper Paldean Form		Water 1	Field							8
0336		Seviper		Field	Dragon	16	16	16^BW 12^B2W2	12^XY 10^ORAS	9	9^BDSP	9
0543		Venipede		Bug		Bug			19	19	19	12
0544		Whirlipede		Bug		Bug			19	19	19	12
0545		Scolipede		Bug		Bug			19	19	19	12
0690		Skrelp		Water 1	Dragon				23	23	25	25
0691		Dragalge		Water 1	Dragon				23	23	25	25
0706		Goodra		Dragon		Dragon						1	1
0890		Eternatus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered						1	1
0980		Clodsire		Water 1	Field							12
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 TM

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I --	II --	III --	IV --	V --	VI --	VII --	VIII --	IX TM026
0151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							✔
194P		Wooper Paldean Form		Water 1	Field							✔
0206		Dunsparce		Field		Field							✔
0211		Qwilfish		Water 2		Water 2							✔
211H		Qwilfish Hisuian Form		Water 2		Water 2							✔
215H		Sneasel Hisuian Form		Field		Field							✔
0336		Seviper		Field	Dragon							✔
0434		Stunky		Field		Field							✔
0435		Skuntank		Field		Field							✔
0690		Skrelp		Water 1	Dragon							✔
0691		Dragalge		Water 1	Dragon							✔
0706		Goodra		Dragon		Dragon							✔
0757		Salandit		Monster	Dragon							✔
0758		Salazzle		Monster	Dragon							✔
0843		Silicobra		Field	Dragon							✔
0844		Sandaconda		Field	Dragon							✔
0849		Toxtricity Amped Form		Human-Like		Human-Like							✔
849L		Toxtricity Low Key Form		Human-Like		Human-Like							✔
0890		Eternatus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							✔
0903		Sneasler		Field		Field							✔
0904		Overqwil		Water 2		Water 2							✔
0945		Grafaiai		Field		Field							✔
0980		Clodsire		Water 1	Field							✔
0982		Dudunsparce		Field		Field							✔
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0023		Ekans		Field	Dragon		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
0029		Nidoran♀		Monster	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
0032		Nidoran♂		Monster	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
0207		Gligar		Bug		Bug			✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
0451		Skorupi		Bug	Water 3			✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
0621		Druddigon		Dragon	Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔
0704		Goomy		Dragon		Dragon				✔	✔
0843		Silicobra		Field	Dragon						✔	✔
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 other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Poison Tail is a move with 10 base power, 88% accuracy and 17 PP. The user attacks enemy in front of them, possibly inflicting poison. The move has increased critical-hit raito.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move's PP has been decreased to 15.

Pokémon Conquest


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Stars: ★★

Power: 29

Accuracy: 100%

Effect: Has a 10% chance of poisoning each target and an increased critical hit ratio.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon Masters EX

Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description	Playable Users
Physical	2	—	38	45	100%	An opponent	—	Critical hits land more easily. Has a chance (10%) of leaving the target poisoned.	Roxie & Whirlipede/Scolipede Scottie/Bettie & Strike/Support Nidoran♀/Nidorina/Nidoqueen ^Egg Scottie/Bettie & Strike/Support Ekans/Arbok ^Egg

Description prior to Version 2.10.0*: Critical hits land more easily. Has a very small chance of leaving the target poisoned.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Poison Tail

★★★
Attack power	57.15929
Charge time	0.98 seconds
Range type	Dash
Number of hits	1
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	3%
Additional effect	May poison the foe

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Inflicts damage on the target. It may also leave the target poisoned. It has a high critical-hit rate.
MDTD S	Inflicts damage on the target. It may also afflict the targeted enemy with a Poisoned status condition, which causes periodic damage. It has a high critical-hit rate.
BSL	てきポケモンにダメージをあたえるしかもいっていのかくりつでどくじょうたいにかえるきゅうしょにあたりやすい
Conq.	An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. This tail attack may also poison the target.
MDGtI	It damages an enemy. It could also cause the Poisoned status condition. With the Poisoned status, the enemy keeps taking damage and can't restore its HP naturally.
SMD	It could make an enemy poisoned. It has a high critical-hit rate.* It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy poisoned. It has a high critical-hit rate.*

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Seviper Scolipede Sean's father's Scolipede
Part of the user's tail glows purple and it then hits the opponent with it. This may also poison the opponent.
User	First Used In	Notes
	The dagger part of Seviper's tail glows purple and Seviper hits the opponent with it. On occasion, this will poison the opponent.
Jessie's Seviper	A Tail with a Twist	Debut
Lucy's Seviper	Queen of the Serpentine!	None
	Scolipede's tails glow purple and Scolipede hits the opponent with them.
Sean's father's Scolipede	Battling the Bully!	None
A wild Scolipede	Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!	None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Seviper
The user stabs the opponent with its poisonous tail.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Seviper stabs the opponent with the tip of its tail.
Lucy's Seviper	Swanky Showdown with Swalot	Debut

Pokémon Battle Frontier

Pokémon	Method
Seviper
The user attacks the opponent with its poisonous tail.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Seviper jabs the opponent with its tail.
Lucy's Seviper	The Predestined Battle!	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

Goomy cannot learn Poison Tail through TM in Generation IX, despite learning it through breeding in Generations VI and VII.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	毒尾 Duhkméih
Chinese	Mandarin	毒尾 Dúwěi
Dutch		Gifstaart
Finnish		Myrkkyhäntä
French		Queue-Poison
German		Giftschweif
Greek		Δηλητηριώδης Ουρά
Hindi		ज़हरीली पूँछ Zehreeli Poonch
Indonesian		Ekor Beracun
Italian		Velenocoda
Korean		포이즌테일 Poijeunteil
Polish		Trujący Ogon* Trujące Żądło* Trujące Ukłucie*
Portuguese		Cauda Venenosa
Romanian		Coada Otrăvitoare
Serbian		Otrovni Rep
Spanish	Latin America	Cola Venenosa
Spanish	Spain	Cola Veneno
Turkish		Zehirli Kuyruk
Vietnamese		Đuôi Độc

Variations of the move Karate Chop

Karate Chop • Poison Tail

Generation IX TMs
SV
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Added in SV 2.0.1
172 • 173 • 174 • 175 • 176 • 177 • 178 • 179 • 180 • 181 • 182 • 183 • 184 • 185 • 186 187 • 188 • 189 • 190 • 191 • 192 • 193 • 194 • 195 • 196 • 197 • 198 • 199 • 200 • 201
Added in SV 3.0.0
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Poison Tail (move)

Contents

Effect

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Pokémon Conquest

Pokémon Masters EX

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Description

In the anime

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Battle Frontier

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

In other languages

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