Corrosion (Ability)

Corrosion	ふしょく
	Corrosion
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII The Pokémon can poison the target even if it's a Steel or Poison type. Generation VIII The Pokémon can poison the target even if it's a Steel or Poison type.

Corrosion (Japanese: ふしょく Corrosion) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Salandit and Salazzle.

Effect

In battle

Corrosion allows the user to inflict poison on any Pokémon regardless of type, allowing them to poison Poison and Steel-type Pokémon. However, the user cannot conventionally poison the target with a physical move or a special move, and can only be conventionally done with a status move that inflicts poison.

If a Poison- or Steel-type Pokémon with Corrosion holds a Toxic Orb, it will badly poison itself. A Pokémon with Corrosion can poison Poison-type and Steel-type Pokémon if it uses Fling while holding a Toxic Orb or a Poison Barb.

This Ability has no effect on Toxic Spikes. It does not allow the Pokémon with this Ability to poison a Pokémon with Immunity. Corrosion does not allow the Pokémon with this Ability to damage Steel-type Pokémon with Poison-type moves.

If the Pokémon with this Ability uses a move, and that move gets reflected by the target due to Magic Coat or Magic Bounce, the reflected move will not be able to poison Steel- or Poison-type Pokémon. If a Poison- or Steel-type Pokémon with this Ability poisons a target with Synchronize, Synchronize will not be able to affect the Pokémon with this Ability.

If the Pokémon with this Ability uses Magic Coat to reflect a status move that inflicts poison, the reflected move will be able to poison Steel- or Poison-type Pokémon.

Outside of battle

Corrosion has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Corrosion

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Salandit	Poison	Fire	Corrosion	None	Oblivious
	Salazzle	Poison	Fire	Corrosion	None	Oblivious
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation VIII games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 腐蝕 Fuhsihk Mandarin 腐蝕 / 腐蚀 Fǔshí French Corrosion German Korrosion Italian Corrosione Korean 부식 Busik Portuguese Corrosão Russian Коррозия Korroziya Spanish Corrosión Vietnamese Ăn Mòn

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