Malignant Chain (move)

Malignant Chain じゃどくのくさり Noxious Chain

Battles Type  Poison Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IX Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Malignant Chain (Japanese: じゃどくのくさり Noxious Chain) is a Poison-type damage-dealing move introduced during Generation IX, in The Indigo Disk (though it was not made available until the release of Mochi Mayhem). It is the signature move of Pecharunt.

Effect

Malignant Chain inflicts damage and has a 50% chance of badly poisoning the target.

Description

Games Description SV The user pours toxins into the target by wrapping them in a toxic, corrosive chain. This may also leave the target badly poisoned.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IX
						SV
1025		Pecharunt		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	48
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 Masters EX

Name	Category	Move gauge cost	MP (uses)	Base power	Max power	Accuracy	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair(s)
Malignant Chain	Special	4	—	200	240	100%	An opponent	—	Has a chance (50%) of leaving the target badly poisoned.	Sygna Suit Carmine & Pecharunt
Buddy move
Corrosive Malignant Chain	Special	2	1	400	480	—%	All opponents	Sure Hit	Activation Condition: When the user uses any move once. Deactivation Condition: Cannot be deactivated. Never misses. Leaves the target badly poisoned. Leaves the target confused. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets.	Sygna Suit Carmine & Pecharunt
Sync move
Name	Category	State		Base power	Max power	Target		Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair
Teach 'Em Who's Better Malignant Chain	Special	Default		250	300	An opponent		—	No additional effect.	Sygna Suit Carmine & Pecharunt
		6★ EX				All opponents
		6★ EX with EX role							The first time the user's sync move is used each battle, the sync move countdown is reduced by three.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	邪毒鎖鏈 Chèhduhk Sólihn
	Mandarin	邪毒鎖鏈 / 邪毒锁链 Xiédú Suǒliàn
French		Chaîne Malsaine
German		Giftkettung
Italian		Intossicatena
Korean		악독사슬 Akdok Saseul
Spanish		Cadena Virulenta

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