Acid Armor (move)

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Acid Armor
とける Liquefy
Acid Armor IX.png
Type  Poison
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  0
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Self: Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.

Acid Armor (Japanese: とける Liquefy) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I to V

Acid Armor increases the user's Defense by two stages.

Generation VI onward

Acid Armor's PP was changed from 40 to 20.

If powered up by a Poisonium Z into Z-Acid Armor, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Category  Status
PP  20
Agile Strong
Power  —  —  —
Accuracy  —%  —%  —%
Action speed modifier
Self  -3  -4  +5
Target  ?  ?  ?
Additional effect
Turns  5  4  7
   ?  ?
   ?  ?
Raises the user's defensive stats

Invisibility

In Generation I only, Acid Armor appears to make user invisible for the duration of the current battle, although this has no effect in gameplay. The user's sprite disappears if the battle animations are active, unless the move fails because the user's Defense has already been raised six stages.

The invisible Pokémon becomes visible again if it uses Minimize (turning into a small Minimize sprite), Substitute (being replaced by a Substitute), or Transform (being transformed into the same species as the target), or after it faints, switches out, or the battle ends. It also remains visible in the summary.

If a Pokémon with an active Substitute uses Acid Armor, the Substitute becomes invisible. However, the Pokémon will appear visible once it uses any move (because the visible Pokémon appears from behind the Substitute to use the move), and the Substitute becomes visible at this point as well. The Pokémon also appears visible if the Substitute breaks.

If a Pokémon uses Transform on an invisible target, the invisibility is ignored and the user will become a visible copy of the target.

Description

Games Description
StadStad2 Melts the user's body for protection. A move that sharply raises Defense.
GSC Sharply raises the user's Defense.
RSEColoXD Liquifies the user's body to sharply raise Defense.
FRLG The user alters its cells to liquefy itself and sharply raise Defense.
DPPtHGSSPBR
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSP
The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, sharply raising its Defense stat.
LA The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, raising its defensive stats.
SV The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, sharply boosting its Defense stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0072 Tentacool WaterIC Big.png
PoisonIC Big.png
Water 3 Water 3 32 32 34 32
0073 Tentacruel WaterIC Big.png
PoisonIC Big.png
Water 3 Water 3 34 34 34 34
0088 Grimer PoisonIC Big.png Amorphous Amorphous 55 40 34 39 39BW
40B2W2
40XY
43ORAS
43 42 43 43
0088 Grimer
Grimer
Alolan Form
PoisonIC Big.png
DarkIC Big.png
Amorphous Amorphous 43 42 43
0089 Muk PoisonIC Big.png Amorphous Amorphous 60 45 34 44 42BW
43B2W2
43XY
46ORAS
46 48 46 46
0089 Muk
Muk
Alolan Form
PoisonIC Big.png
DarkIC Big.png
Amorphous Amorphous 46 48 46
0134 Vaporeon WaterIC Big.png Field Field 42RGB
47Y
47 47 64 64BW
29B2W2
29 29 24 45 45 45
0489 Phione WaterIC Big.png Water 1 Fairy 31 31 31 31 31 19 31
0490 Manaphy WaterIC Big.png Water 1 Fairy 31 31 31 31 31 19 31
0582 Vanillite IceIC Big.png Mineral Mineral 31 31 31 32
0583 Vanillish IceIC Big.png Mineral Mineral 31 31 31 32
0584 Vanilluxe IceIC Big.png Mineral Mineral 31 31 31 32
0593 Jellicent
Jellicent
All forms
WaterIC Big.png
GhostIC Big.png
Amorphous Amorphous 1
0615 Cryogonal IceIC Big.png Mineral Mineral 29 29 17 52 52
0616 Shelmet BugIC Big.png Bug Bug 32 32 32 24
0617 Accelgor BugIC Big.png Bug Bug 1
0704 Goomy DragonIC Big.png Dragon Dragon 11
0705 Sliggoo DragonIC Big.png Dragon Dragon 1
0705 Sliggoo
Sliggoo
Hisuian Form
SteelIC Big.png
DragonIC Big.png
Dragon Dragon 11
0706 Goodra
Goodra
Hisuian Form
SteelIC Big.png
DragonIC Big.png
Dragon Dragon 11
0808 Meltan SteelIC Big.png No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 36 32
0809 Melmetal SteelIC Big.png No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 36 32
0868 Milcery FairyIC Big.png Fairy Amorphous 30 30
0869 Alcremie
Alcremie
All forms
FairyIC Big.png Fairy Amorphous 30 30
0969 Glimmet RockIC Big.png
PoisonIC Big.png
Mineral Mineral 41
0970 Glimmora RockIC Big.png
PoisonIC Big.png
Mineral Mineral 44
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 Egg Groups Egg Move
0218 Slugma FireIC Big.png Amorphous Amorphous
0316 Gulpin PoisonIC Big.png Amorphous Amorphous
0422 Shellos
Shellos
All forms
WaterIC Big.png Water 1 Amorphous
0577 Solosis PsychicIC Big.png Amorphous Amorphous
0592 Frillish
Frillish
All forms
WaterIC Big.png
GhostIC Big.png
Amorphous Amorphous
0607 Litwick GhostIC Big.png
FireIC Big.png
Amorphous Amorphous
0690 Skrelp PoisonIC Big.png
WaterIC Big.png
Water 1 Dragon
0704 Goomy DragonIC Big.png Dragon 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.


Special move

Generation V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0316 Gulpin PoisonIC Big.png Amorphous Amorphous Dream World - Dream Park
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.


Generation IX

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0218 Slugma FireIC Big.png Amorphous Amorphous Wild Tera Pokémon - Infernal PassSVTM
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

Acid Armor raises the user's Defense by two stages. The stat returns to normal when the user moves to the next floor or steps on a Wonder Tile.

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
MDRB - - 27 - —% - User User -
MDTDS - - 16 - —% - User User -
BSL - - 16 - —% - User User -
MDGtI - - 17 50 —% - User User -
SMD - - 17 40 —% - User User -
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Description

Games Description
MDRB Boosts the user's Defense by two levels.
MDTDS Boosts the user's Defense by 2 levels.
BSL じぶんの ぼうぎょを 2だんかいあげる
MDGtI It sharply boosts your Defense. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a IconTileGTI.pngWonder Tile.)
SMD It sharply boosts your Defense. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a IconTileSMD.pngWonder Tile.


In the anime

Galea Vaporeon Acid Armor.png
Vaporeon
Phione Acid Armor.png
Phione
Cynthia Gastrodon Acid Armor.png
West Sea Gastrodon
Murdock Alcremie Acid Armor.png
Alcremie
The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, enhancing its resistance to physical attacks.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Vaporeon Vaporeon jumps into the water, glows blue, then disappears. It can then swim through the water as if it were invisible. Seconds later, it jumps out of the water and attacks the opponent.
Rainer's Vaporeon The Battling Eevee Brothers Debut
Galea's Vaporeon On Olden Pond None
A wild Vaporeon Eevee & Friends None
Phione Phione goes into the water and then disappears; or, Phione transforms its body into water.
A wild Phione Hold the Phione! None
Gastrodon West Sea Gastrodon's body becomes surrounded in purple energy and becomes flatter, enhancing Gastrodon's resistance to physical attacks.
Cynthia's Gastrodon The Fiery Road to Mastership! None
Alcremie Alcremie's body becomes surrounded in purple energy and becomes flatter, enhancing Alcremie's resistance to attacks.
Murdock's Alcremie The Bittersweet Truth None


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 溶化 Yùhngfa
Mandarin 溶化 Rónghuà
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Kyselinové Brnění
Denmark Flag.png Danish Syrepanser
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Zuurschild
Finland Flag.png Finnish Happokilpi
France Flag.png French Acidarmure
Germany Flag.png German Säurepanzer
Greece Flag.png Greek Οξυπανοπλία Oxupanoplía
Italy Flag.png Italian Scudo Acido
South Korea Flag.png Korean 녹기 Nokgi
Norway Flag.png Norwegian Syreskjold
Poland Flag.png Polish Kwasozbroja
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Armadura Ácida (anime, manga)
Armadura de Ácido (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Armadura Ácida (Original Series; DP Series)
Armadura (Advanced Series)
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Kiselinski oklop
Spain Flag.png Spanish Armadura ÁcidaVI+
Armad. ÁcidaIV
Sweden Flag.png Swedish Syrasköld
Turkey Flag.png Turkish Asit Zırhı
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Tan Chảy



Variations of the move Acid Armor
StatusIC HOME.png Acid ArmorAmnesiaAutotomizeBarrierIron DefenseNasty PlotRock PolishSwords Dance
Formerly a variation
StatusIC HOME.png Minimize


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