Acid

Information

Type

Poison

Power

40

Accuracy

100%

PP

30 (max. 48)

Contests

Contests^RSE
Condition: Smart
Appeal: 1 ♥
Jamming: 4 ♥♥♥♥
Super Contests^DPPt
Condition: Smart
Appeal: 3 ♥♥♥
Contest Spectaculars^ORAS
Condition: Clever
Appeal: 3 ♥♥♥
Jamming: 0

Appears in

Generation I

Debut

Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version

Affected by

In other languages

English

Name: ようかいえき; (Melting Liquid)

Name: Acid

Acid is a Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect[]

In battle[]

From Generation I to Generation III, Acid does damage and has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by 1 stage. As of Generation IV, Acid does damage and has a 10% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1 stage. In a Double Battle, Acid targets both foes. In a Triple Battle, Acid only targets adjacent foes.

Description[]

Games	Description
Pokémon Gold Version and Pokémon Silver Version	An attack that may lower DEFENSE.
Pokémon Crystal Version	An attack that may lower DEFENSE.
Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version	Sprays a hide-melting acid. May lower DEFENSE.
Pokémon Emerald Version	Sprays a hide-melting acid. May lower DEFENSE.
Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version	The foe is sprayed with a harsh, hide-melting acid that may lower DEFENSE.
Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version	The foe is attacked with a spray of harsh acid. It may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat.
Pokémon Platinum Version
Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version
Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version	The opposing team is attacked with a spray of harsh acid. The acid may also lower the targets’ Sp. Def stats.
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y	The opposing Pokémon are attacked with a spray of harsh acid. This may also lower their Sp. Def stats.
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon	The opposing Pokémon are attacked with a spray of harsh acid. This may also lower their Sp. Def stat.
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield	Opposing Pokémon are attacked with a spray of harsh acid. This may also lower their Sp. Def stats.
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

Learnset[]

Leveling[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Ekans	poison	Field/Dragon	38	37	32	20	20	20	20^SMUSUM 8^PE	20^BDSP	20
	Arbok	poison	Field/Dragon	47	43	38	20	20	20	20^SMUSUM 1, 9^PE	20^BDSP	20
	Oddish	grass/poison	Grass	26	23	23	9	9	9	9^SMUSUM 8^PE	4	4
	Gloom	grass/poison	Grass	28	24	24	1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1, 9^SMUSUM 1, 8^PE	1	1
	Vileplume	grass/poison	Grass	1						1^PE	1	1
	Bellsprout	grass/poison	Grass	26	23	23	23	23	23	23^SMUSUM 12^PE	26^BDSP	23
	Weepinbell	grass/poison	Grass	29	24	24	23	23	23	24^SMUSUM 1, 12^PE	24^BDSP	24
	Victreebel	grass/poison	Grass	1						1^PE	1^BDSP
	Tentacool	water/poison	Water 3	1	19	19	12	12	12^XY 10^ORAS	10^SMUSUM 13^PE	4	4
	Tentacruel	water/poison	Water 3	1	19	19	12	12	12^XY 1, 10^ORAS	1, 10^SMUSUM 1, 13^PE	1	1
	Slowpoke	psychic	Monster/Water 1								6	6
	Slowbro	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1								1	1
	Lickitung	normal	Monster							10^PE
	Bellossom	grass	Grass								1	1
	Slowking	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1								1	1
	Lileep	rock/grass	Water 3			15	8	8	8^XY 5^ORAS	5	4
	Cradily	rock/grass	Water 3			1, 15	1, 8	1, 8	1, 8^XY 1, 5^ORAS	1, 5	1
	Tympole	water	Water 1								4
	Palpitoad	water/ground	Water 1								1
	Seismitoad	water/ground	Water 1					36	36	1, Evo.	1
	Eelektrik	electric	Amorphous					19	19	19		19
	Eelektross	electric	Amorphous					1	1	1		1
	Shelmet	bug	Bug					4	4	4	4
	Accelgor	bug	Bug								1
	Skrelp	poison/water	Water 1/Dragon						15	15	5	5
	Dragalge	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon						15	15	1	1
	Nihilego	rock/poison	Undiscovered							1	5
	Poipole	poison	Undiscovered							1^USUM	1
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered							1^USUM	1
	Toxel	electric/poison	Undiscovered								1	1
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like								1	1
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like								1	1
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

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Special move[]

Generation VII[]

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Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

v · d · e List of Poison-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Acid Acid Armor Acid Spray

B	Baneful Bunker Barb Barrage Belch

C	Clear Smog Coil Corrosive Gas Cross Poison

D	Dire Claw

G	Gastro Acid Gunk Shot

M	Malignant Chain Mortal Spin

N	Noxious Torque

P	Poison Fang Poison Gas Poison Jab Poison Powder Poison Sting Poison Tail Purify

S	Shell Side Arm Sludge Sludge Bomb Sludge Wave Smog

T	Toxic Toxic Spikes Toxic Thread

V	Venom Drench Venoshock

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation I

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam

B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam

C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut

D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck

E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion

F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis

I	Ice Beam Ice Punch

J	Jump Kick

K	Karate Chop Kinesis

L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick

M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist

N	Night Shade

P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick

S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle

V	Vine Whip ViceGrip

W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap

See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation I

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