Poison Sting

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Poison Sting

どくばり Poison Needle

Introduced:	Generation I

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	15
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	35, max: 56
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Condition:	Smart
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	3 ♥♥♥
Startles Pokémon who made an appeal before the user.

Super Contests (DPPt)

Condition:	Smart
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Clever
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	3 ♥♥♥
Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Poison Sting is a Poison-type move introduced in the Generation I.

Description

Games	Description
GSC	An attack that may poison the target.
RSE	A toxic attack with barbs, etc, that may poison.
FRLG	The foe is stabbed with a toxic barb, etc. It may poison the foe.
DPPtHGSS	The foe is stabbed with a poisonous barb of some sort. It may also poison the target.
BWB2W2 XYORAS	The user stabs the target with a poisonous stinger. This may also poison the target.
SMUSUMPE	The user stabs the opponent with a poisonous stinger. In addition, the opponent gets poisoned.

Effect

In battle

Poison Sting does damage and has a 30% chance to poison the target. In a Double Battle, Poison Sting can target any Pokémon surrounding the user. In a Triple Battle, Poison Sting can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				VII	VIII	IX
	Weedle	bug/poison	1	1	1	1
	Ekans	poison	10	9	8	4
	Arbok	poison	1, 10	1, 9	1, 8	1, 4
	Sandshrew	ground	24	17	17	9
	Sandslash	ground	24	17	17	9
	Nidoran♀	poison	14 (RB) 17 ()	17	17	13
	Nidorina	poison	14 (RB) 19 ()	19	18	13
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	14 (RB)		1	1
	Nidoran♂	poison	14 (RB) 17 ()	17	17	13
	Nidorino	poison	14 (RB) 19 ()	19	18	13
	Nidoking	poison/ground	1 (RB) 14 ()	1	1	1
	Tentacool	water/poison	18	1	1	1
	Tentacruel	water/poison	1	1	1	1
	Spinarak	bug/poison		1	1	1
	Ariados	bug/poison		1	1	1
	Gligar	ground/flying		1	1	1
	Qwilfish	water/poison		1	1	1
	Wurmple	bug			5	5
	Roselia	grass/poison			9	7
	Cacnea	grass			1	1
	Cacturne	grass/dark			1	1
	Roserade	grass/poison				1
	Vespiquen	bug/flying				3
	Skorupi	bug/poison				1
	Drapion	poison/dark				1
	Croagunk	poison/fighting				8
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting				1, 8
	Venipede	bug/poison
	Whirlipede	bug/poison
	Scolipede	bug/poison
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

Pokémon		Type	Egg Groups	Father
				III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Joltik	bug/electric			TBA
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn this move through chain breeding.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime
• Manga

Main games

Poison Sting depicted in Generation I

Poison Sting depicted in Generation II

Poison Sting depicted in Generation III

Poison Sting depicted in Generation IV

Poison Sting depicted in Generation VII

Poison Sting depicted in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!

Main series

Poison Sting being used by Jessie's Arbok.

Poison Sting being used by Bugsy's Spinarak.

Poison Sting being used by Harley's Cacturne.

Poison Sting being used by Brock's Croagunk.

Poison Sting being used by Burgh's Whirlipede.

Poison Sting being used by Team Flare's Skorupi.

Poison Sting being used by Team Rocket's Nidorino.

Pokémon Adventures

Poison Sting being used by Ariana's Arbok.

Other manga series

Poison Sting being used by B-2's Wurmple.