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Poison Sting
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Introduced: Generation I
Battle Data
Type: Type Poison
Category: Type Physical
Power: 15
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 35 (Max. 56), max: {{{max_pp}}}
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
Template:GSC An attack that may poison the target.
Template:RSE A toxic attack with barbs, etc, that may poison.
Template:FRLG The foe is stabbed with a toxic barb, etc. It may poison the foe.
Template:DPPtTemplate:HGSS The foe is stabbed with a poisonous barb of some sort. It may also poison the target.
Template:BWTemplate:B2W2
Template:XYTemplate:ORAS
The user stabs the target with a poisonous stinger. This may also poison the target.
Template:SMTemplate:USUMTemplate:PE 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 around 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
013 Weedle bug/poison 1 1 1 1
023 Ekans poison 10 9 8 4
024 Arbok poison 1, 10 1, 9 1, 8 1, 4
027 Sandshrew ground 24 17 17 9
028 Sandslash ground 24 17 17 9
029 Nidoran♀ poison 14 (Template:RB)
17 (Template:Y)
17 17 13
030 Nidorina poison 14 (Template:RB)
19 (Template:Y)
19 18 13
031 Nidoqueen poison/ground 14 (Template:RB) 1 1
032 Nidoran♂ poison 14 (Template:RB)
17 (Template:Y)
17 17 13
033 Nidorino poison 14 (Template:RB)
19 (Template:Y)
19 18 13
034 Nidoking poison/ground 1 (Template:RB)
14 (Template:Y)
1 1 1
072 Tentacool water/poison 18 1 1 1
073 Tentacruel water/poison 1 1 1 1
167 Spinarak bug/poison 1 1 1
168 Ariados bug/poison 1 1 1
207 Gligar ground/flying 1 1 1
211 Qwilfish water/poison 1 1 1
265 Wurmple bug 5 5
315 Roselia grass/poison 9 7
331 Cacnea grass 1 1
332 Cacturne grass/dark 1 1
407 Roserade grass/poison 1
416 Vespiquen bug/flying 3
451 Skorupi bug/poison 1
452 Drapion poison/dark 1
453 Croagunk poison/fighting 8
454 Toxicroak poison/fighting 1, 8
543 Venipede bug/poison
544 Whirlipede bug/poison
545 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
595 Joltik bug/electric 013167168
207265451
452543544
545
013167168
207265451
452543544
545
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

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