Poison Tail

ポイズンテール Poison Tail

Generation:	III

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	50
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	25, max: ?
Affects:	Selected Target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

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

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Type:
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Poison Tail is a Poison-type move introduced in Generation III. It was Seviper's signature move until Generation V.

Description

Games	Description
RS E	Has a high critical-hit ratio. May also poison.
FRLG	An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. It may also poison the foe.
DP Pt HGSS	An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. This tail attack may also poison the foe.
BW B2W2	The user hits the target with its tail. It may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
SV	The user hits the target with its tail. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit and may also poison the target.

Effect

In Battle

An attack with a high critical hit ratio. This tail attack may also poison the foe.

Contests

Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.

Super Contests

Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Wooper	poison/ground	Water 1/Field							8
	Seviper	poison	Field/Dragon	16	16	16BW 12B2W2	12XY 10ORAS	9	9BDSP	9
	Venipede	bug/poison	Bug			19	19	19	12
	Whirlipede	bug/poison	Bug			19	19	19	12
	Scolipede	bug/poison	Bug			19	19	19	12
	Skrelp	poison/water	Water 1/Dragon				23	23	25	25
	Dragalge	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon				23	23	25	25
	Goodra	dragon	Dragon						1	1
	Eternatus	poison/dragon	Undiscovered						1	1
	Clodsire	poison/ground	Water 1/Field							12
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 TM

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered							TM026
	Wooper	poison/ground	Water 1/Field							TM026
	Dunsparce	normal	Field							TM026
	Qwilfish	water/poison	Water 2							TM026
	Qwilfish	dark/poison	Water 2							TM026
	Sneasel	fighting/poison	Field							TM026
	Seviper	poison	Field/Dragon							TM026
	Stunky	poison/dark	Field							TM026
	Skuntank	poison/dark	Field							TM026
	Skrelp	poison/water	Water 1/Dragon							TM026
	Dragalge	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon							TM026
	Goodra	dragon	Dragon							TM026
	Salandit	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon							TM026
	Salazzle	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon							TM026
	Silicobra	ground	Field/Dragon							TM026
	Sandaconda	ground	Field/Dragon							TM026
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like							TM026
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like							TM026
	Eternatus	poison/poison	Undiscovered							TM026
	Sneasler	fighting/poison	Field							TM026
	Overqwil	dark/poison	Water 2							TM026
	Grafaiai	poison/normal	Field							TM026
	Clodsire	poison/ground	Water 1/Field							TM026
	Dudunsparce	normal	Field							TM026
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

Gallery

Main games

Spinoffs

Main series

Pokémon Adventures

Spinoffs

v · d · e List of Generation IX TMs

#001–050	001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050

#051–100	051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100

#101–150	101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

#151–200	151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200

#201–229	201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs TRs

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

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 III

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	Aerial Ace Air Cutter Arm Thrust Aromatherapy Assist Astonish

B	Blast Burn Blaze Kick Block Bounce Brick Break Bulk Up Bullet Seed

C	Calm Mind Camouflage Charge Cosmic Power Covet Crush Claw

D	Dive Doom Desire Dragon Claw Dragon Dance

E	Endeavor Eruption Extrasensory

F	Facade Fake Out Fake Tears Feather Dance Flatter Focus Punch Follow Me Frenzy Plant

G	Grass Whistle Grudge

H	Hail Heat Wave Helping Hand Howl Hydro Cannon Hyper Voice

I	Ice Ball Icicle Spear Imprison Ingrain Iron Defense

K	Knock Off

L	Leaf Blade Luster Purge

M	Magic Coat Magical Leaf Memento Metal Sound Meteor Mash Mist Ball Mud Shot Mud Sport Muddy Water

N	Nature Power Needle Arm

O	Odor Sleuth Overheat

P	Poison Fang Poison Tail Psycho Boost

R	Recycle Refresh Revenge Rock Blast Rock Tomb Role Play

S	Sand Tomb Secret Power Sheer Cold Shock Wave Signal Beam Silver Wind Skill Swap Sky Uppercut Slack Off Smelling Salts Snatch Spit Up Stockpile Superpower Swallow

T	Tail Glow Taunt Teeter Dance Tickle Torment Trick

U	Uproar

V	Volt Tackle

W	Water Pulse Water Sport Water Spout Weather Ball Will-O-Wisp Wish

Y	Yawn

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

Generation III