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Mud Shot
マッドショット Mud Shot
Type  Ground
Category  Special
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  55
Accuracy  95%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those that have made appeals.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Quite an appealing move.

Mud Shot (Japanese: マッドショット Mud Shot) is a damage-dealing Ground-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Mud Shot inflicts damage and then lowers the target's Speed stat by one stage.

Description

Games Description
RSE Hurls mud at the foe and reduces Speed.
FRLG The user attacks by hurling mud. It also reduces the foe's Speed.
ColoXD Hurls mud at the target and reduces Speed.
DPPtHGSS The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the foe. It also reduces the target's Speed.
BWB2W2 The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. It also reduces the target's Speed.
XYORAS The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. This also lowers the target's Speed stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
060   Poliwag Water Water   28 28 28
061   Poliwhirl Water Water   32 32 32
098   Krabby Water Water 23 19 19 19
099   Kingler Water Water 23 19 19 19
138   Omanyte Rock Water 25 25 25 25
139   Omastar Rock Water 25 25 25 25
140   Kabuto Rock Water 25 16 16 16
141   Kabutops Rock Water 25 16 16 16
194   Wooper Water Ground 16 9 9 9
195   Quagsire Water Ground 16 9 9 9
259   Marshtomp Water Ground 16 16 16 16
260   Swampert Water Ground 16 16 16 16
383   Groudon Ground Ground 1 1 1 1
535   Tympole Water Water     16 16
536   Palpitoad Water Ground     16 16
537   Seismitoad Water Ground     16 16
618   Stunfisk Ground Electric     13 13
645   Landorus Ground Flying     1 1
650   Chespin Grass Grass       35
651   Quilladin Grass Grass       39
652   Chesnaught Grass Fighting       41
659   Bunnelby Normal Normal       18
660   Diggersby Normal Ground       18
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 Type Father
II III IV V VI
027   Sandshrew Ground Ground                  
060   Poliwag Water Water                                           
090   Shellder Water Water                       
118   Goldeen* Water Water          
140   Kabuto Rock Water                                                 
220   Swinub Ice Ground                 
223   Remoraid Water Water                                  
283   Surskit Bug Water                                                  
328   Trapinch* Ground Ground          
339   Barboach* Water Ground          
369   Relicanth Water Rock                                  
443   Gible Dragon Ground             
550   Basculin* Water Water          
626   Bouffalant Normal Normal               
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 GO

  Mud Shot
Fast Attack
Gyms & Raids
Power 6
Energy boost 7
Duration 0.55 seconds
Damage window ? seconds
Trainer Battles
Power ?
Energy boost ?
Turns ?
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility
      
      
    
By Elite Fast TM
By GO Snapshot
As Shadow Pokémon
As Purified Pokémon
Formerly eligible
None

Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, Mud Shot had a power of 12.

Diglett, Dugtrio, Graveler, and Golem may only know this move if they were obtained before August 20, 2016.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It also lowers the target's Movement Speed by one level.


In the anime

In the main series

 
Marshtomp
 
Swampert
 
Palpitoad
 
Kabutops
The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Swampert fires a huge ball of mud at the opponent from its mouth, or Swampert fires multiple glowing light blue balls at the opponent from its mouth, or Swampert fires a stream of dark brown mud from its mouth at the opponent.
Tommy's Swampert Abandon Ship! Debut
Tucker's Swampert Tactics Theatrics!! None
A wild Swampert Leading a Stray! None
  Marshtomp fires a large ball of mud at the opponent from its mouth, or it fires multiple smaller balls of mud at the opponent, or Marshtomp fires a stream of mud at the opponent from its mouth, or Marshtomp fires light blue energy balls from its mouth at the opponent. When the balls hit the opponent, they turn into mud.
Nicholai's Marshtomp ZigZag Zangoose! None
Brock's Marshtomp A Chip off the Old Brock None
  Groudon fires a spiral of mud from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Groudon The Scuffle of Legends None
  Kabutops releases multiple light blue energy balls from its mouth at the opponent.
Dr. Kenzo's Kabutops Wild in the Streets! None
  Palpitoad sticks out its long tongue and its starts to glow yellow. Palpitoad then swings its tongue from one side to another and the glow on its tongue disappears. As it does, multiple balls of brown mud form on the side of its tongue and fire at the opponent.
Ash's Palpitoad Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! None
  Seismitoad takes in a breath and its chin expands. It then opens its mouth shooting out several balls of mud at the opponent
Edmund's Seismitoad The Clubsplosion Begins! None
  Bunnelby creates a golden sphere from between its ears. The sphere splits into several balls of mud, which are then fired at the opponent.
Clemont's Bunnelby Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin! None
  The inside of Diggersby's mouth glows orange. It then fires multiple balls of mud from its mouth at the opponent.
Dolan's Diggersby To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler! None
A wild Diggersby A Trip Down Memory Train! None


In Pokémon Generations

 
Wooper


The user fires lumps of mud from there mouth.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Wooper fires multiple lumps of blue-glowing mud out of its mouth at the opponent.
Three wild Wooper The Adventure Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • In Generation III, Secret Power has the the same animation as Mud Shot if used in a sandy terrain. From Generation V onwards, Secret Power has the the same animation as Mud Shot if used in puddles.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 泥巴射擊 Níbā Shèjī
  Dutch Modderschot
  Finnish Mutamäjäys (AC)
Mutalaukaus (AB)
  French Tir de Boue
  German Lehmschuss
  Greek Λασποβόλο
  Hebrew יריית בוץ Yeriyat Botz
  Italian Colpodifango
  Korean 머드숏 Mud Shot
  Polish Błotny Strzał
Portuguese   Brazil Tiro de Lama
  Portugal Arremesso de Lama
  Serbian Hitac blatom
Spanish   Latin America Ataque de Lodo (AG032, AG098)
Bola de Lodo (AG048)
Disparo de Lodo (AG148, BW039-present)
Tiro de Lodo (AG153-AG167)
  Spain Disparo Lodo*
Disp. Lodo*
  Turkish Çamur Atışı


Variations of the move Icy Wind
  Icy WindMud ShotElectrowebSnarl


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