Poison Point (Ability)

Poison Point	どくのトゲ
	Poison Spine
Flavor text Generation III Poisons foe on contact.RSEFRLG Poisons target on contact.ColoXD Generation IV Contact with the Pokémon may poison the foe. Generation V Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker. Generation VI Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Poison Point (Japanese: どくのトゲ Poison Spine) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Sixteen Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking Pokémon will become poisoned.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multi-strike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit has an independent chance to activate this Ability.

Outside of battle

Poison Point has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Poison Point

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison	Poison Point	Rivalry	Hustle
0030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison	Poison Point	Rivalry	Hustle
0031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Rivalry	Sheer Force
0032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison	Poison Point	Rivalry	Hustle
0033		Nidorino	Poison		Poison	Poison Point	Rivalry	Hustle
0034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Rivalry	Sheer Force
0117		Seadra	Water		Water	Poison Point	Sniper	Damp
0211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	Poison Point	Swift Swim	Intimidate
0315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure	Poison Point	Leaf Guard
0406		Budew	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure	Poison Point	Leaf Guard
0407		Roserade	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure	Poison Point	Technician
0543		Venipede	Bug	Poison	Poison Point	Swarm	Speed Boost
0544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison	Poison Point	Swarm	Speed Boost
0545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison	Poison Point	Swarm	Speed Boost
0690		Skrelp	Poison	Water	Poison Point	Poison Touch	Adaptability
0691		Dragalge	Poison	Dragon	Poison Point	Poison Touch	Adaptability
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

Venipede The effect activated
When the opponent makes physical contact with the Pokémon, they become poisoned.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Venipede slams its head into the opponent, causing it to become poisoned.
A wild Venipede	A Venipede Stampede!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Whirlipede Qwilfish making contact Poisoned
When the opponent makes physical contact with the Pokémon, they become poisoned.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sometimes, when Qwilfish makes direct contact with the opponent, it gets poisoned.
The Battle Factory's Qwilfish	Outlasting Ledian		Debut
	Sometimes, when Whirlipede makes direct contact with the opponent, it gets poisoned.
Burgh's Whirlipede	Big City Battles		None

• In volume 24, Green's Nido was revealed to have Poison Point as her Ability.

Trivia

• The Ability Poison Touch introduced in Generation V can be thought of having Poison Point's inverse effect.
• Prior to becoming an Ability, Poison Point appeared as a TCG Attack.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 毒刺 Dúcì Dutch Gifpunt Finnish Myrkytys French Point Poison German Giftdorn Italian Velenopunto Korean 독가시 Dokgasi Polish Trujący Punkt Portuguese Brazil Ponto de Veneno Ponto Venenoso (TCG) Portugal Ponto de Veneno Spanish Punto Tóxico Vietnamese Gai độc

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