Acid Armor (move)

Acid Armor
とける Liquefy
Acid Armor IX.png
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Type  Poison
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.

Acid Armor (Japanese: とける Liquefy) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I to V

Acid Armor increases the user's Defense by two stages.

Generation VI onward

Acid Armor's PP was changed from 40 to 20.

If powered up by a Poisonium Z into Z-Acid Armor, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Category  Status
PP  20
Agile Strong
Power  —  —  —
Accuracy  —%  —%  —%
Action speed modifier
Self  -3  -4  +5
Target  ?  ?  ?
Additional effect
Turns  5  4  7
   ?  ?
   ?  ?
Raises the user's defensive stats

Invisibility

In Generation I only, Acid Armor appears to make user invisible for the duration of the current battle, although this has no effect in gameplay. The user's sprite disappears if the battle animations are active, unless the move fails because the user's Defense has already been raised six stages.

The invisible Pokémon becomes visible again if it uses Minimize (turning into a small Minimize sprite), Substitute (being replaced by a Substitute), or Transform (being transformed into the same species as the target), or after it faints, switches out, or the battle ends. It also remains visible in the summary.

If a Pokémon with an active Substitute uses Acid Armor, the Substitute becomes invisible. However, the Pokémon will appear visible once it uses any move (because the visible Pokémon appears from behind the Substitute to use the move), and the Substitute becomes visible at this point as well. The Pokémon also appears visible if the Substitute breaks.

If a Pokémon uses Transform on an invisible target, the invisibility is ignored and the user will become a visible copy of the target.

Description

Games Description
StadStad2 Melts the user's body for protection. A move that sharply raises Defense.
GSC Sharply raises the user's Defense.
RSEColo.XD Liquifies the user's body to sharply raise Defense.
FRLG The user alters its cells to liquefy itself and sharply raise Defense.
DPPtHGSSPBR
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSP
The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, sharply raising its Defense stat.
LA The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, raising its defensive stats.
SV The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, sharply boosting its Defense stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0072    
 
Water 3 Water 3 32 32 34 32
0073    
 
Water 3 Water 3 34 34 34 34
0088     Amorphous Amorphous 55 40 34 39 39BW
40B2W2
40XY
43ORAS
43 42 43 43
0088  
Grimer
Alolan Form
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous 43 42 43
0089     Amorphous Amorphous 60 45 34 44 42BW
43B2W2
43XY
46ORAS
46 48 46 46
0089  
Muk
Alolan Form
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous 46 48 46
0134     Field Field 42RGB
47Y
47 47 64 64BW
29B2W2
29 29 24 45 45 45
0489     Water 1 Fairy 31 31 31 31 31 19 31
0490     Water 1 Fairy 31 31 31 31 31 19 31
0582     Mineral Mineral 31 31 31 32
0583     Mineral Mineral 31 31 31 32
0584     Mineral Mineral 31 31 31 32
0593  
Jellicent
All forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1
0615     Mineral Mineral 29 29 17 52 52
0616     Bug Bug 32 32 32 24
0617     Bug Bug 1
0704     Dragon Dragon 11
0705     Dragon Dragon 1
0705  
Sliggoo
Hisuian Form
 
 
Dragon Dragon 11
0706  
Goodra
Hisuian Form
 
 
Dragon Dragon 11
0808     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 36 32
0809     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 36 32
0868     Fairy Amorphous 30 30
0869  
Alcremie
All forms
  Fairy Amorphous 30 30
0969    
 
Mineral Mineral 41
0970    
 
Mineral Mineral 44
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 Types Egg Groups Egg Move
0218     Amorphous Amorphous
0316     Amorphous Amorphous
0422  
Shellos
All forms
  Water 1 Amorphous
0577     Amorphous Amorphous
0592  
Frillish
All forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0607    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0690    
 
Water 1 Dragon
0704     Dragon Dragon
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.


Special move

Generation V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0316     Amorphous Amorphous Dream World - Dream Park
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.


Generation IX

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0218     Amorphous Amorphous Wild Tera Pokémon - Infernal PassSVTM
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 Mystery Dungeon series

Acid Armor raises the user's Defense by two stages. The stat returns to normal when the user moves to the next floor or steps on a Wonder Tile.

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
MDRB - - 27 - —% - User User -
MDTDS - - 16 - —% - User User -
BSL - - 16 - —% - User User -
MDGtI - - 17 50 —% - User User -
SMD - - 17 40 —% - User User -
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Description

Games Description
MDRB Boosts the user's Defense by two levels.
MDTDS Boosts the user's Defense by 2 levels.
BSL じぶんの ぼうぎょを 2だんかいあげる
MDGtI It sharply boosts your Defense. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a  Wonder Tile.)
SMD It sharply boosts your Defense. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a  Wonder Tile.


In the anime

 
Vaporeon
 
Phione
 
West Sea Gastrodon
 
Alcremie
The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, enhancing its resistance to physical attacks.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Vaporeon jumps into the water, glows blue, then disappears. It can then swim through the water as if it were invisible. Seconds later, it jumps out of the water and attacks the opponent.
Rainer's Vaporeon The Battling Eevee Brothers Debut
Galea's Vaporeon On Olden Pond None
A wild Vaporeon Eevee & Friends None
  Phione goes into the water and then disappears; or, Phione transforms its body into water.
A wild Phione Hold the Phione! None
  West Sea Gastrodon's body becomes surrounded in purple energy and becomes flatter, enhancing Gastrodon's resistance to physical attacks.
Cynthia's Gastrodon The Fiery Road to Mastership! None
  Alcremie's body becomes surrounded in purple energy and becomes flatter, enhancing Alcremie's resistance to attacks.
Murdock's Alcremie The Bittersweet Truth None


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 溶化 Yùhngfa
Mandarin 溶化 Rónghuà
  Czech Kyselinové Brnění
  Danish Syrepanser
  Dutch Zuurschild
  Finnish Happokilpi
  French Acidarmure
  German Säurepanzer
  Greek Οξυπανοπλία Oxupanoplía
  Italian Scudo Acido
  Korean 녹기 Nokgi
  Norwegian Syreskjold
  Polish Kwasozbroja
Portuguese   Brazil Armadura Ácida (anime, manga)
Armadura de Ácido (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
  Portugal Armadura Ácida (Original Series; DP Series)
Armadura (Advanced Series)
  Serbian Kiselinski oklop
  Spanish Armadura ÁcidaVI+
Armad. ÁcidaIV
  Swedish Syrasköld
  Turkish Asit Zırhı
  Vietnamese Tan Chảy



Variations of the move Acid Armor
  Acid ArmorAmnesiaAutotomizeBarrierIron DefenseNasty PlotRock PolishSwords Dance
Formerly a variation
  Minimize


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