Effect Spore (Ability): Difference between revisions

Effect Spore (Japanese: ほうし Spore) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Five Pokémon can have this ability, all of them Template:Type2. Interestingly, all the Pokémon who can learn Spore (except for Smeargle) can have this ability.

Effect

In battle

Effect Spore may inflict the foe with a status problem if they make contact. It has a 30% chance of inducing either Paralysis, Sleep or Poison on the opponent when hit with a move that makes contact.

Outside of battle

Effect Spore has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Effect Spore

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	Chlorophyll	None	Effect Spore
0046		Paras	Bug	Grass	Effect Spore	Dry Skin	Damp
0047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	Effect Spore	Dry Skin	Damp
0285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass	Effect Spore	Poison Heal	Quick Feet
0286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	Effect Spore	Poison Heal	Technician
0590	Tamagetake	Tamagetake	Grass	Poison	Effect Spore	None	Regeneration
0591	Morobareru	Morobareru	Grass	Poison	Effect Spore	None	Regeneration
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 other languages

• French: Pose Spore
• German: Sporenwirt
• Italian: Spargispora
• Spanish: Efec. espora

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