Mud Shot (move)

Mud Shot マッドショット Mud Shot

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Battles Type  Ground Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  55 Accuracy  95% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Mud Shot (Japanese: マッドショット Mud Shot) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

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

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0098 Krabby Water 23 0099 Kingler Water 23 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 25 0139 Omastar Rock Water 25 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 25 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 25 0194 Wooper Water Ground 16 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 16 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 16 0260 Swampert Water Ground 16 0383 Groudon Ground -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0283 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 28 0061 Poliwhirl Water 32 0098 Krabby Water 19 0099 Kingler Water 19 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 25 0139 Omastar Rock Water 25 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 16 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 16 0194 Wooper Water Ground 9 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 9 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 16 0260 Swampert Water Ground 16 0383 Groudon Ground -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0060 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl
Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby, Kingler
Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Krabby, Kingler
Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0283 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0328 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit, Masquerain |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Marshtomp, Swampert

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 28 0061 Poliwhirl Water 32 0098 Krabby Water 19 0099 Kingler Water 19 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 25 0139 Omastar Rock Water 25 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 16 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 16 0194 Wooper Water Ground 9 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 9 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 16 0260 Swampert Water Ground 16 0383 Groudon Ground -- 0535 Otamaro Otamaro Water 16 0536 Gamagaru Gamagaru Water Ground 16 0537 Gamageroge Gamageroge Water Ground 16 0618 Maggyo Maggyo Ground Electric 13 0645 Landlos Landlos Ground Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0060 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl
Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Otamaro, Gamagaru, Gamageroge |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby, Kingler
Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0118 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Goldeen
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Relicanth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Krabby, Kingler
Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Otamaro, Gamagaru, Gamageroge |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl
Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Otamaro, Gamagaru, Gamageroge |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0283 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Wooper, Quagsire
Marshtomp, Swampert
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Otamaro, Gamagaru, Gamageroge |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0328 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit, Masquerain |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0339 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Barboach
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Relicanth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0369 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Relicanth
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Relicanth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Marshtomp, Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0550 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Basslao | style="background: #FFF" | Basslao
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Relicanth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0626 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Buffalon | style="background: #FFF" | Buffalon
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Marshtomp mud shot.png File:Swampert Mud Shot.png
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 oppponent 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
	A spiral of mud is released from Groudon's mouth.
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

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The user releases multiple globs of mud from its mouth at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Marshtomp releases multiple globs of mud from its mouth at the opponent, or Marshtomp releases a stream of mud from its mouth at the opponent.
Ruby's Zuzu	VS. Slaking II		Debut

Trivia

• If Secret Power is used in sandy terrain in Generation III, the move will have the same animation as Mud Shot.
• Although it is a Template:Type2 move, with the exception of Groudon, all other Pokémon that learn this move by level are either fully or part Template:Type2.
  • However, four of these Pokémon are part Template:Type2.

In other languages

• Dutch: Modderschot
• French: Tir de Boue
• German: Lehmschuss
• Greek: Ρίψη Λάσπης
• Italian: Colpodifango
• Korean: 머드숏 Mud Shot
• Spanish: Disp. Lodo
• Spanish (Latin American): Tiro de Lodo (anime)
• Serbian: Hitac Blatom

Variations of the move Icy Wind
Icy Wind • Mud Shot • Electroweb • Snarl

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