Acid Armor (move)
Acid Armor とける Liquefy | ||||||||||||
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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
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Invisibility
In Generation I only, Acid Armor causes the user's sprite to disappear. After this, the user is able to remain battling as a seemingly invisible Pokémon, although this has no effect in gameplay. However, the user does not disappear if Acid Armor fails because the user's Defense has already been raised to six stages, or if the battle animations are inactive.
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 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
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0072 | |
Water 3 | 32SwShBDSP 34LA | |||||||||||
0073 | |
Water 3 | 34 | |||||||||||
0088 | Amorphous | 55 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 39BW 40B2W2 |
40XY 43ORAS |
43SMUSUM 42PE |
43BDSP | |||||
088A | Grimer
Alolan Form |
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Amorphous | 43SMUSUM 42PE |
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0089 | Amorphous | 60 | 45 | 34 | 44 | 42BW 43B2W2 |
43XY 46ORAS |
46SMUSUM 48PE |
46BDSP | |||||
089A | Muk
Alolan Form |
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Amorphous | 46SMUSUM 48PE |
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0134 | Field | 42RGB 47Y |
47 | 47 | 64 | 64BW 29B2W2 |
29 | 29SMUSUM 24PE |
45SwShBDSP | |||||
0489 | Water 1 | Fairy | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31BDSP 19LA | |||||||
0490 | Water 1 | Fairy | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31BDSP 19LA | |||||||
0582 | Mineral | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | |||||||||
0583 | Mineral | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | |||||||||
0584 | Mineral | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | |||||||||
0593 | |
Amorphous | 1 | |||||||||||
0615 | Mineral | 29 | 29 | 17 | 52 | |||||||||
0616 | Bug | 32 | 32 | 32 | 24 | |||||||||
0617 | Bug | 1 | ||||||||||||
0704 | Dragon | 11LA | ||||||||||||
705H | Sliggoo
Hisuian Form |
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Dragon | 11LA | ||||||||||
706H | Goodra
Hisuian Form |
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Dragon | 11LA | ||||||||||
0808 | No Eggs Discovered | 36PE | 32 | |||||||||||
0809 | No Eggs Discovered | 36PE | 32 | |||||||||||
0868 | Fairy | Amorphous | 30 | |||||||||||
0869 | Fairy | Amorphous | 30 | |||||||||||
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 | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0218 | Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |||||
0316 | Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | ||||||
0422 | Water 1 | Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
0577 | Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔SwSh | ||||||||
0592 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔SwSh | |||||||
0607 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔SwSh | |||||||
0690 | |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔SwSh | |||||||
0704 | 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 | ||
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0316 | 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. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Acid Armor is a move with 27PP. The user raises its Defense by two stages. This move is affected by Snatch and Taunt.
In Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky, the move's PP has been decreased to 16.
Description
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In the anime
The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, enhancing its resistance to physical attacks. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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 | JN117 | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, enhancing its resistance to physical attacks. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Vaporeon's body melts into a body of water. It then hops out and attacks the opponent. | |||
Red's Vee | Clefabulous Clefable | Debut | |
Slugma melts its body into a puddle of lava. | |||
Blaise's Slugma | You Can Fight Day or Night With Lunatone & Solrock | None | |
Muk melts its body, boosting its resistance to physical attacks. | |||
Team Plasma Grunts' multiple Muk | Cold Storage Battle | None |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
In other languages
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Variations of the move Acid Armor | ||||||
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