Poison Sting (move)

Poison Sting どくばり Poison Needle

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  35 (max. 56) Power  15 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appeals before the user.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Poison Sting (Japanese: どくばり Poison Needle) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Poison Sting inflicts damage and has a 19.9% chance of poisoning the target. Poison Sting cannot poison the target if it has a Substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is a Poison-type.

Generation II and on

Same as Generation I with a 20% chance of poisoning all Pokémon except Poison-types and Template:Type2s.

In the anime

• Arbok attack.jpg

  Arbok using Poison Sting

• Dustox Poison Sting.jpg

  Dustox using Poison Sting

• Croagunk poison sting.jpg

  Croagunk using Poison Sting

• Nidoran m poison sting.png

  Nidoran♂ using Poison Sting

Pokémon

Weedle. Weedle jumps at the foe with its stinger pointed at it.

• Used by a wild Weedle in Challenge of the Samurai Debut.

Beedrill. Beedrill stabs the foe with it's body stinger.

• Used by several Beedrill in Challenge of the Samurai.

Ekans and Arbok. Ekans and Arbok open their mouths and multiple white or purple darts are shot at the opponent in rapid succession.

• Used by Jessie's Ekans and Arbok from Pokémon Emergency! to A Poached Ego!.

Croagunk. Croagunk opens its mouth and purple darts are shot at the opponent.

• Used by Brock's Croagunk from Gymbaliar to present.

Drapion. drapion opens its mouth and purple darts are shot at the opponent.

• Used by the J's Drapion in Mutiny in the Bounty!.

Dustox. Dustox opens its mouth and purple darts are shot at the opponent.

• Used by Jessie's Dustox from ??? to Crossing Paths.

Nidoran♂. Nidoran opens its mouth and purple darts are shot at the opponent.

• Used by a wild Nidoran♂ in DP109.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0013 Weedle Bug Poison -- 0023 Ekans Poison 10 0024 Arbok Poison -- 10 0027 Sandshrew Ground 24 0028 Sandslash Ground 27 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 14 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 17 0030 Nidorina Poison 14 0030 Nidorina Poison 19 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 14 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 19 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 14 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 17 0033 Nidorino Poison 14 0033 Nidorino Poison 17 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 18 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 18 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0013 Weedle Bug Poison -- 0023 Ekans Poison 9 0024 Arbok Poison -- 9 0027 Sandshrew Ground 17 0028 Sandslash Ground 17 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 17 0030 Nidorina Poison 19 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 17 0033 Nidorino Poison 19 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 0072 Tentacool Water Poison -- 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison -- 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 0207 Gligar Ground Flying -- 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0013 Weedle Bug Poison -- 0023 Ekans Poison 8 0024 Arbok Poison -- 8 0027 Sandshrew Ground 17 0028 Sandslash Ground 17 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 17 0030 Nidorina Poison 18 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 17 0033 Nidorino Poison 18 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 0072 Tentacool Water Poison -- 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison -- 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 0207 Gligar Ground Flying -- 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- 0265 Wurmple Bug 5 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 9 0331 Cacnea Grass -- 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0013 Weedle Bug Poison -- 0023 Ekans Poison 4 0024 Arbok Poison -- 4 0027 Sandshrew Ground 9 0028 Sandslash Ground 9 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 13 0030 Nidorina Poison 13 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 13 0033 Nidorino Poison 13 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground -- 0072 Tentacool Water Poison -- 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison -- 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 0207 Gligar Ground Flying -- 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- 0265 Wurmple Bug 5 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 7 0331 Cacnea Grass -- 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark -- 0407 Roserade Grass Poison -- 0416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 3 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug -- 0452 Drapion Poison Dark -- 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 8 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting -- 8 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

• Spanish: Picotazo Ven.
• French: Dard Venin
• German: Giftstachel ("Poison Spikes")
• Italian: Velenospina
• Norwegian: Giftangrep ("Poison Attack")