Acid (move)

Acid
ようかいえき Corrosive Liquid
Acid VII.png
Acid VII 2.png
Type  Poison
Category  Special
PP  30 (max. 48)
Power  40
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects all adjacent foes, but not allies
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Smart
Appeal  1
Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the Pokémon in front.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Clever
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of.

Acid (Japanese: ようかいえき Corrosive Liquid) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Acid inflicts damage and has a 33.2% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.

Generation II-III

Acid inflicts damage to all adjacent opponents.

Acid now has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.

Generation IV onwards

Acid now has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage instead.

In Triple Battles, Acid only targets adjacent opponents.

Description

Games Description
Stad A Poison-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of lowering the target's Defense.
Stad2 A Poison-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of lowering the target's Defense.
GSC An attack that may lower Defense.
RSEColo.XD Sprays a hide-melting acid. May lower Defense.
FRLG The foe is sprayed with a harsh, hide-melting acid that may lower Defense.
DPPtHGSSPBR The foe is attacked with a spray of harsh acid. It may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat.
BWB2W2 The opposing team is attacked with a spray of harsh acid. The acid may also lower the targets' Sp. Def stats.
XYORAS The opposing Pokémon are attacked with a spray of harsh acid. This may also lower their Sp. Def stats.
SMUSUM The opposing Pokémon are attacked with a spray of harsh acid. This may also lower their Sp. Def stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0023     Field Dragon 38 37 32 20 20 20 20
0024     Field Dragon 47 43 38 20 20 20 20
0043    
 
Grass Grass 24 23 23 9 9 9 9
0044    
 
Grass Grass 28 24 24 1, 9 1, 9 1, 9 1, 9
0045    
 
Grass Grass 1
0069    
 
Grass Grass 26 23 23 23 23 23 23
0070    
 
Grass Grass 29 24 24 23 23 23 24
0071    
 
Grass Grass 1
0072    
 
Water 3 Water 3 1 19 19 12 12 12XY
10ORAS
10
0073    
 
Water 3 Water 3 1 19 19 12 12 12XY
1, 10ORAS
1, 10
0345    
 
Water 3 Water 3 15 8 8 8XY
5ORAS
5
0346    
 
Water 3 Water 3 1, 15 1, 8 1, 8 1, 8XY
1, 5ORAS
1, 5
0537    
 
Water 1 Water 1 36 36 1, Evo.
0603     Amorphous Amorphous 19 19 19
0604     Amorphous Amorphous 1 1 1
0616     Bug Bug 4 4 4
0690    
 
Water 1 Dragon 15 15
0691    
 
Water 1 Dragon 15 15
0793    
 
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0803     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 1
0804    
 
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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
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0213    
 
Bug Bug
0331     Grass Human-Like
0607    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
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 VII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0607    
 
Amorphous Amorphous Island Scan - Hau'oli Cemetery
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 GO

  Acid
Fast Attack
Gyms & Raids
Power 9
Energy boost 8
Duration 0.8 seconds
Damage window ? seconds
Trainer Battles
Power ?
Energy boost ?
Turns ?
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility
      
      
  
By Elite Fast TM
By GO Snapshot
As Shadow Pokémon
As Purified Pokémon
Formerly eligible
None
  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Acid had an energy gain of 7%.
  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Acid had an energy gain of 10% and a duration of 1.05 seconds.
  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 21, 2017, Acid had a power of 10, an energy gain of 9%, and a duration of 1.3 seconds.

Grimer, Muk, Koffing, and Weezing may only know this move they were obtained before August 20, 2016.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It may also lower the user's Defense by one level.
MDTD* Inflicts damage on the target. But it may also reduce the target's Special Defense by 1 level.
MDTD*
MDS
Inflicts damage on the target. It may also reduce the target's Special Defense by 1 level.

In the anime

 
Ekans
 
Arbok
 
Corroding metal
 
Shelmet
The user spits out acid from its mouth.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Ekans spits a black acid from its mouth at the opponent.
Jessie's Ekans Pokémon Shipwreck Debut
  Arbok spits a black or purple acid from its mouth at the opponent.
Jessie's Arbok Pokémon Double Trouble None
  Gloom fires a ball of violet acid from its mouth at the opponent. It can also fire multiple balls, one after the other.
Multiple wild Gloom Bucking the Treasure Trend! None
  Shelmet releases a stream of violet acid from its mouth at the opponent.
Bianca's Shelmet Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! None
  Eelektross releases a short stream of violet acid from its mouth at the opponent. The acid lands in front of the opponent and releases a light gray smoke that rises around the opponent, choking it.
Emmet's Eelektross Lost at the Stamp Rally! None
  Dragalge releases a stream of violet acid from its mouth at the opponent.
Two wild Dragalge An Undersea Place to Call Home! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Core series games

   
 
Generation V Generation VI

Spin-off series games

Trivia

  • Acid has no effect on Steel-type Pokémon, despite the fact that real-life acids react very strongly with most metals.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 溶解液 Yùhnggáai Yaht
Mandarin 溶解液 Róngjǐe Yì / Róngjǐe Yè
  Danish Syre
  Dutch Zuur
  Finnish Happo
  French Acide
  German Säure
  Greek Οξύ Ozý
  Hindi तह्जाब Tehzaab
  Indonesian Asam
  Italian Acido
  Korean 용해액 Yonghae Aek
  Polish Kwas
Portuguese   Brazil Ácido
  Portugal Ácido
  Serbian Kiselina
  Spanish Ácido
  Swedish Saltsyra
  Turkish Asit
  Vietnamese Đòn A-xít


Variations of the move Acid
  AcidBubbleEmberThunder ShockPowder Snow


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