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 adjacent to 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 Ground-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

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

Description

Games Description RSE Hurls mud at the foe and reduces Speed. FRLG The user attacks by hurling mud. It also reduces the foe’s Speed. Hurls mud at the target and reduces Speed. The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the foe. It also reduces the target’s Speed. The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. It also reduces the target's Speed.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
060		Poliwag	Water		Water				28				28			'
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water				32				32			'
098		Krabby	Water		Water	23			19				19			'
099		Kingler	Water		Water	23			19				19			'
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	25			25				25			'
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	25			25				25			'
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	25			16				16			'
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	25			16				16			'
194		Wooper	Water	Ground	16			9				9			''''
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	16			9				9			''''
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground	16			16				16			''''
260		Swampert	Water	Ground	16			16				16			''''
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	--			--				--			''''
535		Tympole	Water		Water								16			'''
536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground								16			''''
537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground								16			''''
618		Stunfisk	Ground	Electric								13			''''
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying								--			''''
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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground
060		Poliwag	Water		Water
090		Shellder	Water		Water
118		Goldeen	Water		Water
140		Kabuto	Water	Rock
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground
223		Remoraid	Water		Water
283		Surskit	Bug	Water
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground
339		Barboach	Water	Ground
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground
550		Basculin	Water		Water
626		Bouffalant	Normal		Normal
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 the anime

Marshtomp Swampert Palpitoad
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 opponent 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
	Palpitoad sticks out its long tongue and its starts to glow yellow. Palpitoad then swings its tongue from one side to another and the glow on its tongue disappears. As it does, multiple balls of brown mud form on the side of its tongue and fire at the opponent.
Ash's Palpitoad	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!		None
	Seismitoad takes in a breath and its chin expands. It then opens its mouth shooting out several balls of mud at the opponent
Edmund's Seismitoad	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Zuzu Mud Shot.png Swampert
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
	Swampert opens its mouth and releases a stream of mud from it at the opponent.
Ruby's Zuzu	VS. Kirlia		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• If Secret Power is used in sandy terrain in Generation III, the move will have the same animation as Mud Shot.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 泥巴射擊 Níbā Shèjī Dutch Modderschot French Tir de Boue German Lehmschuss Greek Λασποβόλο Italian Colpodifango Korean 머드숏 Mud Shot Brazilian Portuguese Tiro de Lama Serbian Hitac Blatom Spanish Latin America Tiro de Lodo (anime) Spain Disp. Lodo

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

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