Poison Barb

The Poison Barb (Japanese: どくバリ Poison Barb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Poison-type moves.

Poison Barb どくバリ Poison Barb

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Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Fling Power 70 Effect Poisons the target

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A $50 SMUSUM N/A $500

Effect

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Poison-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Poison-type moves by 20%.

Description

Games Description GSC Powers up poison-type moves. (HOLD) RSE ColoXD A hold item that raises the power of Poison-type moves. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A small, poisonous barb that boosts the power of Poison-type moves. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a small, poisonous barb that ups the power of Poison-type moves. XYORAS SMUSUM An item to be held by a Pokémon. This small, poisonous barb boosts the power of Poison-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Route 32Fr Held by wild Beedrill (2% chance) RSE Held by wild Cacnea (5% chance) and wild Roselia (5% chance) FRLG Held by wild Arbok (5% chance) Colo Held by Shadow Qwilfish XD Held by Shadow Beedrill DPPt Route 206 Held by wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Qwilfish, wild Roselia, wild Budew, wild Skorupi, and wild Drapion (5% chance each) HGSS Route 32Fr Held by wild Beedrill, wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Qwilfish, wild Roselia, wild Budew, and wild Skorupi (5% chance each) BW Route 8 Held by wild Beedrill, wild Budew, wild Vespiquen, wild Venipede, and wild Whirlipede (5% chance each) B2W2 Route 22 Held by wild Skorupi (5% chance), wild Qwilfish (5% chance), and wild Roselia (5% chance) DW Sparkling Sea XY Route 4 Held by wild Tentacool, wild Qwilfish, wild Roselia, wild Budew, wild Skorupi, wild Drapion, and wild Venipede (5% chance each) ORAS Held by wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Roselia, and wild Skorupi (5% chance each) SM Melemele Meadow Hano Beach (sometimes dropped after Tentacool ambush encounters) Held by wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Roselia, wild Venipede, and wild Mareanie (5% chance each) USUM Melemele Meadow Route 2 (sometimes dropped after Ekans ambush encounters) Hano Beach (sometimes dropped after Tentacool ambush encounters) Ultra Space Wilds (sometimes dropped after Drapion ambush encounters) Held by wild Beedrill, wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Drapion, and wild Mareanie (5% chance each)

In the TCG

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Poison Barb

Main article: Poison Barb (Sun & Moon 124)

Poison Barb was introduced as a Pokémon Tool card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sun & Moon Series (the Japanese Sun & Moon Era) in the Sun & Moon expansion. When this Trainer card is attached to the player's Active Pokémon, if an opponent deals damage to that Pokémon, the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 毒針 Duhkjām Mandarin 毒針 / 毒针 Dúzhēn French Pic Venin German Giftstich Italian Velenaculeo Korean 독바늘 Dokbaneul Brazilian Portuguese Farpa Venenosa Russian Отравленная Стрела Otravlennaya Strela Spanish Flecha Venenosa

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation II
  • Generation III
  • Generation IV
  • Generation V
  • Generation VI
  • Generation VII

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.