Acid (move)
Acid ようかいえき Corrosive Liquid | ||||||||||||
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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.
Generations II and 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
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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 | ||||||
023 | Ekans |
Field | Dragon | 38 | 37 | 32 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20SMUSUM 8PE |
20BDSP | |||
024 | Arbok |
Field | Dragon | 47 | 43 | 38 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20SMUSUM 1, 9PE |
20BDSP | |||
043 | Oddish |
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Grass | 24 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9SMUSUM 8PE |
4 | |||
044 | Gloom |
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Grass | 28 | 24 | 24 | 1, 9 | 1, 9 | 1, 9 | 1, 9SMUSUM 1, 8PE |
1 | |||
045 | Vileplume |
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Grass | 1 | 1PE | 1 | ||||||||
069 | Bellsprout |
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Grass | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23SMUSUM 12PE |
23BDSP | |||
070 | Weepinbell |
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Grass | 29 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24SMUSUM 1, 12PE |
24BDSP | |||
071 | Victreebel |
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Grass | 1 | 1PE | 1BDSP | ||||||||
072 | Tentacool |
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Water 3 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 12XY 10ORAS |
10SMUSUM 13PE |
4 | |||
073 | Tentacruel |
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Water 3 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 12XY 1, 10ORAS |
1, 10SMUSUM 1, 13PE |
1 | |||
079 | Slowpoke Galarian Form |
Monster | Water 1 | 6SwSh | 6 | |||||||||
080 | Slowbro Galarian Form |
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Monster | Water 1 | 1SwSh | 1 | ||||||||
108 | Lickitung |
Monster | 10PE | |||||||||||
182 | Bellossom |
Grass | 1 | |||||||||||
199 | Slowking Galarian Form |
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Monster | Water 1 | 1SwSh | 1 | ||||||||
345 | Lileep |
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Water 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8XY 5ORAS |
5 | 4 | |||||
346 | Cradily |
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Water 3 | 1, 15 | 1, 8 | 1, 8 | 1, 8XY 1, 5ORAS |
1, 5 | 1 | |||||
535 | Tympole |
Water 1 | 4SwSh | |||||||||||
536 | Palpitoad |
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Water 1 | 1SwSh | ||||||||||
537 | Seismitoad |
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Water 1 | 36 | 36 | 1, Evo. | 1SwSh | |||||||
603 | Eelektrik |
Amorphous | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||
604 | Eelektross |
Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
616 | Shelmet |
Bug | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4SwSh | ||||||||
617 | Accelgor |
Bug | 1SwSh | |||||||||||
690 | Skrelp |
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Water 1 | Dragon | 15 | 15 | 5SwSh | 5 | ||||||
691 | Dragalge |
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Water 1 | Dragon | 15 | 15 | 1SwSh | 1 | ||||||
793 | Nihilego |
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No Eggs Discovered | 1 | 5SwSh | |||||||||
803 | Poipole |
No Eggs Discovered | 1USUM | 1SwSh | ||||||||||
804 | Naganadel |
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No Eggs Discovered | 1USUM | 1SwSh | |||||||||
848 | Toxel |
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No Eggs Discovered | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||
849 | Toxtricity Amped Form |
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Human-Like | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||
849 | Toxtricity Low Key Form |
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Human-Like | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
213 | Shuckle |
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Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
331 | Cacnea |
Grass | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | ||||
607 | Litwick |
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Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
Special move
Generation VII
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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607 | Litwick |
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Amorphous | Island Scan - Hau'oli CemeterySM | ||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Acid is a move with 8 base power, 88% accuracy, and 17 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, possibly lowering their Defense by one level. This move is affected by Muzzled status condition.
In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move now lowers Special Defense due to being reclassified as a physical move.
Pokémon GO
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Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- July 30, 2016
- Energy boost: 7 → 10
- February 16, 2017
- Energy boost: 10 → 9
- Duration: 1.05 → 1.3 seconds
- Damage window: 0.85 - 1.05 → 0.4 - 0.6 seconds
- February 21, 2017
- Power: 10 → 9
- Energy boost: 9 → 8
- Duration: 1.3 → 0.8 seconds
Pokémon Rumble Rush
Pokémon Masters EX
Name | Category | Move Gauge | MP | Base Power | Max Power | Accuracy | Target | Effect Tag | Description | Playable Users | |
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Acid | Special | 1 | — | 19 | 22 | 100% | All opponents | — | Has a chance (10%) of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stat rank. | Jessie & Arbok Iris (Fall 2022) & Naganadel | |
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Prepare for Trouble Acid | Special | — | — | 250 | 300 | —% | An opponent | — | No additional effect. | Jessie & Arbok |
Note:
- Acid—Description prior to Version 2.10.0*: Has a very small chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def.
Description
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In the anime
Dragalge | Arbok | Corroding metal | Shelmet |
The user spits out acid from its mouth. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Ekans | Ekans spits a black acid from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Jessie's Ekans | Pokémon Shipwreck | Debut | |
Arbok | Arbok spits a black or purple acid from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Jessie's Arbok | Pokémon Double Trouble | None | |
Gloom | 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 | Shelmet releases a stream of violet acid from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Bianca's Shelmet | Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! | None | |
Eelektross | 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 | Dragalge releases a stream of violet acid from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Two wild Dragalge | An Undersea Place to Call Home! | None | |
Seismitoad | Seismitoad releases a stream of violet acid from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A wild Seismitoad | Everybody's Doing the Underground Shuffle! | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Gloom | Arbok | Ekans | |
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The user spits out acid from its mouth. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Arbok | Arbok spits out a thick venom from its mouth at the opponent that melts anything it touches. | ||
Koga's Arbok | That Awful Arbok! | Debut | |
Ekans | Ekans spits out a thick venom from its mouth at the opponent that melts anything. | ||
Harry's Ekans | Ekans the Ecstasy | None | |
Gloom | Gloom spits out a thick venom from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Ariana's Gloom | Pleased as Punch With Parasect | None |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
MD: Red and Blue | MD:Time, Darkness, andSky | MD: GTI | SMD |
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Trivia
- Acid, as a Poison-type move, normally has no effect on Steel-type Pokémon, despite the fact that real-life acids react very strongly with most metals.
In other languages
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