Effect Spore (Ability)
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Effect Spore (Japanese: ほうし Spore) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.
Effect
In battle
Generation III
When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 10% chance that the attacking Pokémon will become either poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep, with a 3.3% probability each.
If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multistrike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit has an independent chance to activate this Ability.
If a Pokémon is immune to some of the status conditions, then the chance of inflicting each of the remaining conditions is constant, so the total chance of successfully inflicting a condition decreases.
Generation IV
When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking Pokémon will become either poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep, with a 10% probability each.[1]
Generation V
When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 9% chance of poison, 10% chance of paralysis, and 11% chance of sleep.[2]
Generation VI onward
Grass-type Pokémon, Pokémon with Overcoat, and Pokémon holding Safety Goggles are now immune to Effect Spore.
Outside of battle
Effect Spore has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Effect Spore
# | Pokémon | Types | First Ability | Second Ability | Hidden Ability | ||
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0045 | Vileplume |
Grass | Poison | Chlorophyll | None | Effect Spore | |
0046 | Paras |
Bug | Grass | Effect Spore | Dry SkinGen IV+ | Damp | |
0047 | Parasect |
Bug | Grass | Effect Spore | Dry SkinGen IV+ | Damp | |
0285 | Shroomish |
Grass | Effect Spore | Poison HealGen IV+ | Quick Feet | ||
0286 | Breloom |
Grass | Fighting | Effect Spore | Poison HealGen IV+ | Technician | |
0590 | Foongus |
Grass | Poison | Effect Spore | None | Regenerator | |
0591 | Amoonguss |
Grass | Poison | Effect Spore | None | Regenerator | |
0755 | Morelull |
Grass | Fairy | Illuminate | Effect Spore | Rain Dish | |
0756 | Shiinotic |
Grass | Fairy | Illuminate | Effect Spore | Rain Dish | |
0829 | Gossifleur |
Grass | Cotton Down | Regenerator | Effect Spore | ||
0830 | Eldegoss |
Grass | Cotton Down | Regenerator | Effect Spore | ||
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
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In other games
Description
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In the anime
Effect Spore played a major role in The Power of Us. Team Rocket attempted to raid Fula City's Pokémon Research Pavilion, but only got away with a solution of Effect Spore made by Toren. They later dropped it on accident, which released a toxic gas that in turn triggered a devastating fire. Both disasters endangered Fula City, but Ash and the citizens worked together to successfully combat both.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
- Whitley's Foongus, Foongy, is revealed to have Effect Spore as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
Trivia
- Of the four Abilities that may inflict a non-volatile status condition upon contact, Effect Spore is the only one that has not yet been activated in the Pokémon anime.
- Effect Spore is the only Ability that can cause sleep.
In other languages
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Variations of the Ability Cute Charm | |
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Cute Charm • Effect Spore • Flame Body • Poison Point • Static |
References
This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games. |