Mud Shot (move)

Mud Shot マッドショット Mud Shot

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 Mirror Move 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, 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  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII

Mud Shot (Japanese: マッドショット Mud Shot) is a damage-dealing Ground-type move introduced in Generation III.

Contents

Effect

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

Mud Shot can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if the move Sandstorm was used in the prior turn.

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. Colo.XD Hurls mud at the target and reduces Speed. DPPtHGSSPBR The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the foe. It also reduces the target's Speed. BWB2W2 The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. It also reduces the target's Speed. XYORAS SMUSUM The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. This also lowers the target's Speed stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
060		Poliwag		Water 1		Water 1		28	28	28	28
061		Poliwhirl		Water 1		Water 1		32	32	32	32
098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3	23	19	19	19	19
099		Kingler		Water 3		Water 3	23	19	19	19	19
138		Omanyte		Water 1	Water 3	25	25	25	25	25
139		Omastar		Water 1	Water 3	25	25	25	25	25
140		Kabuto		Water 1	Water 3	25	16	16	16	16
141		Kabutops		Water 1	Water 3	25	16	16	16	16
194		Wooper		Water 1	Field	16	9	9	9	9
195		Quagsire		Water 1	Field	16	9	9	9	9
259		Marshtomp		Monster	Water 1	16	16	16	16	1, Evo.
260		Swampert		Monster	Water 1	16	16	16	16	1
383		Groudon		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	1	1	1	1	1
535		Tympole		Water 1		Water 1			16	16	16
536		Palpitoad		Water 1		Water 1			16	16	16
537		Seismitoad		Water 1		Water 1			16	16	16
618		Stunfisk		Water 1	Amorphous			13	13	13
645		Landorus		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			1	1	1
650		Chespin		Field		Field				35	35
651		Quilladin		Field		Field				39	39
652		Chesnaught		Field		Field				41	41
659		Bunnelby		Field		Field				18	18
660		Diggersby		Field		Field				18	18
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		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
027		Sandshrew		Field		Field		✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
060		Poliwag		Water 1		Water 1		✔	✔	✔	✔
090		Shellder		Water 3		Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔
118		Goldeen		Water 2		Water 2			✔	✔	✔
140		Kabuto		Water 1	Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔
220		Swinub		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
223		Remoraid		Water 1	Water 2			✔	✔	✔
283		Surskit		Water 1	Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
328		Trapinch		Bug		Bug		✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
339		Barboach		Water 2		Water 2			✔	✔	✔
369		Relicanth		Water 1	Water 2			✔	✔	✔
443		Gible		Monster	Dragon		✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
550		Basculin		Water 2		Water 2			✔	✔	✔
626		Bouffalant		Field		Field			✔	✔	✔
736		Grubbin		Bug		Bug					✔
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 III

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
220		Swinub		Field		Field	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
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 GO

Mud Shot
Fast Attack Type Ground Power 5 Energy boost 7% Duration 0.6 seconds
Eligible Pokémon:

• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Mud Shot had a power of 12.
• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Mud Shot had a power of 6 and a duration of 0.55 seconds.
• Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 21, 2017, Mud Shot had a power of 9 and a duration of 1.05 seconds.

Diglett, Dugtrio, Graveler, and Golem may only know this move if they were obtained before August 20, 2016. Poliwrath and Kingler may only know this move if they were obtained before February 16, 2017.

Description

Games Description MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It also lowers the target's Movement Speed by one level. MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. It also reduces the target's Movement Speed by 1 level. BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる しかも いどうそくどを １だんかいさげる MDGtI SMD It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.

In the anime

In the main series

Marshtomp	Bunnelby	Palpitoad	Kabutops
The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Swampert	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	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
Groudon	Groudon fires a spiral of mud from its mouth at the opponent.
Groudon (anime)	The Scuffle of Legends		None
Kabutops	Kabutops releases multiple light blue energy balls from its mouth at the opponent.
Dr. Kenzo's Kabutops	Wild in the Streets!		None
Palpitoad	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 or it spits out multiple balls of brown mud at the opponent.
Ash's Palpitoad	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!		None
A Hunter's underlings Palpitoad	SM120		None
Seismitoad	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
Bunnelby	Bunnelby creates a golden sphere from between its ears. The sphere splits into several balls of mud, which are then fired at the opponent.
Clemont's Bunnelby	Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!		None
Diggersby	The inside of Diggersby's mouth glows orange. It then fires multiple balls of mud from its mouth at the opponent or Diggesrby creates a golden sphere from between its ears. The sphere splits into several balls of mud, which are then fired at the opponent.
Dolan's Diggersby	To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!		None
A wild Diggersby	A Trip Down Memory Train!		None

In Pokémon Generations

	Wooper
The user fires lumps of mud from their mouth.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Wooper	Wooper fires multiple lumps of blue-glowing mud out of its mouth at the opponent.
Three wild Wooper	The Adventure		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Marshtomp	Swampert	Diggersby
The user releases multiple globs of mud from its mouth at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Marshtomp	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 Mumu	Hanging Around With Slaking I		Debut
Swampert	Swampert opens its mouth and releases a stream of mud from it at the opponent.
Ruby's Mumu	Cunning Kirlia		None
Diggersby	Diggersby opens its mouth and releases a stream of mud from it at the opponent.
Aliana's Diggersby	They Have a Flare for a Li'l Kanga-Napping		None

In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder manga

	Seismitoad
The user fires multiple globs of mud from its mouth at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Seismitoad	Seismitoad spews a stream of mud from its mouth.
Togari's Seismitoad	FAT2		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

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	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Side series games

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	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Spin-off series games

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	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• In Generation III, Secret Power has the same animation as Mud Shot if used in a sandy terrain. From Generation V onwards, Secret Power has the same animation as Mud Shot if used in puddles.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 泥巴射擊 Nàihbā Sehgīk Mandarin 泥巴射擊 / 泥巴射击 Níbā Shèjí / Níbā Shèjī Dutch Modderschot Finnish Mutamäjäys (AC) Mutalaukaus (AB) French Tir de Boue German Lehmschuss Greek Λασποβόλο Hebrew יריית בוץ Yeriyat Botz Italian Colpodifango Korean 머드숏 Mud Shot Polish Błotny Strzał* Strzał Błotem* Portuguese Brazil Tiro de Lama Portugal Arremesso de Lama Serbian Hitac blatom Spanish Latin America Ataque de Lodo (AG032, AG098) Bola de Lodo (AG048) Disparo de Lodo (AG148, BW039-present) Tiro de Lodo (AG153-AG167) Spain Disparo Lodo* Disp. Lodo* Turkish Çamur Atışı Vietnamese Ném Bùn

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

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