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 Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 70 Effect Poisons the target

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $50 SMUSUM N/A $500 SwSh $3,000 $500 SV $3,000 $750

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) RSEColoXD 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 SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. This small, poisonous barb boosts the power of Poison-type moves. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This small poisonous barb boosts the power of the holder's 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, wild Qwilfish, and wild Roselia (5% chance each) 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) SMUSUM Melemele Meadow Ambush encounters (Tentacool on Hano Beach; Ekans on Route 2USUM; Drapion in Ultra Space WildsUSUM) Held by wild BeedrillUSUM, wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild RoseliaSM, wild DrapionUSUM, wild VenipedeSM, and wild Mareanie (5% chance each) SwSh Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) Held by wild Qwilfish, wild Roselia, wild Budew, wild Roserade, wild Vespiquen, wild Skorupi, wild Drapion, wild Mareanie, and wild Toxapex (5% chance each) SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Poison: 92-100 points) SwShCT Giant's Foot SV Delibird Presents (Cascarrafa Branch) SVID Item Printer

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the TCG

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 Thai เงี่ยงพิษ Barb Poison

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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