Toxic Thread (move)

Toxic Thread
どくのいと Toxic Thread
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Type  Poison
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
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Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation VII
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Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
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Appeal  0  
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Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Toxic Thread (Japanese: どくのいと Toxic Thread) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature move of Spinarak and Ariados.

Effect

Toxic Thread poisons the target and lowers its Speed stat by one stage. Both effects are independent from each other; the target's Speed is still lowered even if it cannot be poisoned (such as if it is a Steel-type or it already has a status condition), and the target is still poisoned even if its Speed cannot be lowered (due to Clear Body or if the stat is already at -6 stages).

If powered up by a Poisonium Z into Z-Toxic Thread, the user's Speed stat is raised by one stage.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Sword and Shield

Toxic Thread cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description
SMUSUM
SwShBDSPLA
SV
The user shoots poisonous threads to poison the target and lower the target's Speed stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0167    
 
Bug Bug 54 54 51
0168    
 
Bug Bug 63 63 59
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Toxic Thread poisons the enemy and decreases their Travel Speed by one stage.

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
MDRTDX - - 15 ? 90% ? 4 tiles away Enemy Yes
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Description

Games Description
MDRTDX It makes a faraway Pokémon Poisoned and reduces their Travel Speed.


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 毒絲 Duhksī
Mandarin 毒絲 / 毒丝 Dúsī
  French Fil Toxique
  German Giftfaden
  Italian Velenotela
  Korean 독실 Doksil
  Spanish Hilo Venenoso


  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.