Poison Sting (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Poison
Category	Physical
Power	15
Accuracy	100
PP	35 (max. 56)
Makes contact?	No
Introduced	Generation 1

Effects

Poison Sting deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

Poison or Steel type Pokémon, those with the ability Immunity or those behind a Substitute cannot be poisoned.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Poisonium Z and uses its Z-Power, Poison Sting turns into Acid Downpour and has base power 100.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English	Poison Sting
Japanese	どくばり (Doku Bari)
German	Giftstachel
French	Dard-Venin
Italian	Velenospina
Spanish	Picotazo Ven
Korean	독침
Chinese (Simplified)	毒针
Chinese (Traditional)	毒針

Game descriptions

Gold/Silver Crystal	An attack that may poison the target.
Ruby/Sapphire Emerald	A toxic attack with barbs, etc., that may poison.
FireRed/LeafGreen	The foe is stabbed with a toxic barb, etc. It may poison the foe.
Diamond/Pearl Platinum HeartGold/SoulSilver	The foe is stabbed with a poisonous barb of some sort. It may also poison the target.
Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user stabs the target with a poisonous stinger. This may also poison the target.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user stabs the target with a poisonous stinger. This may also poison the target.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon L.G. Pikachu/L.G. Eevee	The user stabs the target with a poisonous stinger. This may also poison the target.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user stabs the target with a poisonous stinger. This may also poison the target.
Scarlet/Violet	The user stabs the target with a poisonous stinger to inflict damage. This may also poison the target.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Poison Sting at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.