Cross Poison (move)

Move data

Type Poison
Category Physical  Physical
Power 70
Accuracy 100
PP 20  (max. 32)
Makes contact? Yes
Introduced Generation 4

Machine/Record

Sword​/​Shield TM73

Effects

Cross Poison deals damage and has a 10% chance of poisoning the target. It also has an increased critical hit ratio (18 instead of 124).

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, Cross Poison turns into Acid Downpour and has base power 140.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Cross Poison
Japanese クロスポイズン (Cross Poison)
German Giftstreich
French Poison-Croix
Italian Velenocroce
Spanish Veneno X
Korean 크로스포이즌
Chinese (Simplified) 十字毒刃
Chinese (Traditional) 十字毒刃

Game descriptions

Diamond​/​Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold​/​SoulSilver
A slashing attack that may also leave the target poisoned. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
A slashing attack with a poisonous blade that may also leave the target poisoned. Critical hits land more easily.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
A slashing attack with a poisonous blade that may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
A slashing attack with a poisonous blade that may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
Sword​/​Shield
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl
A slashing attack with a poisonous blade that may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
Scarlet​/​Violet A slashing attack with a poisonous blade that may also poison the target. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Cross Poison 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.

Spinarak Spinarak
#0167 / Bug · Poison
Level 44
Ariados Ariados
#0168 / Bug · Poison
Level 50
Eternatus Eternatus
#0890 / Poison · Dragon
Level 32
Fezandipiti Fezandipiti
#1016 / Poison · Fairy
Level 32

Learnt by breeding

These Pokémon can learn Cross Poison as an egg move. Their breeding groups are also shown for reference.

Gligar Gligar
#0207 / Ground · Flying
Bug