Poison Tail (move)

Move data

Type Poison
Category Physical  Physical
Power 50
Accuracy 100
PP 25  (max. 40)
Makes contact? Yes
Introduced Generation 3

Machine/Record

Scarlet​/​Violet TM026

Effects

Poison Tail 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, Poison Tail turns into Acid Downpour and has base power 100.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Poison Tail
Japanese ポイズンテール (Poison Tail)
German Giftschweif
French Queue-Poison
Italian Velenocoda
Spanish Cola Veneno
Korean 포이즌테일
Chinese (Simplified) 毒尾
Chinese (Traditional) 毒尾

Game descriptions

Ruby​/​Sapphire
Emerald
Has a high critical-hit ratio. May also poison.
FireRed​/​LeafGreen An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. It may also poison the foe.
Diamond​/​Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold​/​SoulSilver
An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. This tail attack may also poison the foe.
Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
The user hits the target with its tail. It may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
Sword​/​Shield
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl
The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
Scarlet​/​Violet The user hits the target with its tail. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit and may also poison the target.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Poison Tail 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.

Paldean Wooper Wooper
Paldean Wooper
#0194 / Poison · Ground
Level 8
Gligar Gligar
#0207 / Ground · Flying
Level 19
Seviper Seviper
#0336 / Poison
Level 9
Skrelp Skrelp
#0690 / Poison · Water
Level 25
Dragalge Dragalge
#0691 / Poison · Dragon
Level 25
Goodra Goodra
#0706 / Dragon
Level 1
Eternatus Eternatus
#0890 / Poison · Dragon
Level 1
Clodsire Clodsire
#0980 / Poison · Ground
Level 12

Learnt by TM

Ekans Ekans
#0023 / Poison
Arbok Arbok
#0024 / Poison
Mew Mew
#0151 / Psychic
Paldean Wooper Wooper
Paldean Wooper
#0194 / Poison · Ground
Dunsparce Dunsparce
#0206 / Normal
Gligar Gligar
#0207 / Ground · Flying
Qwilfish Qwilfish
#0211 / Water · Poison
Hisuian Qwilfish Qwilfish
Hisuian Qwilfish
#0211 / Dark · Poison
Hisuian Sneasel Sneasel
Hisuian Sneasel
#0215 / Fighting · Poison
Seviper Seviper
#0336 / Poison
Stunky Stunky
#0434 / Poison · Dark
Skuntank Skuntank
#0435 / Poison · Dark
Gliscor Gliscor
#0472 / Ground · Flying
Skrelp Skrelp
#0690 / Poison · Water
Dragalge Dragalge
#0691 / Poison · Dragon
Goodra Goodra
#0706 / Dragon
Salandit Salandit
#0757 / Poison · Fire
Salazzle Salazzle
#0758 / Poison · Fire
Silicobra Silicobra
#0843 / Ground
Toxtricity (Amped Form) Toxtricity
Amped Form
#0849 / Electric · Poison
Toxtricity (Low Key Form) Toxtricity
Low Key Form
#0849 / Electric · Poison
Eternatus Eternatus
#0890 / Poison · Dragon
Overqwil Overqwil
#0904 / Dark · Poison
Grafaiai Grafaiai
#0945 / Poison · Normal
Clodsire Clodsire
#0980 / Poison · Ground
Dudunsparce (Two-Segment Form) Dudunsparce
Two-Segment Form
#0982 / Normal
Okidogi Okidogi
#1014 / Poison · Fighting

Learnt by breeding

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