Cotton Spore (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up

Move data

Type	Grass
Category	Status
Power	—
Accuracy	100
PP	40 (max. 64)
Makes contact?	No
Introduced	Generation 2

Effects

Cotton Spore lowers the target's Speed by two stages.

Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages each.

Changes

In Generations 2-4, Cotton Spore has 85% accuracy.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Grassium Z and uses its Z-Power, Cotton Spore turns into Z-Cotton Spore and eliminates any stat drops applied to the user, in addition to its usual effect as above.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets all adjacent foes.

Other languages

English	Cotton Spore
Japanese	わたほうし (Wata Hōshi)
German	Baumwollsaat
French	Spore Coton
Italian	Cottonspora
Spanish	Esporagodón
Korean	목화포자
Chinese (Simplified)	棉孢子
Chinese (Traditional)	棉孢子

Game descriptions

Gold/Silver Crystal	Sharply reduces the foe’s SPEED.
Ruby/Sapphire Emerald	Spores cling to the foe, sharply reducing SPEED.
FireRed/LeafGreen	Cotton-like spores cling to the foe, sharply reducing its SPEED stat.
Diamond/Pearl Platinum HeartGold/SoulSilver	The user releases cottonlike spores that cling to the foe, sharply reducing its Speed stat.
Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user releases cotton-like spores that cling to the target, harshly reducing its Speed stat.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user releases cotton-like spores that cling to the opposing Pokémon, which harshly lowers their Speed stats.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user releases cotton-like spores that cling to the opposing Pokémon, which harshly lowers their Speed stat.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user releases cotton-like spores that cling to opposing Pokémon, which harshly lowers their Speed stats.
Scarlet/Violet	The user releases cotton-like spores that cling to opposing Pokémon. This harshly lowers their Speed stats.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Cotton Spore 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.