Cotton Spore (move)

Move data

Type Grass
Category Status  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
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
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.

Mareep Mareep
#0179 / Electric
Level 11
Flaaffy Flaaffy
#0180 / Electric
Level 11
Ampharos Ampharos
#0181 / Electric
Level 11
Hoppip Hoppip
#0187 / Grass · Flying
Level 27
Skiploom Skiploom
#0188 / Grass · Flying
Level 31
Jumpluff Jumpluff
#0189 / Grass · Flying
Level 35
Cacnea Cacnea
#0331 / Grass
Level 46
Cacturne Cacturne
#0332 / Grass · Dark
Level 49
Cottonee Cottonee
#0546 / Grass · Fairy
Level 33
Whimsicott Whimsicott
#0547 / Grass · Fairy
Level 1