Cross Poison (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Poison
Category	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 (¹⁄₈ instead of ¹⁄₂₄).

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

User

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.