Gunk Shot (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by TR

Move data

Type	Poison
Category	Physical
Power	120
Accuracy	80
PP	5 (max. 8)
Makes contact?	No
Introduced	Generation 4

Machine/Record

Sword/Shield	TR73
Scarlet/Violet	TM102

Effects

Gunk Shot deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

Poison or Steel type Pokémon, those with the ability Immunity or those behind a Substitute cannot be poisoned.

Changes

In Generations 4-5, Gunk Shot has 70% accuracy.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Poisonium Z and uses its Z-Power, Gunk Shot turns into Acid Downpour and has base power 190.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English	Gunk Shot
Japanese	ダストシュート (Dust Shoot)
German	Mülltreffer
French	Détricanon
Italian	Sporcolancio
Spanish	Lanza Mugre

Game descriptions

Diamond/Pearl Platinum HeartGold/SoulSilver	The user shoots filthy garbage at the foe to attack. It may also poison the target.
Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user shoots filthy garbage at the target to attack. It may also poison the target.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user shoots filthy garbage at the target to attack. This may also poison the target.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user shoots filthy garbage at the target to attack. This may also poison the target.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user shoots filthy garbage at the target to attack. This may also poison the target.
Scarlet/Violet	The user shoots filthy garbage at the target to attack. This may also poison the target.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Gunk Shot at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Sword & Shield and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.

Octillery
#224 / Water
Level 1

Trubbish
#568 / Poison
Level 39

Garbodor
#569 / Poison
Level 43