Poison Fang (move)

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Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Poison
Category	Physical
Power	50
Accuracy	100
PP	15 (max. 24)
Makes contact?	Yes
Introduced	Generation 3

Effects

Poison Fang deals damage and has a 50% chance of badly poisoning the target. Badly poisoned Pokémon will lose an increasing amount of HP at the end of each turn.

Changes

In Generations 3-5, Poison Fang has a 30% chance of badly poisoning the target.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Poisonium Z and uses its Z-Power, Poison Fang turns into Acid Downpour and has base power 100.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English	Poison Fang
Japanese	どくどくのキバ (Dokudoku no Kiba)
German	Giftzahn
French	Crochet Venin
Italian	Velenodenti
Spanish	Colmillo Ven
Korean	맹독엄니
Chinese (Simplified)	剧毒牙
Chinese (Traditional)	劇毒牙

Game descriptions

Ruby/Sapphire Emerald	A sharp-fanged attack. May badly poison the foe.
FireRed/LeafGreen	The foe is bitten with toxic fangs. It may also badly poison the foe.
Diamond/Pearl Platinum HeartGold/SoulSilver	The user bites the foe with toxic fangs. It may also leave the foe badly poisoned.
Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user bites the target with toxic fangs. It may also leave the target badly poisoned.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user bites the target with toxic fangs. This may also leave the target badly poisoned.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user bites the target with toxic fangs. This may also leave the target badly poisoned.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user bites the target with toxic fangs. This may also leave the target badly poisoned.
Scarlet/Violet	The user bites the target with toxic fangs. This may also leave the target badly poisoned.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Poison Fang 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.