Poison Powder (move)
Move data
| Type | Poison |
|---|---|
| Category | Status |
| Power | — |
| Accuracy | 75 |
| PP | 35 (max. 56) |
| Makes contact? | No |
| Introduced | Generation 1 |
Effects
Poison Powder causes the target to become poisoned. Poisoned Pokémon lose 1⁄8 of their maximum HP each turn.
Poison or Steel type Pokémon, those with the ability Immunity or those behind a Substitute cannot be poisoned.
Changes
In Generations 1-5, this move's name was formatted as PoisonPowder.
Z-Move effects
When a Pokémon is holding Poisonium Z and uses its Z-Power, Poison Powder turns into Z-Poison Powder and raises Defense one stage, in addition to its usual effect as above.
Move target
Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.
Other languages
| English | Poison Powder |
|---|---|
| Japanese | どくのこな (Doku no Kona) |
| German | Giftpuder |
| French | Poudre Toxik |
| Italian | Velenpolvere |
| Spanish | Polvo Veneno |
Game descriptions
| Gold/Silver Crystal | A move that may poison the foe. |
|---|---|
| Ruby/Sapphire Emerald | Scatters a toxic powder that may poison the foe. |
| FireRed/LeafGreen | A cloud of toxic dust is scattered. It may poison the foe. |
| Diamond/Pearl Platinum HeartGold/SoulSilver | A cloud of poisonous dust is scattered on the foe. It may poison the target. |
| Black/White Black 2/White 2 | The user scatters a cloud of poisonous dust on the target. It may poison the target. |
| X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire | The user scatters a cloud of poisonous dust on the target. This may also poison the target. |
| Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon L.G. Pikachu/L.G. Eevee | The user scatters a cloud of poisonous dust that poisons the target. |
| Sword/Shield | The user scatters a cloud of poisonous dust that poisons the target. |
Learnt by level up
These Pokémon learn Poison Powder 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.
#012 / Bug · Flying
Level 12
#547 / Grass · Fairy
Level 1
Learnt by breeding
These Pokémon can learn Poison Powder as an egg move. Their breeding groups are also shown for reference.
#829 / Grass
Grass