Poison Powder (move)
Move data
Type | Poison |
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Category | ![]() |
Power | — |
Accuracy | 75 |
PP | 35 (max. 56) |
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 Pokemon.
Game descriptions
Gold/Silver Crystal | A move that may poison the foe. |
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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 | 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 Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.

#001 / Grass · Poison
Level 13

#002 / Grass · Poison
Level 13

#003 / Grass · Poison
Level 13

#012 / Bug · Flying
Level 13

#043 / Grass · Poison
Level 13

#044 / Grass · Poison
Level 13

#045 / Grass · Poison
Level 1

#046 / Bug · Grass
Level 6

#047 / Bug · Grass
Level 1

#047 / Bug · Grass
Level 6

#048 / Bug · Poison
Level 13

#049 / Bug · Poison
Level 13

#069 / Grass · Poison
Level 15

#070 / Grass · Poison
Level 15

#102 / Grass · Psychic
Level 21

#114 / Grass
Level 14

#152 / Grass
Level 9

#153 / Grass
Level 1

#153 / Grass
Level 9

#154 / Grass
Level 1

#154 / Grass
Level 9

#187 / Grass · Flying
Level 12

#188 / Grass · Flying
Level 12

#189 / Grass · Flying
Level 12

#269 / Bug · Poison
Level 15

#285 / Grass
Level 19

#414 / Bug · Flying
Level 29

#465 / Grass
Level 14

#546 / Grass · Fairy
Level 22

#666 / Bug · Flying
Level 1
Learnt by breeding
These Pokémon can learn Poison Powder as an egg move. Their breeding groups are also shown for reference.

#590 / Grass · Poison
Grass

#591 / Grass · Poison
Grass

#664 / Bug
Bug

#665 / Bug
Bug

#666 / Bug · Flying
Bug

#755 / Grass · Fairy
Grass

#756 / Grass · Fairy
Grass