Poison Tail (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by TM
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Poison
Category	Physical
Power	50
Accuracy	100
PP	25 (max. 40)
Makes contact?	Yes
Introduced	Generation 3

Machine/Record

Scarlet/Violet	TM026

Effects

Poison Tail 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, Poison Tail turns into Acid Downpour and has base power 100.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English	Poison Tail
Japanese	ポイズンテール (Poison Tail)
German	Giftschweif
French	Queue-Poison
Italian	Velenocoda
Spanish	Cola Veneno
Korean	포이즌테일
Chinese (Simplified)	毒尾
Chinese (Traditional)	毒尾

Game descriptions

Ruby/Sapphire Emerald	Has a high critical-hit ratio. May also poison.
FireRed/LeafGreen	An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. It may also poison the foe.
Diamond/Pearl Platinum HeartGold/SoulSilver	An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. This tail attack may also poison the foe.
Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user hits the target with its tail. It may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user hits the target with its tail. This may also poison the target. Critical hits land more easily.
Scarlet/Violet	The user hits the target with its tail. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit and may also poison the target.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Poison Tail 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.