Can Drapion learn Cross Poison through the move reminder in Black 2?

Question

So I'm playing Black 2 and my Skorupi starts evolving, I then go to see what moves it learns. At level 49 it learns Cross Poison, and I started wondering "can evolutions of Pokemon learn moves from their pre-evolutions through the move reminder?". So could any of you please tell me because I'm not sure?

Answer 1

No. According to Bulbapedia:

From Generation II to VI and in Generation VIII, the Move Reminder can teach a Pokémon any move that its species is able to learn at an earlier level.
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They cannot teach moves exclusive to a pre-evolution, even if they had made the present Pokémon forget that move previously.

Comments

That's why I like the Move Reminder in G7: No grinding lvls just to teach a 'mon a later lvl move.

Answer 2

No, in fact Drapion does not get Cross Poison until level 57, if you want to get Cross Poison on your Drapion earlier than the E4 then I would recommend not evolving Skorupi until level 49, otherwise you will be only having Poison Fang as your STAB-Poison type move with only 50 base power. Hopefully, this helps :)

Comments

Can Drapion learn poison jab before the Elite 4?

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its at level 57 so you might have to overlevel a bit if you chose to evolve Skorupi into a Drapion before it reaches level 49

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It's easier to get poison jab from the TM, right?

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you can't obtain it until you access an area in the post-game