Poison Point (Ability)

Poison Point	どくのトゲ
	Poison Spine
Flavor text Generation III Poisons foe on contact.RSEFRLG Poisons target on contact.ColoXD Generation IV Contact with the Pokémon may poison the foe. Generation V Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker. Generation VI Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker. Generation VII Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker. Generation VIII Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker. Generation IX Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.

Poison Point (Japanese: どくのトゲ Poison Spine) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Generation III

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 1/3 chance that the attacking Pokémon will become poisoned. This Ability cannot poison Poison-type or Steel-type Pokémon.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multistrike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit has an independent chance to activate this Ability.

Generation IV onward

The chance for Poison Point to poison is lowered to 30%.

Outside of battle

Poison Point has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Poison Point

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison	Poison Point	RivalryGen IV	Hustle
0030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison	Poison Point	RivalryGen IV	Hustle
0031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	RivalryGen IV	Sheer Force
0032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison	Poison Point	RivalryGen IV	Hustle
0033		Nidorino	Poison		Poison	Poison Point	RivalryGen IV	Hustle
0034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	RivalryGen IV	Sheer Force
0117		Seadra	Water		Water	Poison Point	SniperGen IV	Damp
0194		Wooper Paldean Form	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Water Absorb	Unaware
0211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	Poison Point	Swift Swim	Intimidate
0211		Qwilfish Hisuian Form	Dark	Poison	Poison Point	Swift Swim	Intimidate
0315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure	Poison Point	Leaf Guard
0406		Budew	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure	Poison Point	Leaf Guard
0407		Roserade	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure	Poison Point	Technician
0543		Venipede	Bug	Poison	Poison Point	Swarm	Speed BoostGen VI
0544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison	Poison Point	Swarm	Speed BoostGen VI
0545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison	Poison Point	Swarm	Speed BoostGen VI
0690		Skrelp	Poison	Water	Poison Point	Poison Touch	Adaptability
0691		Dragalge	Poison	Dragon	Poison Point	Poison Touch	Adaptability
0904		Overqwil	Dark	Poison	Poison Point	Swift Swim	Intimidate
0980		Clodsire	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Water Absorb	Unaware
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDRB Poisons attackers. MDTDS Poisons an attacker who lands a direct-contact attack. BSL こうげきしてきた ポケモンを どくじょうたいに してしまう Conq. Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker. MDGtI May inflict the Poisoned status on the attacker who hits it with a direct attack.* When the Pokémon is hit with a direct attack like Tackle or Scratch, the attacker is sometimes afflicted with the Poisoned status condition!* SMD When the Pokémon is hit with a contact move like Tackle or Scratch, the attacker sometimes gets poisoned! MDRTDX When the Pokémon is hit with a contact move, like Tackle or Scratch, the attacker sometimes gets poisoned.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Venipede The effect activated
When the opponent makes physical contact with the Pokémon, they become poisoned.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Venipede slams its head into the opponent, causing it to become poisoned.
A wild Venipede	A Venipede Stampede!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Whirlipede Qwilfish making contact Poisoned
When the opponent makes physical contact with the Pokémon, they become poisoned.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sometimes, when Qwilfish makes direct contact with the opponent, it gets poisoned.
The Battle Factory's Qwilfish	Outlasting Ledian		Debut
	Sometimes, when Whirlipede makes direct contact with the opponent, it gets poisoned.
Burgh's Whirlipede	Big City Battles		None

• In volume 24, Green's Nidorina, Nido, was revealed to have Poison Point as her Ability.
• Red's Nidorino and Giovanni's Nidoqueen and Nidoking were revealed to have Poison Point as their Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
• Gardenia's Roserade and Burgh's Whirlipede were revealed to have Poison Point as their Ability.

Trivia

• The Ability Poison Touch introduced in Generation V can be thought of as having Poison Point's inverse effect.
• Prior to becoming an Ability, Poison Point appeared as a TCG Attack.
• Seadra is the only Pokémon that may have the Poison Point Ability without being a Poison-type itself.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 毒刺 Duhkchi Mandarin 毒刺 Dúcì Dutch Gifpunt Finnish Myrkytys French Point Poison German Giftdorn Italian Velenopunto Korean 독가시 Dokgasi Polish Trujący Punkt Brazilian Portuguese Ponto Venenoso Spanish Latin America Punta Veneno Spain Punto Tóxico Thai หนามพิษ Vietnamese Gai độc

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