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Cotton Spore

General

Cotton Spore
grass none

Gold/Silver/Crystal GSC

Quick Description

Diamond/Pearl Flavor text
The user releases cottonlike spores that cling to the foe, sharply reducing its Speed stat.
Eevine summary
Lowers the target's Speed by two levels.

Damage grass Inflicts

0× against
½× against
bug dragon fire flying grass poison steel
2× against
ground rock water

Stats

Power
n/a
Accuracy
85%
PP
40; maximum is 64
Target
enemy
Effect chance
n/a
Power × accuracy
n/a
Power percentile
0
Priority
0

Names

Japanese
わたほうし
Romaji
Watahoushi

Flags

TMs

Red/Blue/Yellow RBY TM
n/a
Gold/Silver/Crystal GSC TM
Not a TM
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald RSE TM
Not a TM
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum DPPT TM
Not a TM

Effect Details

Lowers the target's Speed by two levels.

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Flavor Text

Spores cling to the foe, sharply reducing SPEED.

Contest Stuff

Contest Stats

Type
beauty
Appeal
2 22
Jam
1 1
Flavor text
Attempts to jam all Pokemon that have appealed this turn. If a Pokemon is in combo standby status, it is jammed 5 points instead of 1.

Similar Moves

cool
DynamicPunch, Fury Attack, Pin Missile, Spike Cannon
cute
Mud-Slap, Sand-Attack
smart
Giga Drain
tough
Arm Thrust, Bone Club, DoubleSlap, Fury Swipes, Muddy Water, Octazooka, Scary Face, Sludge Bomb

Combos

Use Cotton Spore before
none
Use Cotton Spore after

Contest Effect

Pokémon

See also: All 10 in the Pokémon search

By leveling up

8 Pokémon

Red/Blue Yellow Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire Fire Red/Leaf Green Diamond/Pearl Platinum Pokémon Height Weight Type Gender Egg groups Abilities HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Avg
27 27 27 27 20 20 Ampharos 4'7.1" 135.6 lb electric Monster
Ground 		Static 90 75 75 115 90 55 83.3
41 41 49 49 Cacnea 1'3.7" 113.1 lb grass Plant
Humanshape 		Sand Veil 50 85 40 85 40 35 55.8
47 47 59 59 Cacturne 4'3.2" 170.6 lb grass dark Plant
Humanshape 		Sand Veil 70 115 60 115 60 55 79.2
27 27 27 27 20 20 Flaaffy 2'7.5" 29.3 lb electric Monster
Ground 		Static 70 55 55 80 60 45 60.8
25 25 25 25 28 28 Hoppip 1'3.7" 1.1 lb grass flying Fairy
Plant 		Chlorophyll
Leaf Guard 		35 35 40 35 55 50 41.7
33 33 33 33 32 32 Jumpluff 2'7.5" 6.6 lb grass flying Fairy
Plant 		Chlorophyll
Leaf Guard 		75 55 70 55 85 110 75.0
23 23 23 23 19 19 Mareep 1'11.6" 17.2 lb electric Monster
Ground 		Static 55 40 40 65 45 35 46.7
29 29 29 29 32 32 Skiploom 1'11.6" 2.2 lb grass flying Fairy
Plant 		Chlorophyll
Leaf Guard 		55 45 50 45 65 80 56.7

Egg

2 Pokémon

Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Pokémon Height Weight Type Gender Egg groups Abilities HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Avg
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Budew 7.9" 2.6 lb grass poison No Eggs Natural Cure
Poison Point 		40 30 35 50 70 55 46.7
Ruby/Sapphire/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Roselia 11.8" 4.4 lb grass poison Fairy
Plant 		Natural Cure
Poison Point 		50 60 45 100 80 65 66.7

Cotton Spore in other Pokédexes