342: Poison Tail

Essentials

Poison Tail

Physical

Generation 3

Summary

Has an increased chance for a critical hit and a 10% chance to poison the target.

Damage Dealt

Stats

Power: 50 — 27.8 percentile
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 25, up to 40 with PP Up
Target: Selected Pokémon
Effect chance: 10
Priority: 0 (normal)

Flags

Makes contact
Blocked by Detect and Protect
Reflectable with Magic Coat
Snatchable
Rolls accuracy
Flinches with King's Rock

Machines

: Not a TM
: Not a TM

Effect

Inflicts regular damage. Critical hit chance is one level higher than normal. Has a 10% chance to poison the target.

Flavor

Flavor Text

: Has a high critical-hit ratio. May also poison.
: An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. It may also poison the foe.

: An attack with a high critical-hit ratio. This tail attack may also poison the foe.

Foreign Names

Japanese: ポイズンテール (poizunteeru)
French: Queue-Poison
German: Giftschweif
Spanish: Cola Veneno
Italian: Velenocoda

Contests

Contest

Type
Appeal: ♡♡♡
Jam
Flavor text: Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.
Use after: None
Use before: None

Super Contest

Type
Appeal: ♡♡
Flavor text: Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.
Use after: None
Use before: None

Similar moves

These moves all have the same effect as Poison Tail.

Move	Type	Class	PP	Power	Acc	Pri	Effect
Cross Poison			20	70	100%		Has an increased chance for a critical hit and a 10% chance to poison the target.

Pokémon

Poison Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.

Pokémon with higher Attack are more suited to Poison Tail's Physical damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.

		Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
16	16	Seviper		Shed Skin		Ground Dragon	73	100	60	100	60	65	458
		Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move.
		Ekans		Intimidate Shed Skin		Ground Dragon	35	60	44	40	54	55	288