| Poison Point | どくのトゲ |
| Poison Thorns |
Flavor text | Generation V | |
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| Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker. |
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Poison Point (Japanese:どくのトゲPoison Thorns) is anAbility introduced inGeneration III.
Effect
In battle
Generation III
When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makescontact, there is a 1/3 chance that the attacking Pokémon will becomepoisoned. This Ability cannot poisonPoison-type orSteel-type Pokémon.
If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by amultistrike move that makes contact (such asFury 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
In other games
Description
| Games | Description |
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| 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. |
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In animation
Pokémon animated series
 Venipede The effect activated |
| When the opponent makes physical contact with the Pokémon, they become poisoned. |
| Pokémon | Method |
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| User | First Used In | Notes |
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 | Venipede slams its head into the opponent, causing it to become poisoned. |
| A wild Venipede | A Venipede Stampede! | Debut |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Trivia
In other languages
