| Poison Touch | どくしゅ |
| Underhanded Trick |
Flavor text | Generation V | |
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| May poison targets when a Pokémon makes contact. |
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Poison Touch (Japanese:どくしゅUnderhanded Trick) is anAbility introduced inGeneration V.
Effect
In battle
If a Pokémon with this Ability uses a move that makescontact, there is a 30% chance the target will becomepoisoned. In Japanese versions ofPokémon Black and White, this is a 20% chance instead.
This chance applies independently of any moves that may have a chance to poison the target with their own effect. If the attack's target holds astatus condition-curing Berry, it is possible for a move's natural effect to inflict astatus condition which the target's held item will then cure, only for the target to then be poisoned by Poison Touch. Poison Touch's chances also apply independently for each hit of amultistrike move.
Poison Touch can poison a target hit byDragon Tail orCircle Throw. Poison Touch can poison a target withMummy before Mummy overwrites Poison Touch. Pokémon withImmunity,Shield Dust, or (duringharsh sunlight)Leaf Guard cannot be poisoned by Poison Touch, unless the contact-making move isSunsteel Strike.
In a link battle including a Japanese version of Pokémon Black or White and non-Japanese version of Black and White (or any version of Black 2 or White 2), the chance to poison is determined by the game of the player with the Pokémon that has the Ability Poison Touch. As such, a Pokémon with Poison Touch owned by the player of a Japanese version of Pokémon Black or White will have a 20% chance to poison, whereas players of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 and non-Japanese versions of Pokémon Black and White will have a 30% chance.
Outside of battle
Poison Touch has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Poison Touch
In other games
Description
| Games | Description |
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| MDGtI | May inflict the Poisoned status on the attacker who hits it with a direct attack.*
When the Pokémon lands a direct attack like Tackle or Scratch, the target is sometimes afflicted with the Poisoned status condition!* | | SMD | When the Pokémon damages a target with a contact move like Tackle or Scratch, the target sometimes gets poisoned! |
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Trivia
- This Ability's Japanese, Korean, and Chinese names are a pun; 毒手Dokushu is a figure of speech meaningtreachery or an underhanded scheme, but the individual characters 毒 and 手 literally mean "poison" and "hand/touch", respectively.
In other languages
