Ability profile
Corrosion Pokemon Ability
Generation
Generation VII
Pokémon with ability
5
Effect
This Pokémon's moves and item ignore the usual immunity of Poison and Steel Pokémon when attempting to inflict poison.
Flavor text
The Pokémon can poison the target even if it’s a Steel or Poison type.
Quick summary
Corrosion is a main-series ability from Generation VII. Open species profiles below to see typings, moves, and community fan rank where available.
Battle context
Generation debut
Generation VII
Corrosion first appeared in Generation VII. Compare how newer releases reuse or power up the effect when building themed teams.
Main series
Yes
Corrosion is used in main-series battles and links to 5 species profiles below.
5 Pokémon can have Corrosion in the official dataset.
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