Ability profile
Poison Touch Pokemon Ability
Generation
Generation V
Pokémon with ability
11
Effect
This Pokémon's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning the target with each hit. This counts as an extra effect for the purposes of Shield Dust. This ability takes effect before Mummy.
Flavor text
May poison targets when a Pokémon makes contact.
Quick summary
Poison Touch is a main-series ability from Generation V. Open species profiles below to see typings, moves, and community fan rank where available.
Battle context
Generation debut
Generation V
Poison Touch first appeared in Generation V. Compare how newer releases reuse or power up the effect when building themed teams.
Main series
Yes
Poison Touch is used in main-series battles and links to 11 species profiles below.
11 Pokémon can have Poison Touch in the official dataset.
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