Ability Detail

Summary

Poison Touch is an ability in the Pokémon series that augments the possibility of conferring the Poison status condition on adversaries. Precisely, when a Pokémon equipped with Poison Touch employs a move involving physical contact, there exists a 30% probability that the target will suffer from poisoning. This ability proffers users an extra tier of offensive utility, making physical attacks increasingly threatening due to the potential for residual damage induced by poison.

Effects:

Poison Status Infliction: When a Pokémon with Poison Touch strikes an opponent through a contact move, there's a 30% likelihood that the foe will be poisoned. Poison progressively depletes the afflicted Pokémon’s HP, continually eroding their health over consecutive turns.
Contact Moves: Only actions requiring physical touch activate Poison Touch. Certain examples encompass standard physical maneuvers like "Tackle" and advanced techniques like "Poison Jab". Notably, the latter can intensify the chances of poisoning because the move inherently carries a possibility to inflict such status.

Flavor Texts

black-white: May poison targets when a Pokémon makes contact.

black-2-white-2: May poison targets when a Pokémon makes contact.

x-y: May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.

omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.

sun-moon: May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.

ultra-sun-ultra-moon: May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.

lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.

sword-shield: May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.

scarlet-violet: May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.

Pokémon with the Poison-Touch ability