Ability Detail

Summary

Effect Spore is an ability in the Pokémon series that can cause various status conditions when the Pokémon with this ability is touched by an opponent's move. This ability is typically associated with Grass-type Pokémon like Paras and Shroomish and their evolutions, Parasect and Breloom, respectively. Here are the details and effects:

Effects and Mechanics:
When a Pokémon with Effect Spore is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking Pokémon will be inflicted with one of three status conditions: sleep, paralysis, or poison.
The specific status condition inflicted is randomly determined and equally likely.
The status-inducing mechanics trigger only on moves that require physical contact, and not on special, status, or long-range moves.
Competitive Use:
Effect Spore can serve as a deterrent for opponents using physical contact moves, potentially disrupting their strategy by inflicting status conditions. -

Effects

Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user has a 30% chance of being paralyzed, poisoned, or put to sleep, chosen at random. Nothing is done to compensate if the move's user is immune to one of these ailments; there is simply a lower chance that the move's user will be affected.

Flavor Texts

ruby-sapphire: Leaves spores on contact.

emerald: Leaves spores on contact.

firered-leafgreen: Leaves spores on contact.

diamond-pearl: Contact may paralyze, poison, or cause sleep.

platinum: Contact may paralyze, poison, or cause sleep.

heartgold-soulsilver: Contact may paralyze, poison, or cause sleep.

black-white: Contact may poison or cause paralysis or sleep.

black-2-white-2: Contact may poison or cause paralysis or sleep.

x-y: Contact may poison or cause paralysis or sleep.

omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Contact may poison or cause paralysis or sleep.

sun-moon: Contact with the Pokémon may inflict poison, sleep, or paralysis on its attacker.