Poison · Special move · Gen 1
Acid
Acid is a Poison-type special move introduced in Generation 1. It has 40 base power and 100% accuracy, with 30 PP (48 with PP Max). In double battles it hits all adjacent opponents (spread moves deal 0.75× damage when they hit more than one target). 39 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Poison
Category
Special
Power
40
Accuracy
100%
PP
30 (max 48)
Priority
0
Effect
10% chance to lower the foe(s) Sp. Def by 1. Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by 1 stage.
- Targets
- All adjacent opponents
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (23 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Poison attack
2× vsGrassFairy
½× vsPoisonGroundRockGhost
0× vsSteel
Pokémon that learn Acid
39 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Bug/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Dark | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Water | 8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Ghost/Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Bug | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug | 5–8 | ||||
| Poison/Water | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Poison/Dragon | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Rock/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Electric/Poison | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Electric/Poison | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Electric/Poison | ✓ | 8–9 |
Acid FAQ
What does Acid do?
Acid is a Poison-type special move with 40 power. Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by 1 stage.
Which Pokémon can learn Acid?
39 Pokémon and forms can learn Acid in at least one game: 23 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Ekans, Arbok, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume and Bellsprout.
Is Acid in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Acid in Pokémon Champions.
What is Acid super effective against?
As a Poison-type attack, Acid is super effective against Grass and Fairy, not very effective against Poison, Ground, Rock and Ghost and has no effect on Steel (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.