Poison · Status move · Gen 5
Coil
Coil is a Poison-type status move introduced in Generation 5. It never misses and has 20 PP (32 with PP Max). 20 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Poison
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
Raises user's Attack, Defense, accuracy by 1. Raises the user's Attack, Defense, and accuracy by 1 stage.
- Targets
- The user
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (15 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (6 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Pokémon that learn Coil
20 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 | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Water | 6–7 | ||||
| Water | 6–7 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Electric | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Dragon/Ground | 6–8 | ||||
| Ground | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Fire/Bug | 8 | ||||
| Fire/Bug | 8 | ||||
| Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 |
Coil FAQ
What does Coil do?
Coil is a Poison-type status move. Raises the user's Attack, Defense, and accuracy by 1 stage.
Which Pokémon can learn Coil?
20 Pokémon and forms can learn Coil in at least one game: 15 in Scarlet & Violet, 6 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Ekans, Arbok, Furret, Dunsparce, Seviper and Milotic.
Is Coil in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 6 Pokémon can use Coil in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
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.