Poison · Status move · Gen 8
Corrosive Gas
Corrosive Gas is a Poison-type status move introduced in Generation 8. It has 100% accuracy and has 40 PP (64 with PP Max). In double battles it hits all adjacent pokémon, allies included (spread moves deal 0.75× damage when they hit more than one target). 18 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Poison
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
40 (max 64)
Priority
0
Effect
Removes adjacent Pokemon's held items. The target loses its held item. This move cannot cause Pokemon with the Sticky Hold Ability to lose their held item or cause a Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, Zamazenta, Paradox Pokemon, or Ogerpon to lose their Blue Orb, Red Orb, Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or Mask, respectively. In this case, Paradox Pokemon include every species with the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. Items lost to this move cannot be regained with Recycle or the Harvest Ability.
- Targets
- All adjacent Pokémon, allies included
- Scarlet & Violet
- Not usable — it exists in the game files but no Pokémon can use it
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (6 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Pokémon that learn Corrosive Gas
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Water/Poison | 8 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 8 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 8 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Poison | 8 | ||||
| Poison | 8 | ||||
| Poison/Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Poison | ✓ | ||||
| Poison/Dark | 8 | ||||
| Poison/Dark | 8 | ||||
| Poison/Fighting | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Poison | 8 | ||||
| Poison | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Poison/Fire | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Rock/Poison | 8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | 8 |
Corrosive Gas FAQ
What does Corrosive Gas do?
Corrosive Gas is a Poison-type status move. The target loses its held item. This move cannot cause Pokemon with the Sticky Hold Ability to lose their held item or cause a Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, Zamazenta, Paradox Pokemon, or Ogerpon to lose their Blue Orb, Red Orb, Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or Mask, respectively. In this case, Paradox Pokemon include every species with the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. Items lost to this move cannot be regained with Recycle or the Harvest Ability.
Which Pokémon can learn Corrosive Gas?
18 Pokémon and forms can learn Corrosive Gas in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 6 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Vileplume, Tentacruel, Gastly, Haunter, Gengar and Koffing.
Is Corrosive Gas in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 6 Pokémon can use Corrosive Gas 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.