Poison · Physical move · Gen 4
Cross Poison
Cross Poison is a Poison-type physical move introduced in Generation 4. It has 70 base power and 100% accuracy, with 20 PP (32 with PP Max). 37 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Poison
Category
Physical
Power
70
Accuracy
100%
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
High critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison. Has a 10% chance to poison the target and a higher chance for a critical hit.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact · Slicing move (Sharpness)
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (8 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (10 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Poison attack
2× vsGrassFairy
½× vsPoisonGroundRockGhost
0× vsSteel
Pokémon that learn Cross Poison
37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Beedrill | Bug/Poison | ✓ | |||
 Paras | Bug/Grass | 4–7 | |||
 Parasect | Bug/Grass | 4–7 | |||
 Machamp | Fighting | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Tentacool | Water/Poison | 8 | |||
 Tentacruel | Water/Poison | 8 | |||
 Scyther | Bug/Flying | 8 | |||
 Kabutops | Rock/Water | 8 | |||
 Mew | Psychic | 8 | |||
 Spinarak | Bug/Poison | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Ariados | Bug/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |
 Crobat | Poison/Flying | 4–8 | |||
 Gligar | Ground/Flying | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Scizor | Bug/Steel | 8 | |||
 Sceptile | Grass | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Anorith | Rock/Bug | 4–8 | |||
 Armaldo | Rock/Bug | 4–8 | |||
 Vespiquen | Bug/Flying | 8 | |||
 Skorupi | Poison/Bug | 4–8 | |||
 Drapion | Poison/Dark | 4–8 | |||
 Toxicroak | Poison/Fighting | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Gliscor | Ground/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |
 Scolipede | Bug/Poison | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Garbodor | Poison | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Joltik | Bug/Electric | 5–8 | |||
 Galvantula | Bug/Electric | 5–8 | |||
 Toxapex | Poison/Water | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Lurantis | Grass | 8 | |||
 Salazzle | Poison/Fire | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Nihilego | Rock/Poison | 8 | |||
 Naganadel | Poison/Dragon | 8 | |||
 Obstagoon | Dark/Normal | 8 | |||
 Eternatus | Poison/Dragon | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Kleavor | Bug/Rock | 8 | |||
 Shroodle | Poison/Normal | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Grafaiai | Poison/Normal | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Fezandipiti | Poison/Fairy | ✓ | 9 |
Cross Poison FAQ
What does Cross Poison do?
Cross Poison is a Poison-type physical move with 70 power. Has a 10% chance to poison the target and a higher chance for a critical hit.
Which Pokémon can learn Cross Poison?
37 Pokémon and forms can learn Cross Poison in at least one game: 8 in Scarlet & Violet, 10 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Beedrill, Paras, Parasect, Machamp, Tentacool and Tentacruel.
Is Cross Poison in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 10 Pokémon can use Cross Poison in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Cross Poison super effective against?
As a Poison-type attack, Cross Poison 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.