Poison · Status move · Gen 4
Gastro Acid
Gastro Acid is a Poison-type status move introduced in Generation 4. It has 100% accuracy and has 10 PP (16 with PP Max). 53 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Poison
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
10 (max 16)
Priority
0
Effect
Nullifies the target's Ability. Causes the target's Ability to be rendered ineffective as long as it remains active. If the target uses Baton Pass, the replacement will remain under this effect. If the target's Ability is As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Gulp Missile, Ice Face, Multitype, Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, Tera Shift, Zen Mode, or Zero to Hero, this move fails, and receiving the effect through Baton Pass ends the effect immediately.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (19 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (6 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Pokémon that learn Gastro Acid
53 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 | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Grass/Poison | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Poison/Dark | 7 | ||||
| Poison/Dark | 7 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Psychic | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass | 4–7 | ||||
| Bug/Rock | 4–8 | ||||
| Poison | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Poison | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Grass | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Grass | 4–8 | ||||
| Grass | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Fire | 6–7 | ||||
| Fire | 6–7 | ||||
| Water | 6–7 | ||||
| Water | 6–7 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 5–7 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 5–7 | ||||
| Bug/Electric | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Bug/Electric | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Bug | 5–7 | ||||
| Bug | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Ground | 6–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 6–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 6–7 | ||||
| Poison/Water | 7 | ||||
| Poison/Water | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water/Rock | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Bug | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Bug | ✓ | 9 |
Gastro Acid FAQ
What does Gastro Acid do?
Gastro Acid is a Poison-type status move. Causes the target's Ability to be rendered ineffective as long as it remains active. If the target uses Baton Pass, the replacement will remain under this effect. If the target's Ability is As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Gulp Missile, Ice Face, Multitype, Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, Tera Shift, Zen Mode, or Zero to Hero, this move fails, and receiving the effect through Baton Pass ends the effect immediately.
Which Pokémon can learn Gastro Acid?
53 Pokémon and forms can learn Gastro Acid in at least one game: 19 in Scarlet & Violet, 6 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Ekans, Arbok, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume and Bellsprout.
Is Gastro Acid in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 6 Pokémon can use Gastro Acid 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.