Poison · Physical move · Gen 3
Poison Tail
Poison Tail is a Poison-type physical move introduced in Generation 3. It has 50 base power and 100% accuracy, with 25 PP (40 with PP Max). 46 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Poison
Category
Physical
Power
50
Accuracy
100%
PP
25 (max 40)
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
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (30 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 Poison Tail
46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ekans | Poison | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Arbok | Poison | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
 Nidoran-F | Poison | 5–8 | |||
 Nidorina | Poison | 5–8 | |||
 Nidoqueen | Poison/Ground | 5–8 | |||
 Nidoran-M | Poison | 5–8 | |||
 Nidorino | Poison | 5–8 | |||
 Nidoking | Poison/Ground | 5–8 | |||
 Mew | Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Paldean Wooper | Poison/Ground | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Dunsparce | Normal | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Gligar | Ground/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Qwilfish | Water/Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Hisuian Qwilfish | Dark/Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Hisuian Sneasel | Fighting/Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Seviper | Poison | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
 Stunky | Poison/Dark | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Skuntank | Poison/Dark | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Skorupi | Poison/Bug | 5–7 | |||
 Drapion | Poison/Dark | 5–7 | |||
 Gliscor | Ground/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Venipede | Bug/Poison | 5–8 | |||
 Whirlipede | Bug/Poison | 5–8 | |||
 Scolipede | Bug/Poison | 5–8 | |||
 Druddigon | Dragon | 5–8 | |||
 Skrelp | Poison/Water | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
 Dragalge | Poison/Dragon | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
 Goomy | Dragon | 6–7 | |||
 Sliggoo | Dragon | 6–7 | |||
 Hisuian Sliggoo | Steel/Dragon | 6–7 | |||
 Goodra | Dragon | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
 Hisuian Goodra | Steel/Dragon | 6–7 | |||
 Salandit | Poison/Fire | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Salazzle | Poison/Fire | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Silicobra | Ground | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Sandaconda | Ground | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Toxtricity | Electric/Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Toxtricity-Low-Key | Electric/Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Eternatus | Poison/Dragon | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
 Sneasler | Fighting/Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Overqwil | Dark/Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Grafaiai | Poison/Normal | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Clodsire | Poison/Ground | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Dudunsparce | Normal | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Okidogi | Poison/Fighting | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Fezandipiti | Poison/Fairy | ✓ | 9 |
Poison Tail FAQ
What does Poison Tail do?
Poison Tail is a Poison-type physical move with 50 power. Has a 10% chance to poison the target and a higher chance for a critical hit.
Which Pokémon can learn Poison Tail?
46 Pokémon and forms can learn Poison Tail in at least one game: 30 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Ekans, Arbok, Nidoran-F, Nidorina, Nidoqueen and Nidoran-M.
Is Poison Tail in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Poison Tail in Pokémon Champions.
What is Poison Tail super effective against?
As a Poison-type attack, Poison Tail 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.