Poison Point (Ability)

Poison Point

どくのトゲ

Poison Spine

Flavor text

Generation III
Poisons foe on contact.^RSEFRLG Poisons target on contact.^Colo^XD

Generation IV
Contact with the Pokémon may poison the foe.

Generation V
Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.

Generation VI
Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.

Generation VII
Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.

Generation VIII
Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.

Generation IX
Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.

Poison Point (Japanese: どくのトゲ Poison Spine) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Generation III

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 1/3 chance that the attacking Pokémon will become poisoned. This Ability cannot poison Poison-type or Steel-type Pokémon.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multistrike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit has an independent chance to activate this Ability.

Generation IV onward

The chance for Poison Point to poison is lowered to 30%.

Outside of battle

Poison Point has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Poison Point

#		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0029	Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison		Rivalry^{Gen IV+}	Hustle
0030	Nidorina	Poison		Poison		Rivalry^{Gen IV+}	Hustle
0031	Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground		Rivalry^{Gen IV+}	Sheer Force
0032	Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison		Rivalry^{Gen IV+}	Hustle
0033	Nidorino	Poison		Poison		Rivalry^{Gen IV+}	Hustle
0034	Nidoking	Poison	Ground		Rivalry^{Gen IV+}	Sheer Force
0117	Seadra	Water		Water		Sniper^{Gen IV+}	Damp
0194	Wooper Paldean Form	Poison	Ground		Water Absorb	Unaware
0211	Qwilfish	Water	Poison		Swift Swim	Intimidate
0211	Qwilfish Hisuian Form	Dark	Poison		Swift Swim	Intimidate
0315	Roselia	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure		Leaf Guard
0406	Budew	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure		Leaf Guard
0407	Roserade	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure		Technician
0543	Venipede	Bug	Poison		Swarm	Speed Boost^{Gen VI+}
0544	Whirlipede	Bug	Poison		Swarm	Speed Boost^{Gen VI+}
0545	Scolipede	Bug	Poison		Swarm	Speed Boost^{Gen VI+}
0690	Skrelp	Poison	Water		Poison Touch	Adaptability
0691	Dragalge	Poison	Dragon		Poison Touch	Adaptability
0904	Overqwil	Dark	Poison		Swift Swim	Intimidate
0980	Clodsire	Poison	Ground		Water Absorb	Unaware
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Poisons attackers.
MDTD S	Poisons an attacker who lands a direct-contact attack.
BSL	こうげきしてきたポケモンをどくじょうたいにしてしまう
Conq.	Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.
MDGtI	May inflict the Poisoned status on the attacker who hits it with a direct attack.* When the Pokémon is hit with a direct attack like Tackle or Scratch, the attacker is sometimes afflicted with the Poisoned status condition!*
SMD	When the Pokémon is hit with a contact move like Tackle or Scratch, the attacker sometimes gets poisoned!
MDRTDX	When the Pokémon is hit with a contact move, like Tackle or Scratch, the attacker sometimes gets poisoned.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Pokémon	Method
Venipede The effect activated
When the opponent makes physical contact with the Pokémon, they become poisoned.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Venipede slams its head into the opponent, causing it to become poisoned.
A wild Venipede	A Venipede Stampede!	Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Whirlipede Qwilfish making contact Poisoned
When the opponent makes physical contact with the Pokémon, they become poisoned.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Sometimes, when Qwilfish makes direct contact with the opponent, it gets poisoned.
The Battle Factory's Qwilfish	Outlasting Ledian	Debut
	Sometimes, when Whirlipede makes direct contact with the opponent, it gets poisoned.
Burgh's Whirlipede	Big City Battles	None

In volume 24, Green's Nidorina, Nido, was revealed to have Poison Point as her Ability.
Red's Nidorino and Giovanni's Nidoqueen and Nidoking were revealed to have Poison Point as their Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
Violet's Clodsire, Gardenia's Roserade, and Burgh's Whirlipede were revealed to have Poison Point as their Ability.

Trivia

The Ability Poison Touch introduced in Generation V can be thought of as having Poison Point's inverse effect.
Prior to becoming an Ability, Poison Point appeared as a TCG Attack.
Seadra is the only Pokémon that may have the Poison Point Ability without being a Poison-type itself.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	毒刺 Duhkchi
Chinese	Mandarin	毒刺 Dúcì
Dutch		Gifpunt
Finnish		Myrkytys
French		Point Poison
German		Giftdorn
Italian		Velenopunto
Korean		독가시 Dokgasi
Polish		Trujący Punkt
Brazilian Portuguese		Ponto Venenoso
Spanish	Latin America	Punto Tóxico (TCG) Punta Veneno (BW022)
Spanish	Spain	Punto Tóxico
Thai		หนามพิษ
Vietnamese		Gai độc

Variations of the Ability
• Cursed Body • Effect Spore • Flame Body • Static

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.