Venom Drench (move)

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Venom Drench ベノムトラップ Venom Trap

Battles Type  Poison Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Many Others: Affects all adjacent opponents, but not allies

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Clever Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Brings down the energy of any Pokémon that have already used a move this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Venom Drench (Japanese: ベノムトラップ Venom Trap) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

If the target poisoned, Venom Drench lowers the Attack, Special Attack, and Speed stats of the target by one stage. If the target is not poisoned, the move will fail.

Description

Games Description Opposing Pokémon are drenched in an odd poisonous liquid. This lowers the Attack, Sp. Atk, and Speed stats of a poisoned target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	38
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	--
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	28 25
407		Roserade	Grass	Poison	--
544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison	43
545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison	47
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison
041		Zubat*	Poison	Flying
316		Gulpin*	Poison		Poison
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying
690		Skrelp	Poison	Water
708		Phantump	Ghost	Grass
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other languages

Language Title French Piège de Venin German Giftfalle Italian Velenotrappola Korean 베놈트랩 Venom Trap Spanish Trampa Venenosa

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