Cross Poison (move)

Cross Poison クロスポイズン Cross Poison

Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   No additional effect

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Cross Poison (Japanese: クロスポイズン Cross Poison) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Cross Poison deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio. It has a 10% chance of poisoning the opponent.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 0169 Crobat Poison Flying -- 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 50 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 58 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Parasect
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Parasect
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi, Drapion

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0047 Parasect Bug Grass -- 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 47 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 55 0169 Crobat Poison Flying -- 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 61 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 73 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Parasect
Spinarak, Ariados
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Parasect
Spinarak, Ariados
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0595 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Joltik
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Parasect
Spinarak, Ariados
Skorupi, Drapion

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0347 Anorith Rock Bug Dream World Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Drapion Cross Poison Start.png Crosses arms File:Drapion Cross Poison.png Slashes Drapion
The user crosses its arms and they start to glow purple. The user then slashes its opponent, leaving a purple after image.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Drapion crosses its arms above its head and its hands and pincers start to glow purple. Drapion then slashes the opponent in an 'X' formation, leaving behind a purple after image, or Drapion crosses its arms in front of its face and its claws start to glow purple. A purple 'X' then appears in front of its crossed arms and it opens its hands, firing the 'X' at the opponent.
J's Drapion	Mutiny in the Bounty!		Debut
Paul's Drapion	Familiarity Breeds Strategy!		None

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 十字毒藥 Shí​zì​ Dú​yào​ Dutch Gifkruis European French Poison-Croix German Giftstreich Greek Διασταύρωση Δηλητηρίου Italian Velenocroce Korean 크로스포이즌 Cross Poison Polish Kontra Trucizna European Portuguese Cruz Venenosa European Spanish Veneno X

Variations of the move Slash
Slash • Night Slash • Shadow Claw • Psycho Cut • Cross Poison • Aqua Cutter Formerly a variation Leaf Blade

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