Acid Armor (move)

Acid Armor とける Liquefy

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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Acid Armor (Japanese: とける Liquefy) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I to V

Acid Armor will increase the user's Defense by two stages.

Generation VI

Acid Armor's PP changed from 40 to 20.

Description

Games Description Melts the user's body for protection. A move that sharply raises Defense. Sharply raises the user's Defense. RSE Liquifies the user’s body to sharply raise Defense. FRLG The user alters its cells to liquefy itself and sharply raise Defense. The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, sharply raising its Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	55			40			34			39				39	40	40
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	60			45			34			44				42	43	43
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	42	47	47			47			64				64	29	29
489		Phione	Water		Water										31				31			31
490		Manaphy	Water		Water										31				31			31
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice														31			31
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice														31			31
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice														31			31
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice														29			29
616		Shelmet	Bug		Bug														32			32
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
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison
422		Shellos	Water		Water
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire
690		Skrelp*	Poison	Water
704		Goomy*	Dragon		Dragon
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.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0316 Gulpin Poison Dream World - Dream Park 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

Vaporeon Phione
The user alters its cellular structure to melt into the water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Vaporeon jumps into the water, glows blue, then disappears. It can then swim through the water as if it were invisible. Seconds later, it jumps out of the water and attacks the opponent.
Rainer's Vaporeon	The Battling Eevee Brothers		Debut
Galea's Vaporeon	On Olden Pond		None
A wild Vaporeon	Eevee & Friends		None
	Phione goes into the water and then disappears, or it transforms its body into water.
A wild Phione	Hold the Phione!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Vaporeon
The user melts into a body of water.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Vaporeon's body melts into a body of water. It then hops out and attacks the opponent.
Red's Vee	Clefabulous Clefable		Debut
	Slugma melts its body into a puddle of lava.
Blaise's Slugma	You Can Fight Day or Night With Lunatone & Solrock		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Despite its type and international names, Acid Armor is generally depicted as a Pokémon's ability to dissolve its own body structure, in accordance with its Japanese name, とける Tokeru, which can be translated to liquefy.
• In Generation I, Acid Armor caused the user's sprite to become invisible until it fainted or switched out, or the battle ended. In later generations, the user's sprite does not become invisible.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 溶化 Rónghuà Danish Syrepanser Dutch Zuurschild Finnish Happokilpi French Acidarmure German Säurepanzer Greek Οξυπανοπλία Italian Scudo Acido Korean 녹기 Nokgi Norwegian Syreskjold Portuguese Brazil Armadura Ácida Portugal Armadura Ácida (Original Series; DP Series) Armadura (Advanced Series) Serbian Kiselinski Oklop Spanish Armad. Ácida

Variations of the move Acid Armor
Acid Armor • Amnesia • Autotomize • Barrier • Iron Defense • Nasty Plot • Rock Polish • Swords Dance Formerly a variation Minimize

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