Corrosion (Ability)

Corrosion	ふしょく
	Corrosion
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII The Pokémon can poison the target even if it's a Steel or Poison type. Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Corrosion (Japanese: ふしょく Corrosion) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Salandit line.

Effect

In battle

Corrosion allows the user to inflict poison on any Pokémon regardless of type, allowing them to poison Poison and Steel-type Pokémon.

This Ability has no effect on Toxic Spikes. It does not allow the Pokémon with this Ability to poison a Pokémon with Immunity, nor can the Pokémon with this Ability damage Steel-types with Poison-type moves.

If a move is reflected by the target of the Pokémon with this Ability due to Magic Coat or Magic Bounce, the reflected move will not be able to poison Steel- or Poison-type Pokémon.

Outside of battle

It is unknown if Corrosion has any effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Corrosion

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0757		Salandit	Poison	Fire	Corrosion	None	Oblivious
0758		Salazzle	Poison	Fire	Corrosion	None	Oblivious
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 languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 腐蝕 Fuhsihk Mandarin 腐蝕 / 腐蚀 Fǔshí French Corrosion German Korrosion Italian Corrosione Korean 부식 Busik Russian Коррозия Korroziya Spanish Corrosión

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