Gunk Shot (move)

Gunk Shot ダストシュート Dust Shoot

Battles Type  Poison Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  70% Priority  0 Does not make 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 Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0

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

Gunk Shot (Japanese: ダストシュート Dust Shoot) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Gunk Shot deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS The user shoots filthy garbage at the foe to attack. It may also poison the target. BW The user shoots filthy garbage at the target to attack. It may also poison the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	41				49			''''
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	56				63			''''
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	44				49			''''
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	54				58			''''
224		Octillery	Water		Water	--				--			'
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	54				59			''''
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	66				73			''''
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison					45			''''
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison					54			''''
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
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	no
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	no
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 move tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison								✔	✔
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison								✔	✔
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
053		Persian	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison								✔	✔
089		Muk	Poison		Poison								✔	✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic								✔	✔
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
223		Remoraid	Water		Water								✔	✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water								✔	✔
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying								✔	✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying								✔	✔
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground								✔	✔
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground								✔	✔
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying								✔	✔
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison								✔	✔
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison								✔	✔
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire								✔	✔
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting								✔	✔
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting								✔	✔
413		Wormadam	Bug	Steel								✔	✔
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric								✔	✔
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting								✔	✔
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting								✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting Dream World - Rugged Mountain 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 manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Octillery Gunk Shot Adventures.png Octillery
The user shoots a huge blast of gunk at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Octillery takes in a deep breath and fires a tremendously powerful blast of ink from its mouth at the opponent.
Saturn's Octillery	VS. Octillery		Debut

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

Trivia

• Many non-Poison-type Pokémon can learn this move from the tutor in Platinum. It shares this trait with Seed Bomb, which many non-Template:Type2 Pokémon can learn from a tutor.
• Octillery is the only non-Poison-type Pokémon to learn this move by level up.
• None of the Pokémon that learn this move by level up have a secondary type.
• It has the highest base power of all Poison-type moves.
• Gunk Shot is the only variation of Blizzard not yet seen in the anime.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 灰塵射擊 Huī​chén​ Shè​jī​ Dutch Slijmschot French Détricanon German Mülltreffer Greek Βολή Λιπαντικού Italian Sporcolancio Korean 더스트슈트 Dust Shoot Spanish Lanza Mugre

Variations of the move Blizzard
Blizzard • Thunder • Hurricane Formerly a variation Gunk Shot Focus Blast

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