Poison Touch (Ability)

Poison Touch	どくしゅ
	Underhanded
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Has a 20% chance of poisoning Pokémon upon contact when attacking. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Poison Touch (Japanese: どくしゅ Underhanded) is an ability introduced in Generation V. Five Pokémon can have this ability, all but one of which are Template:Type2 Pokémon.

Effect

In battle

The contact-based attacks from a Pokémon with Poison Touch have a 20% chance of poisoning the target.

Outside of battle

Currently, it is unknown if this ability has an effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Poison Touch

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	Stench	Sticky Hold	Poison Touch
0089		Muk	Poison		Poison	Stench	Sticky Hold	Poison Touch
0453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Poison Touch
0454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Poison Touch
0537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Poison Touch	Water Absorb
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.

Trivia

• Seismitoad is the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon that can have Poison Touch as an ability.
  • Coincidentally, Seismitoad is the only one who can have the ability without having to have come from the Dream World.

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.