Additional effect

This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it.

---

Side-effects are the secondary effects of some, mainly damaging, moves that causes extra changes to the opponent.

Side-effects includes recoil damage, stat changes and inflicting status conditions. Some moves have two secondary effects. For example, Flare Blitz causes recoil damage (to the user) and also chance to burn (the opponent).

Items and abilities are not considered side-effects, but three abilities either negate or help the side effects. The three abilities are: Serene Grace, Sheer Force, and Shield Dust.

List of moves with side-effects

Move Type Category Side-effect Absorb Grass Special 50% of damage restores user's health Acid Poison Special 10% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage Acid Spray Poison Special Lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages Air Slash Flying Special 30% chance of causing the target to flinch Ancient Power Rock Special 10% chance of raising all of the user's stats, except for accuracy and evasion, by one stage Astonish Ghost Physical 30% chance of causing the target to flinch if the user attacks first Aurora Beam Ice Special 10% chance of lowering all of the target's Attack stat by one stage

See also

• Moves by effect