Gunk Shot (move)

Gunk Shot ダストシュート Dust Shoot

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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 but the user (long-range)

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.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0023 Ekans Poison 41 0024 Arbok Poison 56 0088 Grimer Poison 44 0089 Muk Poison 54 0224 Octillery Water -- 0316 Gulpin Poison 54 0317 Swalot Poison 66 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0023 Ekans Poison 0024 Arbok Poison 0052 Meowth Normal 0053 Persian Normal 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0088 Grimer Poison 0089 Muk Poison 0143 Snorlax Normal 0151 Mew Psychic 0190 Aipom Normal 0216 Teddiursa Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0223 Remoraid Water 0224 Octillery Water 0225 Delibird Ice Flying 0226 Mantine Water Flying 0231 Phanpy Ground 0232 Donphan Ground 0263 Zigzagoon Normal 0264 Linoone Normal 0279 Pelipper Water Flying 0287 Slakoth Normal 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0316 Gulpin Poison 0317 Swalot Poison 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 0417 Pachirisu Electric 0424 Ambipom Normal 0446 Munchlax Normal 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Many non-Poison-types can learn this move from the tutor in Platinum. It shares this trait with Seed Bomb, which many non-Template:Type2s can learn from a tutor.
• Octillery is the only non-Poison-type to learn this move by level up.
• None of the Pokémon that learn this move by level up have a secondary type.
• Croagunk and Toxicroak are the only Template:Type2s that can learn this move via move tutor that couldn't already learn it by leveling up.
• According to Dawn's PokéDex, the Grimer she borrowed in Camping It Up! knows this move.

In other languages

• Dutch: Slijmschot
• Italian: Sporcolancio
• Spanish: Lanza Mugre
• French: Detri-Canon
• German: Mülltreffer

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

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