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Acid Armor

In Pokémon ChampionsGen I
Game

Pokémon Champions

PoisonStatus

Raises the user's Defense by 2.

Power
–
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Hits
The user

Changes over time

How Acid Armor changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen VI

    PP 40 → 20 Nerfed

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

Raises the user's Defense by 2 stages.

“The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, sharply boosting its Defense stat.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

What interacts

Abilities and items that boost Acid Armor, block it, punish its user or change how it works.

Boosts it

1

Good to know

Who runs Acid Armor on Showdown

  1. Vaporeon6.2% of its sets

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Acid Armor among their most used moves.

Vaporeon, ladder rank #169Swalot, ladder rank #239

Who learns Acid Armor

11 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

VaporeonReuniclusVanilluxeChandelureDragalgeGoodraAlcremieGlimmoraMega ChandelureMega DragalgeMega Glimmora

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