Acid
Scarlet & Violet
10% chance to lower the foe(s) Sp. Def by 1.
- Power
- 40
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 30
- Hits
- Both foes (spread move)
Changes over time
How Acid changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen IV
Became Special (the physical/special split)
Has a 10% chance to lower the target's added: Special Defense by 1 stage.
- Gen III
10% chance to lower the
dropped: target'sadded: foe(s) Defense by 1. - Gen II
Has a
dropped: 33%added: 10% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1 stage.
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 Gen IX
Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by 1 stage.
“Opposing Pokémon are attacked with a spray of harsh acid. This may also lower their Sp. Def stats.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Acid, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Boosts it
3
- Sheer Force×1.3, loses the effect
- Serene Gracedoubles the chance
- Technician×1.5
Blocks or weakens it
2
- Shield Dustblocks the effect
Covert Cloakblocks the effect
Changes how it works
1
- Infiltratorgoes through Substitute
Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.
Who learns Acid
It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.