Mortal Spin
Pokémon Champions
Poisons foes, frees user from hazards/bind/leech.
- Power
- 30
- Accuracy
- 100%
- Hit chance
- PP
- 16 Scarlet & Violet: 15
- Cooldown
- Wind-up
- Hits
- Both foes (spread move)
Changes over time
How Mortal Spin changed from game to game, newest first.
- Champions
PP 15 → 16 Buffed
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
If this move is successful and the user has not fainted, the effects of Leech Seed and binding moves end for the user, and all hazards are removed from the user's side of the field. Has a 100% chance to poison the target.
“The user performs a spin attack that can also eliminate the effects of such moves as Bind, Wrap, and Leech Seed. This also poisons opposing Pokémon.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Mortal Spin, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Boosts it
4
- Tough Claws×1.3
- Poison Touch30% to poison
- Sheer Force×1.3, loses the effect
- Serene Gracedoubles the chance
- Technician×1.5
Blocks or weakens it
3
- Fluffytakes ½
- Aura Guardtakes ½
- Shield Dustblocks the effect
Covert Cloakblocks the effect
Punishes the user
12
- Rough Skintakes ⅛ back
- Iron Barbstakes ⅛ back
Rocky Helmettakes ⅙ back- Static30% paralysis
- Flame Body30% burn
- Poison Point30% poison
- Effect Spore30% poison, paralysis or sleep
- Cute Charm30% infatuation
- Gooey−1 Speed
- Tangling Hair−1 Speed
- Mummyreplaces its ability
- Lingering Aromareplaces its ability
- Wandering Spiritswaps abilities
- Perish Bodya 3-turn faint countdown for both
- Aftermathtakes ¼ if it knocks the holder out
- Pickpocketsteals its item
Sticky Barbcan stick to it
Changes how it works
4
- Long Reachno contact
Protective Padsno contact effects- Unseen Fistgoes through Protect
- Piercing Drillgoes through Protect for ¼ damage
- Infiltratorgoes through Substitute
- Unseen Fistgoes through Protect for ¼ damage
No ability or held item affected it in these games.
Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.
Who runs Mortal Spin on Showdown
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 Mortal Spin among their most used moves.
Who learns Mortal Spin
2 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 1 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →