Effect Spore

Effect

Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user has a 30% chance of being paralyzed, poisoned, or put to sleep, chosen at random. Nothing is done to compensate if the move's user is immune to one of these ailments; there is simply a lower chance that the move's user will be affected.

GenerationGen III

Pokemon11

Hidden Ability Holders3

Game Descriptions

Gen IIILeaves spores on contact.

Gen IVContact may paralyze, poison, or cause sleep.

Gen VContact may poison or cause paralysis or sleep.

Gen VIContact may poison or cause paralysis or sleep.

Gen VIIContact with the Pokémon may inflict poison, sleep, or paralysis on its attacker.

Gen VIIIContact with the Pokémon may inflict poison, sleep, or paralysis on its attacker.

Gen IXContact with the Pokémon may inflict poison, sleep, or paralysis on the attacker.

Effect Spore in Battle

Effect Spore gives a 30% chance of inflicting a random status condition on any opposing Pokemon that makes contact with the user. The three possible conditions — paralysis, poison, and sleep — each have a 10% individual chance (9%/10%/11% in some generations). The condition is chosen randomly each time the ability triggers.

If the attacker is already affected by a status condition or is immune to the randomly selected one (such as a Poison-type being selected for poison), the ability simply fails — it does not reroll for a different condition. Grass-type Pokemon became immune to Effect Spore's powder-based effects starting in Generation VI, along with Pokemon holding Safety Goggles.

Effect Spore is found on Grass-type Pokemon associated with mushrooms and spores, including Vileplume, Parasect, Breloom, Amoonguss, and Shiinotic. The random nature of the status makes it unpredictable but potentially devastating, particularly if sleep is inflicted.

Pokemon With Effect Spore (11)

# ▲	Name	Type	Other Abilities	Hidden?	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	Total
#045	Vileplume	grass poison	Chlorophyll	HA	75	80	85	110	90	50	490
#046	Paras	bug grass	Dry SkinDamp (HA)	Regular	35	70	55	45	55	25	285
#047	Parasect	bug grass	Dry SkinDamp (HA)	Regular	60	95	80	60	80	30	405
#285	Shroomish	grass	Poison HealQuick Feet (HA)	Regular	60	40	60	40	60	35	295
#286	Breloom	grass fighting	Poison HealTechnician (HA)	Regular	60	130	80	60	60	70	460
#590	Foongus	grass poison	Regenerator (HA)	Regular	69	55	45	55	55	15	294
#591	Amoonguss	grass poison	Regenerator (HA)	Regular	114	85	70	85	80	30	464
#755	Morelull	grass fairy	IlluminateRain Dish (HA)	Regular	40	35	55	65	75	15	285
#756	Shiinotic	grass fairy	IlluminateRain Dish (HA)	Regular	60	45	80	90	100	30	405
#829	Gossifleur	grass	Cotton DownRegenerator	HA	40	40	60	40	60	10	250
#830	Eldegoss	grass	Cotton DownRegenerator	HA	60	50	90	80	120	60	460

Related Abilities (Gen III)

Ability	Pokemon	Description
Stench	10	Has a 10% chance of making target Pokémon flinch with each hit.
Drizzle	3	Summons rain that lasts indefinitely upon entering battle.
Speed Boost	14	Raises Speed one stage after each turn.
Battle Armor	11	Protects against critical hits.
Sturdy	48	Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.
Damp	20	Prevents Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath from working while the Pokémon is in battle.
Limber	14	Prevents paralysis.
Sand Veil	30	Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Effect Spore

Effect Spore in Battle

Pokemon With Effect Spore (11)

Related Abilities (Gen III)

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