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Poison Sting

Type	Power	Accuracy	PP	Priority	Damage	Target
Poison	15	100%	35	0	Physical	Single non-user

Description

Deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

Competitive Use

Poison Sting is one of the worse moves in the entire game. Ridiculously low power, extremely awful coverage, and miserable distribution are reason enough not to use this move, if any other were needed. If you want to use a physical Poison-type move, then Cross Poison, Poison Jab, and Gunk Shot are all available. Don't bother using it, simply put.

Related Moves

Poison Jab is a more powerful option.

Gunk Shot is a much more powerful option, but has lower accuracy.

Pokémon	Type	Tier	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	BST
Arbok	Poison	NU	Intimidate / Shed Skin / Unnerve	60	85	69	65	79	80	438
Ariados	Bug / Poison	NU	Swarm / Insomnia / Sniper	70	90	70	60	60	40	390
Beautifly	Bug / Flying	NU	Swarm / Rivalry	60	70	50	90	50	65	385
Beedrill	Bug / Poison	NU	Swarm / Sniper	65	80	40	45	80	75	385
Cacnea	Grass	LC	Sand Veil / Water Absorb	50	85	40	85	40	35	335
Cacturne	Grass / Dark	NU	Sand Veil / Water Absorb	70	115	60	115	60	55	475
Croagunk	Poison / Fighting	LC	Anticipation / Dry Skin / Poison Touch	48	61	40	61	40	50	300
Drapion	Poison / Dark	RU	Battle Armor / Sniper / Keen Eye	70	90	110	60	75	95	500
Dustox	Bug / Poison	NU	Shield Dust / Compoundeyes	60	50	70	50	90	65	385
Ekans	Poison	LC	Intimidate / Shed Skin / Unnerve	35	60	44	40	54	55	288
Galvantula	Bug / Electric	RU	Compoundeyes / Unnerve / Swarm	70	77	60	97	60	108	472
Gligar	Ground / Flying	UU	Hyper Cutter / Sand Veil / Immunity	65	75	105	35	65	85	430
Gliscor	Ground / Flying	OU	Hyper Cutter / Sand Veil / Poison Heal	75	95	125	45	75	95	510
Joltik	Bug / Electric	LC	Compoundeyes / Unnerve / Swarm	50	47	50	57	50	65	319
Nidoking	Poison / Ground	UU	Poison Point / Rivalry / Sheer Force	81	92	77	85	75	85	495
Nidoqueen	Poison / Ground	UU	Poison Point / Rivalry / Sheer Force	90	82	87	75	85	76	495
Nidoran-F	Poison	LC	Poison Point / Rivalry / Hustle	55	47	52	40	40	41	275
Nidoran-M	Poison	LC	Poison Point / Rivalry / Hustle	46	57	40	40	40	50	273
Qwilfish	Water / Poison	RU	Poison Point / Swift Swim / Intimidate	65	95	75	55	55	85	430
Roselia	Grass / Poison	NU	Natural Cure / Poison Point / Leaf Guard	50	60	45	100	80	65	400
Roserade	Grass / Poison	UU	Natural Cure / Poison Point / Technician	60	70	55	125	105	90	505
Sandshrew	Ground	LC	Sand Veil / Sand Rush	50	75	85	20	30	40	300
Sandslash	Ground	RU	Sand Veil / Sand Rush	75	100	110	45	55	65	450
Scolipede	Bug / Poison	NU	Poison Point / Swarm / Quick Feet	60	90	89	55	69	112	475
Skorupi	Poison / Bug	LC	Battle Armor / Sniper / Keen Eye	40	50	90	30	55	65	330
Spinarak	Bug / Poison	LC	Swarm / Insomnia / Sniper	40	60	40	40	40	30	250
Tentacool	Water / Poison	LC	Clear Body / Liquid Ooze / Rain Dish	40	40	35	50	100	70	335
Tentacruel	Water / Poison	OU	Clear Body / Liquid Ooze / Rain Dish	80	70	65	80	120	100	515
Toxicroak	Poison / Fighting	OU	Anticipation / Dry Skin / Poison Touch	83	106	65	86	65	85	490
Venipede	Bug / Poison	LC	Poison Point / Swarm / Quick Feet	30	45	59	30	39	57	260
Vespiquen	Bug / Flying	NU	Pressure / Unnerve	70	80	102	80	102	40	474
Weedle	Bug / Poison	LC	Shield Dust / Run Away	40	35	30	20	20	50	195
Whirlipede	Bug / Poison	NU	Poison Point / Swarm / Quick Feet	40	55	99	40	79	47	360
Wurmple	Bug	LC	Shield Dust / Run Away	45	45	35	20	30	20	195