Effect Spore

Has a 30% chance of inflcting either paralysis, poison, or sleep on attacking Pokémon on contact.

11 Pokémon3 as Hidden AbilityIntroduced in Gen 3

One of the original abilities, from Gen 3 (Ruby & Sapphire).

Contents

In-depth effect
Pokémon
Hidden Ability
More from Gen 3

In-depth 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.

Pokémon with Effect Spore (8)

As a Hidden Ability3

Pokémon that can have Effect Spore only as their Hidden Ability.

#0045

VileplumeHidden #0829

GossifleurHidden #0830

EldegossHidden

More abilities from Gen 3

Other abilities introduced alongside Effect Spore.

Ability	Pokémon	Effect
Swift Swim	44	Doubles Speed during rain.
Sturdy	42	Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.
Keen Eye	39	Prevents accuracy from being lowered.
Chlorophyll	37	Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.
Inner Focus	35	Prevents flinching.
Intimidate	35	Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
Levitate	32	Evades Ground moves.
Swarm	31	Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

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“Effect Spore”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/effect-spore.

Ability data from PokéAPI.