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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).

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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)

#0046Paras#0047Parasect#0285Shroomish#0286Breloom#0590Foongus#0591Amoonguss#0755Morelull#0756Shiinotic

As a Hidden Ability3

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

#0045VileplumeHidden#0829GossifleurHidden#0830EldegossHidden
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“Effect Spore”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/effect-spore.

Ability data from PokéAPI.