Contact with the Pokémon may inflict poison, sleep, or paralysis on the attacker.
Effect Spore
Learn how Effect Spore works, which Pokémon can use it and how its text evolved throughout the games.
Full description
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.
Effect summary
Has a 30% chance of inflcting either paralysis, poison, or sleep on attacking Pokémon on contact.
History across games
See how this Ability and its official descriptions changed across the games.
Pokémon with Effect Spore
Each card combines the Pokémon identity, types and this Ability position in its available set.