Poison Sting in Pokemon Survivor

Poison Sting at a glance

What Poison Sting does

Poison Sting is a Poison-type projectile move. A quick poisonous sting.

A Pokemon can learn it if it is Poison-type, which is true of 78 of the 966 Pokemon. It reaches you as a new-move card when you level up, as long as one of your four move slots is free. No Pokemon begins a run with it, so you only find it on level-up cards. Each level-up draws three cards by weight from up to six new-move candidates, your move upgrades and the stat cards, so even a good move can sit out several level-ups.

It poisons enemies.

Poison Sting stats by level

At level 1, Poison Sting deals 8 damage with a 0.34 second cooldown. At level 5 that becomes 12 damage every 0.26 seconds, which is 136.5 potential damage per second against 23.5 at level 1.

Potential damage per second multiplies damage by the number of shots and divides by the cooldown. It assumes every one lands on the same enemy and leaves out the Pokemon's attack multiplier, your cards and the type chart, so treat it as an upper bound for comparing levels and moves, not as a kill time.

Poison Sting level-up changes

Each level-up card for Poison Sting applies the changes below. They stack, so the level 5 row above already includes all of them.

• Level 2: +1 shot, wider spread
• Level 3: +45% damage
• Level 4: -25% cooldown
• Level 5: +1 shot, +1 pierce, wider spread

Poison Sting evolution: Poison Jab

Poison Sting evolves into Poison Jab when it reaches level 5 and you have taken the Sprint card at least once in the same run. Once both are true, a golden evolution card is always offered at your next level-up. Until then, the Sprint card keeps showing up with a note that it unlocks this evolution, so you do not have to hunt for it.

Poison Jab keeps the Poison type and the same slot. Its damage goes from 12 to 21 and its cooldown stays at 0.26 seconds. The move evolution guide lists all 59 evolutions and the cards they need.

• +80% damage
• +2 shots
• +2 pierce
• +30% size
• Wider spread

Which Pokemon can use Poison Sting

78 Pokemon can learn Poison Sting: every Poison-type, which is 16 single-type and 62 dual-type. The best of them by Stat Score are Eternatus, Iron Moth, Nihilego, and Sneasler.

No Pokemon starts with Poison Sting, so you only find it on level-up cards.

How to use Poison Sting

• Projectile moves aim at a boss within 330 pixels first, then at an enemy touching you, then at the nearest enemy, so this is the kind of move that reaches a boss through a crowd. It waits until a target is in reach before it fires.
• Grass and Fairy take 60% more damage from Poison moves, while Poison, Ground, Rock, and Ghost take 40% less and Steel takes only 30% of the damage. Enemies with two types multiply both effects. See the type chart.
• Other projectile moves are Ember, Water Gun, and Thunder Shock. The moves list compares all 64.
• Each Reflexes card multiplies every cooldown by 0.92 and each Power card multiplies damage by 1.10. After 5 Reflexes cards the 0.34 second cooldown of Poison Sting at level 1 becomes 0.22 seconds.
• Only the move group in your active slot fires, and every move in the group keeps its own cooldown timer. A bond, which a rift win gives you, fuses loose moves into one group.
• Weather can boost or weaken Poison moves: see the weather guide.

Poison Sting in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

What does Poison Sting do in Pokemon Survivor?

A quick poisonous sting. It is a Poison-type projectile move with 5 levels. It deals 8 damage at level 1 and 12 at level 5.

How do you evolve Poison Sting?

Level it to 5 and take the Sprint card at least once in the same run. A golden evolution card then appears at the next level-up and turns it into Poison Jab.

Which Pokemon can learn Poison Sting?

The 78 Poison-type Pokemon, including dual types. None of them start with it.

Browse all 64 moves in the Pokemon Survivor moves list, or read the Pokemon Survivor guides.