Generation III Ability
Stench
Has a 10% chance of making target Pokémon flinch with each hit.
Stench Effect
This Pokémon's damaging moves have a 10% chance to make the target flinch with each hit if they do not already cause flinching as a secondary effect. This ability does not stack with a held item. Overworld: The wild encounter rate is halved while this Pokémon is first in the party.
“By releasing a stench when attacking, the Pokémon may cause the target to flinch.”
Stench Data
- Introduced
- Generation III
- Pokémon
- 9
- In short
- Has a 10% chance of making target Pokémon flinch with each hit.
Pokémon With Stench
9 Pokémon can have Stench.
Stench Questions & Answers
- What does Stench do?
- This Pokémon's damaging moves have a 10% chance to make the target flinch with each hit if they do not already cause flinching as a secondary effect. This ability does not stack with a held item. Overworld: The wild encounter rate is halved while this Pokémon is first in the party.
- How many Pokémon have Stench?
- 9 Pokémon can have Stench.
- What Pokémon have Stench?
- Gloom, Grimer, Muk, Koffing, and Weezing, and 4 more Pokémon can have Stench — the full list is above.
- When was Stench introduced?
- Stench was introduced in Generation III.








