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Defensively, Poison is one of the better types to use. With Psychic-type moves dwindeling in usage in the D/P/Pt mategame, its only common weakness is {{m|Earthquake}}, and even that weakness is easily mitigated by the variety of dual-typed {{t|Grass}} and {{t|Bug}}/Poison Pokémon. Additionally, the Poison-type resists itself, {{t|Bug}}, {{t|Fighting}}, and Grass, giving it many common resistances, such as {{m|Aura Sphere}}, {{m|Megahorn}}, and {{M|Close Combat}}. Moreover, Poison-types tend to hold great status and support moves, such as {{m|Haze}}, {{m|Toxic Spikes}}, and {{m|Toxic}}. Immune to {{status|Poison}} and Toxic Spikes, they have an opportunity to absorb status effects as well. Thus, [[Koga]]'s words of "confusion, sleep, poison" describe the Poison-type very well. | Defensively, Poison is one of the better types to use. With Psychic-type moves dwindeling in usage in the D/P/Pt mategame, its only common weakness is {{m|Earthquake}}, and even that weakness is easily mitigated by the variety of dual-typed {{t|Grass}} and {{t|Bug}}/Poison Pokémon. Additionally, the Poison-type resists itself, {{t|Bug}}, {{t|Fighting}}, and Grass, giving it many common resistances, such as {{m|Aura Sphere}}, {{m|Megahorn}}, and {{M|Close Combat}}. Moreover, Poison-types tend to hold great status and support moves, such as {{m|Haze}}, {{m|Toxic Spikes}}, and {{m|Toxic}}. Immune to {{status|Poison}} and Toxic Spikes, they have an opportunity to absorb status effects as well. Thus, [[Koga]]'s words of "confusion, sleep, poison" describe the Poison-type very well. | ||
Offensively, Poison is one the least useful types. It is only super-effective against Grass, of which many are also Poison- | Offensively, Poison is one the least useful types. It is only super-effective against Grass, of which many are also Poison-types, making them neutral to Poison attacks. {{t|Ice}}, {{t|Fire}} and {{t|Flying}} are much more useful in countering the Grass-type. Also, Poison moves are not very effective to Poison, {{t|Rock}}, {{t|Ghost}}, Ground, and completely ineffective against {{t|Steel}}. Hence, resistances to Poison are far more common than weaknesses to it. Despite STAB, even many Poison-types, such as {{p|Weezing}}, regularly do not use their STAB Poison attacks, and insted use moves of a different type (such as in Weezing's case, {{m|Fire Blast}}). | ||
When used in contests, Poison-type moves typically become [[Smart Contest|Smart]]-type, but can also be of the other four Contest types, excluding [[Cute Contest|Cute]]. | When used in contests, Poison-type moves typically become [[Smart Contest|Smart]]-type, but can also be of the other four Contest types, excluding [[Cute Contest|Cute]]. | ||