Poison (type)

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Template:ElementalTypes The Poison type (Japanese: どくタイプ Poison type) is one of the seventeen elemental types. Notable Trainers that specialize in Poison-type Pokémon include Koga, Aya and Janine of Fuchsia City, all of whom are related. Some villainous teams, such as Team Rocket, also frequently use Poison-type Pokémon. Prior to Generation IV, where moves are designated physical or special based on the move itself rather than its type, all Poison-type moves were physical.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 62
Attack: 68
Defense: 60
Sp.Atk: 68
Sp.Def: 65
Speed: 62
Total: 0


Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 76
Attack: 84
Defense: 74
Sp.Atk: 80
Sp.Def: 79
Speed: 78
Total: 0


Battle properties

Generation I

Offensive   Defensive
Power Types   Power Types
 
 
½×  
 
 
½×  
 
 
 
 
 
 
None None


Generation II-onward

Offensive   Defensive
Power Types   Power Types
  ½×  
 
 
 
½×  
 
 
 
 
 
  None


Characteristics

Defense

When used defensively, the Poison type is considered one of the best in the game. This is because of its ability to block or cause status ailments and resist common moves. Its obvious weakness, Earthquake, can be mitigated by the variety of dual-typed Grass and Bug/Poison Pokémon, as well as the Zubat family's Flying type and the Gastly and Koffing families' Levitate. Additionally, the Poison type resists itself, Bug, Fighting, and Grass, giving it resistances to common moves such as Grass Knot, X-Scissor, and Close Combat. Moreover, Poison-types tend to hold potent status and support moves, such as Toxic Spikes, and Toxic. Immune to Poison and Toxic Spikes themselves, they have an opportunity to absorb status effects as well. Koga's words of "confusion, sleep, poison" describe the Poison type very well.

Offense

Offensively, Poison-type moves are only suggested for inflicting the Poison condition, STAB or using support moves. Its only strength, which is against the Grass-type is largely mitigated by the variety of Grass/Poison Pokémon as well as Torterra's Ground, Lileep and Cradily's Rock, and especially Ferroseed and Ferrothorn's Steel. Ice, Fire and Flying are much more useful in countering the Grass-type. Also, Poison moves are not very effective on Poison, Rock, Ghost, or Ground, and are completely ineffective against Steel. Hence, resistances to the Poison type are far more common than weaknesses to it. Poison-type moves are better when used to wear down the opponent in long battles rather than to knock out the opponent in a few moves.

When used in contests, Poison-type moves typically become Smart moves, but can also be of the other four Contest types, excluding Cute.

Pokémon

As of Generation V, there are 57 Poison-type Pokémon or 8.78% of all Pokémon, making it the eighth most common elemental type.

Pure Poison-type Pokémon

# Name
023   Ekans
024   Arbok
029   Nidoran♀
030   Nidorina
032   Nidoran♂
033   Nidorino
088   Grimer
089   Muk
109   Koffing
110   Weezing
316   Gulpin
317   Swalot
336   Seviper
568   Trubbish
569   Garbodor

Half Poison-type Pokémon

Primary Poison-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2
031   Nidoqueen Poison Ground
034   Nidoking Poison Ground
041   Zubat Poison Flying
042   Golbat Poison Flying
169   Crobat Poison Flying
434   Stunky Poison Dark
435   Skuntank Poison Dark
451   Skorupi Poison Bug
452   Drapion Poison Dark
453   Croagunk Poison Fighting
454   Toxicroak Poison Fighting

Secondary Poison-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2
001   Bulbasaur Grass Poison
002   Ivysaur Grass Poison
003   Venusaur Grass Poison
013   Weedle Bug Poison
014   Kakuna Bug Poison
015   Beedrill Bug Poison
043   Oddish Grass Poison
044   Gloom Grass Poison
045   Vileplume Grass Poison
048   Venonat Bug Poison
049   Venomoth Bug Poison
069   Bellsprout Grass Poison
070   Weepinbell Grass Poison
071   Victreebel Grass Poison
072   Tentacool Water Poison
073   Tentacruel Water Poison
092   Gastly Ghost Poison
093   Haunter Ghost Poison
094   Gengar Ghost Poison
167   Spinarak Bug Poison
168   Ariados Bug Poison
211   Qwilfish Water Poison
269   Dustox Bug Poison
315   Roselia Grass Poison
406   Budew Grass Poison
407   Roserade Grass Poison
543   Venipede Bug Poison
544   Whirlipede Bug Poison
545   Scolipede Bug Poison
590   Foongus Grass Poison
591   Amoonguss Grass Poison

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes
Acid Special Smart 40 100% 30 Both foes Has a 10% chance of lowering opponents' Special Defense.
Acid Spray Special ??? 40 100% 20 One foe Lowers the target's Special Defense.
Clear Smog Special ??? 50 —% 15 One foe Resets stat changes of target Pokémon.
Cross Poison Physical Cool 70 100% 20 One target Has a high critical hit ratio and a 10% chance of poisoning the target.
Gunk Shot Physical Cool 120 70% 5 One target Has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
Poison Fang Physical Smart 50 100% 15 One target Has a 30% chance of badly poisoning the target.
Poison Jab Physical Smart 80 100% 20 One target Has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
Poison Sting Physical Smart 15 100% 35 One target Has a 20% chance of poisoning the target.
Poison Tail Physical Smart 50 100% 25 One target Has a high critical hit ratio and a 10% chance of poisoning the target.
Sludge Special Tough 65 100% 20 One target Has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
Sludge Bomb Special Tough 90 100% 10 One target Has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
Sludge Wave Special ??? 95 100% 10 One target Has a 10% chance of poisoning the target.
Smog Special Tough 20 70% 20 One target Has a 40% chance of poisoning the target.
Venoshock Special ??? 65 100% 10 One target Deals double damage if the target is poisoned.

Non-damaging moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes
Acid Armor Status Tough —% 40 User Increases the user's Defense by 2 stages.
Coil Status ??? —% 20 User Raises the user's Attack, Defense, and Accuracy one level each.
Gastro Acid Status Beauty 100% 10 One target Cancels the foe's ability.
Poison Gas Status Smart 85% * 40 One target Poisons the target.
PoisonPowder Status Smart 75% 35 One target Poisons the target.
Toxic Status Smart 90% * 10 One target Badly poisons the target. Its poison damage worsens every turn.
Toxic Spikes Status Smart —% 20 Both foes Lays poisonous spikes that poison opponents who switch into battle. If used twice, a switched-in foe will become badly poisoned.

Trivia

  • With the exception of Arceus holding a Toxic Plate, there has yet to be a Poison-type legendary Pokémon.
  • Since Generation II, Poison-type is one of three types (along with Dragon and Normal) that can never be doubly super effective against any Pokémon because it is only super effective against one type, the Template:Type2. However, in Generation I, Poison is also super effective against Bug, Poison is doubly super effective against the Bug/Grass combination of Paras and Parasect.
  • Poison is the most common type in Generation I; even as of Generation V, over half of the Poison-type Pokémon currently known were introduced in the first generation.
    • More than one in five Generation I Pokémon are a Poison-type.
  • In Generation I, the Poison-type is super effective against Template:Type2, while the Bug-type is super effective against Poison. This trait has never been shared with any other type match-up, and is likewise no longer true.
  • The Poison type is the only one of the original 15 types not mentioned in the song 2.B.A. Master. Instead, the "Flame-type" (which doesn't exist) is mentioned.
  • A Pokémon of every type except Poison was added to the Sinnoh Pokédex in Pokémon Platinum.
  • Only odd numbered generations have introduced pure Poison-type Pokémon so far.
    • Also, every such generation has a two stage family of blob-shaped pure Poison-types: Grimer and Muk in the first generation, Gulpin and Swalot in the third, and Trubbish and Garbodor in the fifth.

In other languages

Language Title
  Japanese どく (毒) Doku
Mandarin Chinese
  Danish Gift
  Dutch Gif
  Finnish Myrkky
French   Canada Poison
  Europe Poison
  German Gift
  Greek Δηλητηρίου Dilitiriou
  Hebrew רעל Ra'al
  Italian Veleno
  Korean Dok
  Norwegian Gift
  Polish Trujący
Portuguese   Brazil Veneno Poison
Venenoso Poisonous
  Portugal Veneno
  Russian Ядовитый Yadovityi
Spanish   Latin America Veneno
  Spain Veneno