Toxic Spikes (move)

Toxic Spikes どくびし Toxic Spikes

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all foes

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   The Pokémon appealing after self cannot raise its voltage that turn.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Toxic Spikes (Japanese: どくびし Toxic Spikes) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Toxic Spikes sets poisonous spikes around the target Pokémon. One layer of Toxic Spikes causes opposing Pokémon to acquire the Poison status ailment upon switching in, while two layers of Toxic Spikes causes opposing Pokémon to become badly poisoned.

Toxic Spikes has no effect against Template:Type2, Template:Type2, Template:Type2 Pokémon or Pokémon with the ability Immunity, Levitate, or Magic Guard. If a Poison-type Pokémon that is not also a Flying-type or have the ability Levitate is switched in, it will absorb Toxic Spikes and the effect of Toxic Spikes will end. Also, if a Poison-type Pokémon holding the item Iron Ball or switching in while Gravity is in effect that is also a Flying-type or has the ability Levitate is switched in, it will absorb Toxic Spikes. Flying and Levitating Pokémon are affected under Gravity, while holding Iron Ball, or if Baton Passed an Ingrain. The moves Rapid Spin and Defog remove the effect of Toxic Spikes; Rapid Spin removes Toxic Spikes set around the Rapid Spinner while Defog removes Toxic Spikes set around the target of Defog. Toxic Spikes does not activate the ability Synchronize unless a Pokémon on the field directly causes the Synchronizing Pokémon to switch in, such as by using the moves Roar or Whirlwind.

Generation V

Toxic Spikes can now be reflected with Magic Coat.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 25 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 31 0030 Nidorina Poison 35 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 31 0033 Nidorino Poison 35 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 15 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 15 0091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 0205 Forretress Bug Steel -- 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison 21 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 28 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 34 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 28 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 34 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 28 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Spinarak, Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Cloyster
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Venonat, Venomoth
Pineco, Forretress
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Venonat, Venomoth
Spinarak, Ariados
Forretress
Skorupi, Drapion

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 25 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 31 0030 Nidorina Poison 35 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 31 0033 Nidorino Poison 35 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 15 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 15 0091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 0205 Forretress Bug Steel -- 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison 21 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 28 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 28 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 28 0568 Yabukuron Yabukuron Poison 7 0569 Dasutodasu Dasutodasu Poison -- 7 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Spinarak, Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Cloyster
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Venonat, Venomoth
Pineco, Forretress
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Venonat, Venomoth
Spinarak, Ariados
Forretress
Skorupi, Drapion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0543 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Fushide | style="background: #FFF" | Fushide
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Spinarak, Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Skorupi, Drapion

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Drapion Toxic Spikes.png Drapion File:Toxic Spikes field.png The field File:Toxic Spikes Effect.png Affecting Pokémon File:Yabukuron Toxic Spikes.png Yabukuron
An orb is launched into the air. The orb then divides into multiple spikes that hit the floor. Anyone who touches the floor is poisoned.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Drapion opens its mouth and a dark purple orb forms inside it. It then fires the ball into the air, which spirals and releases four small streams of purple smoke from the top of the ball. The orb then explodes, forming into multiple smaller orbs that fall and sink into the battlefield. The smaller orbs leave trails of purple smoke behind them as they fall. Any Pokémon that steps on the battlefield besides the user, their body becomes surrounded by purple static and purple waves and indigo bubbles rise from the ground over the opponent's body, damaging them.
Paul's Drapion	A Real Rival Rouser!		Debut
	Yabukuron opens its mouth and a dark purple orb forms inside it. It then fires the ball into the air, which spirals and releases four small streams of purple smoke from the top of the ball. The orb then explodes, forming into multiple smaller orbs that fall and sink into the battlefield. The smaller orbs leave trails of purple smoke behind them as they fall. Any Pokémon that steps on the battlefield besides the user, their body becomes surrounded by purple static and purple waves and indigo bubbles rise from the ground over the opponent's body, damaging them.
A wild Yabukuron	BW012		None

In other languages

• Chinese: 毒尖釘 Dú​jiān​ Dīng​
• French: Pics Toxik
• German: Giftspitzen
• Greek: Τοξικές Άκανθοι
• Italian: Fielepunte
• Korean: 독압정 Dok Apjeong
• Norwegian: Giftnåler
• Spanish: Púas Tóxicas

Variations of the move Spikes
Spikes • Stealth Rock • Toxic Spikes • Sticky Web

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