Poison (type)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable trainers that specialize in Poison-type Pokémon include Koga, Aya and Janine of Fuchsia City. Some villainous teams, such as Team Rocket, also frequently use Poison-type Pokémon.

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
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×	None

Generation II-onward

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×	None

Characteristics

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. Considering Poison-type's two weaknesses, Ground and Psychic, which are generally categorized as types that posses mainly physical and special types, respectively. This can make it difficult to leave one defense stat lower or higher than the other if EV training is brought into the picture. However, 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 Template:Type2 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 Aura Sphere, Megahorn, and Close Combat. Moreover, Poison-types tend to hold potent status and support moves, such as Haze, 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.

Offensively, Poison is not common. These types of moves are only suggested for inflicting the Poison condition, STAB or using support moves. It is only super-effective against Grass, of which many are also Poison-types, making them neutral to Poison attacks. Ice, Fire and Flying are much more useful in countering the Grass-type. Also, Poison moves are not very effective on Poison, Rock, Ghost, Ground, and completely ineffective against Steel. Hence, resistances to Poison are far more common than weaknesses to it. Poison moves are better off used for longer battles and not for attempting to defeat an opponent with one blow.

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

Pokémon

In total, there are 50 Pokémon within the Poison-type; 22 are fully evolved.

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

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

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. 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. Smog Special Tough 20 70% 20 One target Has a 40% chance of poisoning the target.

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. Gastro Acid Status Beauty — 100% 10 One target Cancels the foe's ability. Poison Gas Status Smart — 55% 40 One target Poisons the target. PoisonPowder Status Smart — 75% 35 One target Poisons the target. Toxic Status Smart — 85% 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

• Acid is the only damage dealing Poison-type attack that does not have a chance to poison the opponent.
  • Because Acid instead has a chance of lowering the opponent's Special Defense (Defense in Generations I-III), there is no damage-dealing Poison-type move that does not have a chance of a side effect.
  • Additionally, the three Poison-type moves that cannot poison all have Acid in their names (Acid, Acid Armor, and Gastro Acid).
• With the exception of Arceus holding a Toxic Plate, there has yet to be a Poison-type legendary Pokémon.
• Poison is the first type encountered in National Pokédex order, shared with the Template:Type2.
• Poison is one of three types that can never be doubly super effective against any Pokémon because it is only super effective against one type, the Template:Type2. It shares this trait with the Template:Type2 which is only effective against itself, and the Template:Type2, which isn't super effective against anything.
• Poison was the most common type in Generation I.
  • Almost two thirds of the Poison-type Pokémon are from Generation I.
• As of yet, no pure Poison-type Pokémon have been introduced in an even-numbered generation.
• Gulpin and Seviper are the only pure Poison-type Pokémon not colored blue or purple.
• In Generation I Poison was super effective against the Template:Type2, while the Bug-type was super effective against Poison. This trait has never been shared with any other type match-up, and is likewise no longer true.
• Seviper and Qwilfish are currently the only Poison-type Pokémon without evolutionary relatives.
• Croagunk and Toxicroak are currently the only Poison-types to have any double weakness (to Psychic), due to their Poison/Fighting type combination.
• 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.
• Poison Fang is the only non-status move that is capable of badly poisoning the opponent.
  • It is also the only move capable of badly poisoning the foe that does not have the word "Toxic" in its name.
• There has yet to be a pure Poison-type Pokémon which is the final stage in a three-stage evolutionary line.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Veneno (Poison), Venenoso (Poisonous)
• Dutch: Gif
• Finnish: Myrkky
• French: Poison
• German: Gift
• Italian: Veleno
• Korean: 독 dok
• Polish: Trujący
• Spanish: Veneno
• Hebrew: רעל "ra'al"