Poison (type)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable Trainers that specialize in Poison-type Pokémon include Koga, Aya and Janine of Fuchsia City, It should be noted that all of these trainers are related. 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. 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 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 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 and the Lileep and Cradily's Rock. 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 than they are 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 57 Pokémon within the Poison 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 Yabukuron 569 Dasutodasu

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 Fushide Bug Poison 544 Hoiiga Bug Poison 545 Pendora Bug Poison 590 Tamagetake Grass Poison 591 Morobareru 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 Bomb Special ??? 40 100% 20 One foe Lowers the target's Special Defense. Clear Smog Special ??? 50 —% 15 One foe Resets stat changes on 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. Slime Wave Special ??? 95 100% 10 One target Has 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. Venom Shock 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. 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. Coil Around Status ??? — —% 20 User Raises the user's Attack, Defense, and Accuracy one level each. 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

• All damage dealing Poison-type moves have a secondary effect; for all except Acid, Venom Shock, Acid Bomb and Clear Smog, this side effect is to poison the opponent.
• With the exception of Arceus holding a Toxic Plate, there has yet to be a Poison-type legendary Pokémon. As of Generation V, The Poison type is the only type that remains to have a Legendary Pokémon of its type in existence.
• 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.
  • However, back in the first generation, where Poison was also super effective against Bug, Poison was doubly super effective against the Bug/Grass combination of Paras and Parasect.
• Poison was the most common type in Generation I; even as of Generation V, almost two thirds of the Poison-type Pokémon currently known were introduced in the first generation.
• 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).
• 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.
• There has yet to be a pure Poison-type Pokémon which is the final stage in a three-stage evolutionary line.
• A Pokémon of every type except Poison was added to the Sinnoh Pokédex in Pokémon Platinum.
• Generation I is currently the only generation to have introduced more than ten Poison-types.

In other languages

• Chinese: 毒 dú
• Dutch: Gif
• Finnish: Myrkky
• French: Poison
• German: Gift
• Greek: Διλητήριο - Dilitirio
• Hebrew: רעל ra'al
• Italian: Veleno
• Japanese: どく (毒) doku
• Korean: 독 dok
• Polish: Trujący
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Veneno Poison / Venenoso Poisonous
• Russian: Ядовитый yadovityi
• Spanish: Veneno