Toxic (move)

Toxic どくどく Excessive Poison

Battles Type  Poison Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  [[Generation {{{gen}}}]] Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   ???

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Toxic is a mostly accurate Poison-type move introduced in Generation I that may heavily Poison the opponent.

Effect

Generation I

Toxic badly poisons the opponent. Each time the opponent takes recurrent damage, the damage will equal

N*max(1, int(0.0625*MaxHP))

N starts as 1 but is increased by 1 each time the afflicted Pokémon endures recurrent damage (including by Leech Seed). Basically, the Pokémon will lose 1/16 of its maximum HP the first time, then 2/16 of its maximum HP, then 3/16 of its maximum HP, etc.

The N value of Toxic can be reset by Haze, switching, or ending the battle, but not by Rest. If a Pokémon rests off the poison and gets normally poisoned, burned, or seeded without switching out, the N value will influence the amount of damage done, and will increase each time recurrent damage is done. However, if a Pokémon gets badly poisoned again, the cumulative value will be reset. Unlike other types of damage, the recurrent damage done by Toxic can exceed the opponent's current HP.

Toxic can't affect an opponent that has a substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is of the Poison- or Template:Type2.

In Stadium, the N value of Toxic will be reset by Rest.

Location

• Generation I: Koga's Gym, Fuchsia City
• Generation II:
• Generation III: Fiery Path (RSE), Koga's Gym.

Learnset

Generation I

By TM06

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation I can learn Toxic.

Generation II

By TM06

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Toxic.

Generation III

By leveling up

• Dustox at Lv.38
• Roselia at Lv.45
• Gulpin at Lv.28
• Swalot at Lv.31

By TM06

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Toxic.

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Dustox at Lv.38
• Roselia at Lv.37
• Gulpin at Lv.28
• Swalot at Lv.30
• Vespiquen at Lv.27
• Stunky at Lv.20
• Skuntank at Lv.20

By TM06

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Toxic.

In other languages

French: toxik, German: toxin, Italian: tossina, Spanish: tóxico, Dutch: vergiftig, Portuguese: Tóxico.