Poison (type)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Some notable Poison trainers include Koga and Janine of Fuchsia City. Team Rocket also frequently uses Poison-type Pokémon.

Statistical averages

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 62		122 - 169	234 - 328
Attack: 68		65 - 132	126 - 258
Defense: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Sp. Atk: 68		65 - 132	126 - 258
Sp. Def: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Speed: 62		60 - 125	116 - 245
Total: 385	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Battle properties

Generation I

Poison-type attacks:

• Are super-effective against: Bug, Grass
• Are not very effective against: Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost
• Have no effect against: None (Steel wasn't introduced until Generation II)

Poison-type Pokémon:

• Resist: Grass, Fighting, Poison
• Are weak to: Bug, Ground, Psychic
• Have immunity to: None

Generation II-onward

Poison-type attacks:

• Are super-effective against: Grass
• Are not very effective against: Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost
• Have no effect against: Steel

Poison-type Pokémon:

• Resist: Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug
• Are weak to: Ground, Psychic
• Have immunity to: None

Characteristics

The Poison type is considered one of the worst in the game. Defensively, it is destroyed by Earthquake, one of the most common attacks. Having a weakness to Psychic also makes it extremely easy to defeat a Poison-type in one turn. The Poison type's only useful resistances are to Fighting and, at times, Bug.

Offensively, the Poison type isn't much better. It is only super effective against one type, Grass, many of which (in fact, all Generation I Grass-types but Tangela) are half Poison which makes it do damage as if it were a Pokémon of a type that Poison neither weakens or does weakly against. On the other hand, it is resisted by Ground, Rock, and Ghost and completely ineffective against Steel. The only advantage of Poison type moves is that many of them may poison the opponent, unless the foe is also Poison-type, in which case it will not be able to be poisoned.

Pokémon

Pure Poison-type Pokémon

• Ekans
• Arbok
• Nidoran♀
• Nidorina
• Nidoran♂
• Nidorino
• Grimer
• Muk
• Koffing
• Weezing
• Gulpin
• Swalot
• Seviper

Half Poison-type Pokémon

Primary Poison-type Pokémon

• Nidoqueen (Poison/Ground)
• Nidoking (Poison/Ground)
• Zubat (Poison/Flying)
• Golbat (Poison/Flying)
• Crobat (Poison/Flying)
• Drapion (Poison/Dark)
• Croagunk (Poison/Fighting)
• Toxicroak (Poison/Fighting)

Secondary Poison-type Pokémon

• Bulbasaur (Grass/Poison)
• Ivysaur (Grass/Poison)
• Venusaur (Grass/Poison)
• Weedle (Bug/Poison)
• Kakuna (Bug/Poison)
• Beedrill (Bug/Poison)
• Oddish (Grass/Poison)
• Gloom (Grass/Poison)
• Vileplume (Grass/Poison)
• Venonat (Bug/Poison)
• Venomoth (Bug/Poison)
• Bellsprout (Grass/Poison)
• Weepinbell (Grass/Poison)
• Victreebel (Grass/Poison)
• Tentacool (Water/Poison)
• Tentacruel (Water/Poison)
• Gastly (Ghost/Poison)
• Haunter (Ghost/Poison)
• Gengar (Ghost/Poison)
• Spinarak (Bug/Poison)
• Ariados (Bug/Poison)
• Qwilfish (Water/Poison)
• Dustox (Bug/Poison)
• Roselia (Grass/Poison)
• Budew (Grass/Poison)
• Roserade (Grass/Poison)
• Stunky (Dark/Poison)
• Skuntank (Dark/Poison
• Skorupi (Bug/Poison)

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

• Acid
• Cross Poison
• Gunk Shot
• Poison Fang
• Poison Jab
• Poison Sting
• Poison Tail
• Sludge
• Sludge Bomb
• Smog

Non-damaging moves

• Acid Armor
• Gastro Acid
• Poison Gas
• Poisonpowder
• Toxic
• Toxic Spikes

In other languages

• Japanese: どく doku
• French: poison
• German: Gift
• Italian: veleno
• Spanish: venenoso
• Dutch: gif
• Portuguese: veneno
• Hebrew: רעל ra'al
• Swedish: gift
• Danish: gift
• Norwegian: gift
• Finnish: myrkky
• Polish: trujący
• Hungarian: méreg
• Catalan: verí
• Arabic: سام