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 | |
68
|
65 - 132 | 126 - 258 | |
60
|
58 - 123 | 112 - 240 | |
68
|
65 - 132 | 126 - 258 | |
65
|
63 - 128 | 121 - 251 | |
62
|
60 - 125 | 116 - 245 | |
Total: 385
|
Other Pokémon with this total | ||
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:
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:
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
| # | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 023 | File:023MS.gif | Ekans |
| 024 | File:024MS.gif | Arbok |
| 029 | File:029MS.gif | Nidoran♀ |
| 030 | File:030MS.gif | Nidorina |
| 032 | File:032MS.gif | Nidoran♂ |
| 033 | File:033MS.gif | Nidorino |
| 088 | File:088MS.gif | Grimer |
| 089 | File:089MS.gif | Muk |
| 109 | File:109MS.gif | Koffing |
| 110 | File:110MS.gif | Weezing |
| 316 | File:316MS.gif | Gulpin |
| 317 | File:317MS.gif | Swalot |
| 336 | File:336MS.gif | Seviper |
Half Poison-type Pokémon
Primary Poison-type Pokémon
Secondary Poison-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
- Acid
- Cross Poison
- Gunk Shot
- Poison Fang
- Poison Jab
- Poison Sting
- Poison Tail
- Sludge
- Sludge Bomb
- Smog
- Cross Poison
Non-damaging moves
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
