Toxic Boost (Ability)

Toxic Boost	どくぼうそう
	Poison Rampage
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Powers up physical attacks when poisoned. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Toxic Boost (Japanese: どくぼうそう Poison Rampage) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. Zangoose is the only Pokémon that has this Ability, although it is only available as a Hidden Ability.

Effect

In battle

When the user is poisoned, its Attack stat is raised by 50%.

Outside of battle

Toxic Boost has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Toxic Boost

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal	Immunity	None	Toxic Boost
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

• Zangoose's feud with Seviper may be the reason why it is able to have this Ability.
• Under normal conditions, Zangoose is unable to make use of its Hidden Ability due to its regular Ability, Immunity.

In other languages

Language Title French Rage Poison German Giftwahn Italian Velenimpeto Portuguese Impulso Tóxico Spanish Ím. Tóxico

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.