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The Poison type (Japanese: どくタイプ Poison type) is one of the seventeen elemental types. Notable Trainers that specialize in Poison-type Pokémon include Koga, Aya and Janine of Fuchsia City, all of whom are related. Some villainous teams, such as Team Rocket, also frequently use Poison-type Pokémon. Prior to Generation IV, where moves are designated physical or special based on the move itself rather than its type, all Poison-type moves were physical.
Statistical averages
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Fully evolved
Battle properties
Generation I
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Characteristics
Defense
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 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.
Offense
Offensively, Poison-type 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, Lileep and Cradily's Rock, and especially Ferroseed and Ferrothorn's Steel. Ice, Fire and Flying are much more useful in countering the Grass-type. Also, Poison moves are not very effective on Poison, Rock, Ghost, or Ground, and are completely ineffective against Steel. Hence, resistances to the Poison type are far more common than weaknesses to it. Poison-type moves are better when used to wear down the opponent in long battles rather than to knock out the opponent in a few moves.
When used in contests, Poison-type moves typically become Smart moves, but can also be of the other four Contest types, excluding Cute.
Pokémon
As of Generation V, there are 57 Poison-type Pokémon or 8.78% of all Pokémon, making it the eighth most common elemental type.
Pure Poison-type Pokémon
Half Poison-type Pokémon
Primary Poison-type Pokémon
Secondary Poison-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
Non-damaging moves
Trivia
- With the exception of Arceus holding a Toxic Plate, there is no Poison-type legendary Pokémon.
- Since Generation II, Poison is one of three types (along with Dragon and Normal) that can never be doubly super effective against any Pokémon because it is only super effective against one type, the Grass type. However, in Generation I, Poison is also super effective against Bug, making Poison doubly super effective against the Bug/Grass combination of Paras and Parasect.
- Poison is the most common type in Generation I; even as of Generation V, over half of the Poison-type Pokémon currently known were introduced in the first generation.
- In Generation I, the Poison type is super effective against Bug-type Pokémon, while the Bug is super effective against Poison-type Pokémon. This trait has never been shared with any other type match-up, and is likewise no longer true.
- 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.
- A Pokémon of every type except Poison was added to the Sinnoh Pokédex in Pokémon Platinum.
- Only odd numbered generations have introduced pure Poison-type Pokémon.
- Also, every such generation has a two stage family of blob-shaped pure Poison types: Grimer and Muk in Generation I, Gulpin and Swalot in Generation III, and Trubbish and Garbodor in Generation V.
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