Toxic (move)

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Toxic
どくどく Excessive Poison
A move that leaves the target badly poisoned. Its poison damage worsens every turn.
Battles
Type  Poison
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  85%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0
Worsens the condition of those that made appeals.
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Toxic (Japanese: どくどく Excessive Poison) is a mostly accurate Poison-type move introduced in Generation I that badly poisons the target.

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Effect

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

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

N starts as 1 and increases by 1 each time the afflicted Pokémon endures recurrent damage (including by Leech Seed). The target will lose 1/16 of its maximum HP during the first turn of being poisoned. During the second turn of being badly poisoned, the target will lose 2/16 (1/8) of its maximum HP. The target will then lose 3/16 of its maximum HP, in it's third turn of being badly poisoned. The target will continue to lose an extra 1/16 of its maximum HP at the end of each consecutive turn. Toxic can cause the target to faint in six turns, using up 1PP.

The N value of Toxic resets via Haze, switching or ending the battle, but not by Rest. If a Pokémon uses Rest and becomes either normally poisoned, burned, or Leech Seeded without switching out, the N value will influence the amount of damage done. The damage will increase each time recurrent damage is done. However, if the target becomes badly poisoned again, the cumulative value will be reset. Unlike other types of damage, the recurrent damage done by Toxic can exceed the target's current HP.

Toxic can't affect a target that has a Substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is of the Poison- or Steel-type.

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

In the anime

Pokémon

Arbok. Arbok opens its mouth and releases a black smog.

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

#   Pokémon Type Level
269 Dustox Bug Poison 38
315 Roselia Grass Poison 45
316 Gulpin Poison 28
317 Swalot Poison 31
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By TM06

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

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
269 Dustox Bug Poison 38
315 Roselia Grass Poison 37
316 Gulpin Poison 28
317 Swalot Poison 30
416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 27
434 Stunky Poison Dark 20DP
434 Stunky Poison Dark 27Pt
435 Skuntank Poison Dark 20DP
435 Skuntank Poison Dark 27Pt
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By TM06

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

Trivia

In other languages

  • French: Toxik
  • German: Toxin
  • Italian: Tossina
  • Spanish: Tóxico
  • Korean: 맹독 mengdok
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