Toxic (move)

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}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM06 in Generation I TM06 in Generation II TM06 in Generation III TM06 in Generation IV

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Toxic on Eevee's Movedex

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

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 its 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.

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 27PtHGSS 435 Skuntank Poison Dark 20DP 435 Skuntank Poison Dark 27PtHGSS 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 Pokémon Battle Revolution, Toxic is depicted as two purple orbs spinning around each other towards the target. However, when Spinda or Carnivine use Toxic, the orbs travel in an erratic fashion.
• In Pokémon Red and Blue, Koga states that this ninja technique is over 400 years old.
• In Pokémon Stadium 2, if a Pokémon is afflicted with the badly poisoned status, and it successfully KO's the opponent with one hit, the Pokémon does not become affected by the status problem.

In the anime

The user releases a purple or black liquid that poisons the foe
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Arbok	Arbok opens its mouth and releases a black smog.
Jessie's Arbok	Make Room for Gloom!		Debut
Skuntank	Skuntank releases a purple liquid with bubbles that poisons the foe.
Jupiter's Skuntank	DP150		None

In other languages

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

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.