Toxicroak (Pokémon)

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Toxicroak ドクロッグ Dokurog #454
Art by Ken Sugimori from Diamond and Pearl
Types  Poison  Fighting   Poison   Poison   Poison   Poison   Poison	Species Toxic Mouth Pokémon
Abilities Anticipation or Dry Skin Dry Skin Poison Touch Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #— Hoenn #— Sinnoh #130 Unova #— Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R-081 Oblivia R-039 Oblivia (past) N-106 Not in any regional Browser
Height 4'03" Imperial 1.3m Metric 4'03"/1.3m 0.0m	Weight 97.9lbs Imperial 44.4kg Metric 97.9lbs/44.4kg 0.0kg
Dex color Blue	Footprint
Body style	Catch rate 75 9.8%
Gender ratio Genderless Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Human-Like group 11 cycles (2805 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 181 Battle Exp.: 1811*
External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Marriland Pokédex Generation IV Generation V Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Toxicroak (Japanese: ドクロッグ Dokurog) is a dual-type Poison/Fighting Pokémon.

It evolves from Croagunk starting at level 37.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 2.1 Pokédex entries 3 In the TCG 4 Game data 4.1 Pokédex entries 4.2 Game locations 4.2.1 In side games 4.3 Held items 4.4 Stats 4.4.1 Base stats 4.4.2 Pokéathlon stats 4.5 Type effectiveness 4.6 Learnset 4.6.1 By leveling up 4.6.2 By TM/HM 4.6.3 By breeding 4.6.4 By tutoring 4.6.5 By a prior evolution 4.7 Side game data 4.8 Evolution 4.9 Sprites 5 Trivia 5.1 Origin 5.1.1 Name origin 6 In other languages 7 Related articles 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Toxicroak is based on the poison dart frog. Its appearance is much more humanoid than Croagunk, though it still maintains the appearance of an oversized bipedal frog. Its main body color is a dark blue or teal. Its head bears a gently-upward curling spike which seems to be a part of the skull, as it is covered in the same color skin as the rest of its body. Toxicroak's eyes are bright yellow, sinister and intimidating, with a small snake-like pupil. Its mouth is not much different from Croagunk's; it still looks as though it is wearing a mouth-guard, with its red upper lip curling upward at the ends in a very intimidating manner. Underneath its chin is a bulbous red vocal sack. Its arms are shaped much like those of an Elekid, though not as thick and instead of three claws, Toxicroak has three fingers and one large red claw on the back of each hand. Its forearms have two black rings encircling them. Its legs are muscular and seem to be adapted for speedy attacks. It has three toes on its feet, with the middle toe red on each foot, and a sharp spike jutting out of its heels. Underneath the pelvic area Toxicroak has two white horizontal lines, which have moved down from Croagunk's chest. Toxicroak has thick black lines running down the sides of its body and surrounding its limbs, making them seem as if the limbs are detachable. The black lines go up into its face and surround the eyes before meeting in the middle of its snout, just above the upper lip.

Gender differences

A female has a smaller throat-sac.

Special abilities

Toxicroak can channel poison through the spikes on the back of their hands. By croaking, Toxicroak churn the poison stored in the poison sac on their throat for more potency. They can also have the ability Dry Skin which hurts them when Sunny Day is in effect but heals them if it's raining. It also causes them to be weak to Fire-type moves but Water-type moves used against Toxicroak will act as if Toxicroak had Water Absorb, restoring its health. Toxicroak can also have the ability Anticipation which lets the player know if the foe has a move that is super effective against Toxicroak. Toxicroak is also both venomous, as it can give off poison with stings and poisonous, since it can poison you even from touching it.

Behavior

Some Toxicroak can be cruel and fearsome, but a fair few and are quite laid-back and simply enjoy relaxing on rocks and in marshes, studying the views around them. When it croaks, the stored poison on the poison sac on its throat is churned for more potency.

Habitat

Like its pre-evolution, Toxicroak live in moist areas around bodies of water.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Toxicroak made its debut appearance in Enter Galactic! as a Pokémon belonging to Saturn. Saturn's Toxicroak made several later appearances with Team Galactic.

In Arriving in Style!, a Toxicroak was used in the Hearthome Collection by a rocker. It was the same color as Saturn's which implies that the color for the Toxicroak is its regular color in the anime.

Toxicroak made a brief cameo in the opening of Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

Another Toxicroak made a brief appearance in Last Call, First Round!.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry DP069 Toxicroak Ash's Pokédex Toxicroak, the Toxic Mouth Pokémon and the evolved form of Croagunk. The poison produced in its sacks is carried through tubes in its arms to its knuckle claws. This concludes the entries from the Diamond & Pearl series.

In the TCG

Main article: Toxicroak (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV. Generation I Red Blue {{{redbluedex}}} Yellow {{{yellowdex}}} Stadium {{{stadiumdex}}} Generation II Gold {{{golddex}}} Silver {{{silverdex}}} Crystal {{{crystaldex}}} Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald {{{rsedex}}} Ruby Sapphire {{{rsdex}}} Ruby {{{rubydex}}} Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald {{{emeralddex}}} FireRed LeafGreen {{{frlgdex}}} FireRed {{{firereddex}}} LeafGreen {{{leafgreendex}}} Generation IV Diamond Pearl {{{dpdex}}} Diamond Pearl Platinum {{{dpptdex}}} Diamond Its knuckle claws secrete a toxin so vile that even a scratch could prove fatal. Pearl The toxin made in its poison sacs is pumped to the knuckle claws through tubes down its arms. Platinum It has a poison sac at its throat. When it croaks, the stored poison is churned for more potency. HeartGold SoulSilver Swaying and dodging the attacks of its foes, it weaves its flexible body in close, then lunges out with its poisonous claws. HeartGold {{{heartgolddex}}} SoulSilver {{{soulsilverdex}}} Generation V Black White It has a poison sac at its throat. When it croaks, the stored poison is churned for more potency. Black {{{blackdex}}} White {{{whitedex}}}  ??? No Pokédex data is available.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV. Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade Generation II Gold Silver None Trade Crystal None Trade Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen None Trade Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade Generation IV Diamond Pearl Rare Great Marsh Platinum Uncommon Great Marsh HeartGold SoulSilver None Evolve Croagunk Generation V Black White None Evolve Croagunk

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Spacial Rift (B7-B15) Deep Spacial Rift (B1-B9)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Pueltown (during mission) Capture Arena
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	Sky Fortress Fire Temple
Pokémon Rumble	Rocky Cave
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Lake: Everspring Valley

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	Black Sludge (5%)
Platinum

Stats

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 83	143 - 190	276 - 370
Attack: 106	99 - 173	195 - 342
Defense: 65	63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp.Atk: 86	81 - 151	159 - 298
Sp.Def: 65	63 - 128	121 - 251
Speed: 85	81 - 150	157 - 295
Total: 490   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 3/4 ★★★☆	Power 3/4 ★★★☆
Skill 4/5 ★★★★☆	Stamina 3/4 ★★★☆
Jump 3/4 ★★★☆	Total 16/21 ★★★☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
Weak to Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 4× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× None	Resistant against Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 4× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× None	Unaffected by Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 4× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× None	Damaged normally by Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 4× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× None
Notes: If this Pokémon has Dry Skin, the effectiveness of  Water-type  moves is 0× and the effectiveness of  Fire-type  moves is 1¼×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation V Other generations: IV
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Start	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100%	15
Start	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10
Start	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100%	35
3	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10
8	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100%	35
10	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100%	20
15	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20
17	Faint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	—%	20
22	Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100%	10
24	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
29	Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	65	85%	10
31	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	5
36	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100%	10
41	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—%	20
49	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
54	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10
62	Flatter	Dark	Status	—	100%	15
A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Toxicroak obtained at level 1 in Generation V Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Toxicroak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Toxicroak Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: IV
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
	TM08	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	—	—%	20
	TM09	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100%	20
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
	TM34	Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100%	10
	TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10
	TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10
	TM47	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	60	100%	20
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
	TM63	Embargo	Dark	Status	—	100%	15
	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100%	10
	TM67	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100%	5
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
	TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80%	5
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
	TM81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15
	TM83	Work Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Toxicroak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Toxicroak Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: IV
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Acupressure	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	40	100%	30
	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
	Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	100	80%	5
	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	10
	DynamicPunch	Fighting	Physical	100	50%	5
	Fake Out	Normal	Physical	40	100%	10
	Feint	Normal	Physical	30	100%	10
	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15
	Me First	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Meditate	Psychic	Status	—	—%	40
	SmellingSalt	Normal	Physical	60	100%	10
	Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	40	100%	30
	Wake-Up Slap	Fighting	Physical	60	100%	10
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Toxicroak in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Toxicroak in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Toxicroak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Toxicroak Click on the generation numbers at the top to see egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation V Other generations: IV
Game		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Toxicroak can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Toxicroak cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Toxicroak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Toxicroak Click on the generation numbers at the top to see move tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation V Other generations: IV
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
‡	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	70%	5
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Toxicroak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Toxicroak Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Trozei!  N/A  Not available
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP My HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP My HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up. Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Poison  Poké Assist: ( Poison ) Field move: (Crush ×2) Browser entry   It lets loose a poison gas and a poisonous fluid from its mouth to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Poison  ( Poison ) Past ( Normal ) (Crush ×4) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It releases poison that makes Pokémon Tired.
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.

Evolution

Unevolved Croagunk  Poison  Fighting

Level 37 →

First evolution Toxicroak  Poison  Fighting

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White				Back

For other sprites and images, please see Toxicroak images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Toxicroak and its pre-evolution are the only Pokémon to have the Poison/Fighting type combination, and as such, they are the only Pokémon to have a double weakness to Psychic attacks and are the only Poison-types to have any double weakness.
  • However, in Generation I, Poison-types were also weak against Bug-type, meaning all with the Grass/Poison had a double weakness.
• Toxicroak has the highest Attack stat of all Poison-type Pokémon.

Origin

Toxicroak may have been based on the poison dart frog.

Name origin

Toxicroak's name is a portmanteau of the words toxic and croak. Dokurog's name is a combination of 毒 doku, poison, and frog.

In other languages

Language Name Name Origin German Toxiquak From toxin and quak. French Coatox From coassement and toxine. Korean 독개굴 Dokgaegul Chinese (Taiwan) 毒骷蛙 Dú Kū Wā 毒骷 may be a transliteration of "doku" in its Japanese name. 毒 also means poison. The last character means frog. Literally "Poison skeleton frog".

Related articles

• Saturn's Toxicroak

External links

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