Toxtricity (Pokémon)

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Toxtricity Punk Pokémon ストリンダー Strinder #0849 Amped Form Low Key Form Gigantamax Toxtricity Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Electric Poison Unknown Unknown Low Key Form Unknown Unknown Gigantamax Toxtricity Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Punk Rock or Plus Amped Form Punk Rock or Minus Low Key Form Cacophony Gigantamax Toxtricity Technician Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Low Key Form Cacophony Gigantamax Toxtricity
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Human-Like Hatch time 25 cycles
Height 5'03" 1.6 m Amped Form 5'03" 1.6 m Low Key Form 78'09"+ 24.0+ m Gigantamax Toxtricity 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 88.2 lbs. 40.0 kg Amped Form 88.2 lbs. 40.0 kg Low Key Form ??? lbs. ??? kg Gigantamax Toxtricity 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 176	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Amped Form 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Low Key Form 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Gigantamax Toxtricity 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint Low Key Form
Pokédex color   Purple	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Toxtricity (Japanese: ストリンダー Strinder) is a dual-type Electric/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves from Toxel starting at level 30. The form it evolves into depends on its Nature (unaffected by mints).

• Toxel evolves into Amped Form Toxtricity if its Nature is Hardy, Brave, Adamant, Naughty, Docile, Impish, Lax, Hasty, Jolly, Naive, Rash, Sassy, or Quirky.
• Toxel evolves into Low Key Form Toxtricity if its Nature is Lonely, Bold, Relaxed, Timid, Serious, Modest, Mild, Quiet, Bashful, Calm, Gentle, or Careful.

Toxtricity has a Gigantamax form, which is the same regardless of its form. It can Gigantamax into Gigantamax Toxtricity if it has the Gigantamax Factor.

Biology

Toxtricity is a bipedal, lizard-like Pokémon with two forms. Both Amped Form and Low Key Form Toxtricity have purple-colored bodies and white eyes with black irises. Both forms also have four spikes on the back, four spikes on each wrist, and a crescent-shaped body part with seven spikes on the waist.

Amped Form Toxtricity has a slouched posture. It has a yellow underbelly, yellow stripes on its legs, and yellow accents on its back, palms, and soles. It also has a yellow electric frill that extends from its snout to its neck. Two additional electric spikes protrude from its back. It has four horns: two smaller ones above its eyes, and two larger ones on the sides of its head. Six organs protrude from its chest. Amped Form Toxtricity are known to be short-tempered and extremely confident. This form aggressively attacks anything that makes eye contact with it.^[1]

Low Key Form Toxtricity has an upright posture, with its neck standing tall. It has a light blue underbelly, light blue stripes on its legs, and light blue accents on its back, palms, and soles. It has a large fin-like horn in front of its face, and two smaller horns on the sides of its head. Its two light blue electric frills run from the base of its larger horn, and down to its neck. Four organs protrude from its chest. Low Key Form Toxtricity are known to be selfish and dismissive of others and have high regard towards their strength. Unlike its Amped Form counterpart, Low Key Form Toxtricity prefers to taunt opponents into fighting it when making eye contact with them.^[2]

By clawing at the organs on their chests, both forms of Toxtricity can generate over 15,000 volts of electricity, as well as sound. The sounds they make resemble those of electric string instruments: a standard guitar for Amped Form, and a bass guitar for Low Key Form. Toxtricity chugs stagnant water to absorb the dissolved toxins, which it then breaks down in order to generate electricity. Toxtricity is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Overdrive, as well as the only known Pokémon that can have Punk Rock as an Ability.

Forms

Gigantamax Toxtricity attacking with its guitar-shaped electric mass

Toxtricity has three forms: Amped Form, Low Key Form, and Gigantamax Toxtricity.

Toxtricity's two forms share the same Gigantamax form. As Gigantamax Toxtricity, it has a larger appearance that resembles a combination of its two forms. It walks on all fours, but it is also capable of standing on its hind legs. It has a dark purple body with a dark pink underbelly and dark pink accents on its back, soles, and hind legs. Its spikes and the crescent-shaped body part on its waist turn bright pink, and from its waist grows a tail resembling a transmission tower, and two protrusions that resemble conductor coils. Three red clouds surround its tail. It has four horns on its head, and three large electric frills that run from between its horns down to its back: a yellow one at the center, and two light blue ones flanking it on either side. Its eyes have light blue sclerae and yellow pupils, which extend outside of its sclerae, resembling stars. Its chest has two light blue and four yellow organs protruding.

Gigantamax Toxtricity's main weapon is its excessive electric energy, which contains more electricity than a thundercloud. It can store up to one million liters of poison. This poison penetrates Gigantamax Toxtricity's brain and causes it to go berserk, leaking toxic sweat all over its body like acid rain. To attack, Gigantamax Toxtricity uses its stored electricity to create a guitar-shaped mass and slams it down toward opponents. The energy and momentum of this attack are powerful enough to create a giant crater.^[3] Gigantamax Toxtricity is the only known Pokémon capable of using the G-Max Move G-Max Stun Shock.

Amped Form Toxtricity

Low Key Form Toxtricity

Gigantamax Toxtricity

Evolution

Toxtricity evolves from Toxel.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Toxel  Electric  Poison	→	First evolution Toxtricity Amped Form  Electric  Poison
	→	First evolution Toxtricity Low Key Form  Electric  Poison

Game data

Pokédex entries

Toxtricity in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Amped Form

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
SwSh	Rock Star Shiny Toxtricity	All	Online	50	February 19 to June 30, 2021

Wild Area News

Amped Form

Low Key Form

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Throat Spray (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

Amped Form

Low Key Form

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM009 TM009 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM013 TM013 Acid Spray Poison Special 04040 100}}100% 20 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM026 TM026 Poison Tail Poison Physical 05050 100}}100% 25 TM029 TM029 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM030 TM030 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM041 TM041 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM045 TM045 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM048 TM048 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100}}100% 20 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM067 TM067 Fire Punch Fire Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM068 TM068 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM072 TM072 Electro Ball Electric Special 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM073 TM073 Drain Punch Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM080 TM080 Metronome Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM083 TM083 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM091 TM091 Toxic Spikes Poison Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM096 TM096 Eerie Impulse Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM102 TM102 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120120 080}}80% 5 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM117 TM117 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM122 TM122 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM136 TM136 Electric Terrain Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM148 TM148 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM173 TM173 Charge Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM175 TM175 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM191 TM191 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM211 TM211 Electroweb Electric Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM214 TM214 Sludge Wave Poison Special 09595 100}}100% 10 TM221 TM221 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM223 TM223 Metal Sound Steel Status 0000— 085}}85% 40 TM228 TM228 Psychic Noise Psychic Special 07575 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Toxtricity Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Toxtricity

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Endeavor Normal Physical — 100% 5 Metal Sound Steel Status — 85% 40

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Toxtricity Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Toxtricity Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Toxtricity

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Amped Form

Low Key Form

Form data

Toxtricity has two non-interchangeable forms: Amped Form and Low Key Form.

When Toxel evolves into Toxtricity, the form it evolves into depends on its Nature (unaffected by mints):

Toxel will evolve into Amped Form Toxtricity if its Nature is Hardy, Brave, Adamant, Naughty, Docile, Impish, Lax, Hasty, Jolly, Naive, Rash, Sassy, or Quirky.

Toxel will evolve into Low Key Form Toxtricity if its Nature is Lonely, Bold, Relaxed, Timid, Serious, Modest, Mild, Quiet, Bashful, Calm, Gentle, or Careful.

Both forms of Toxtricity have the same base stats, but they learn slightly different moves and have different possible Abilities. Both forms have access to the same Gigantamax form.

Toxtricity Amped Form  Electric  Poison  Punk Rock or Plus Hidden: Technician Nature is Hardy, Brave, Adamant, Naughty, Docile, Impish, Lax, Hasty, Jolly, Naive, Rash, Sassy, or Quirky HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 75 98 70 114 70 75

Toxtricity Low Key Form  Electric  Poison  Punk Rock or Minus Hidden: Technician Nature is Lonely, Bold, Relaxed, Timid, Serious, Modest, Mild, Quiet, Bashful, Calm, Gentle, or Careful HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 75 98 70 114 70 75

Lv.	Amped Form  Electric  Poison	Low Key Form  Electric  Poison
Evo.	Spark
1	Belch
1	Tearful Look
1	Nuzzle
1	Growl
1	Flail
1	Acid
1	Thunder Shock
1	Acid Spray
1	Leer
1	Noble Roar
4	Charge
8	Shock Wave
12	Scary Face
16	Taunt
24	Screech
28	Swagger
32	Toxic
36	Discharge
40	Poison Jab
44	Overdrive
48	Boomburst
52	Shift Gear	Magnetic Flux
Moves in bold are STAB. Moves in italics do no damage.

Gigantamax

Gigantamax Toxtricity was released on February 6, 2020.

Gigantamax Factor Toxtricity Toxtricity  Electric  Poison

Dynamax Band ↔

Lasts for three turns Gigantamax Toxtricity Toxtricity  Electric  Poison

Evolution data

Mints do not affect which form Toxel will evolve into.

Unevolved Toxel  Electric  Poison	+ Level 30 Nature: Hardy, Brave, Adamant, Naughty, Docile, Impish, Lax, Hasty, Jolly, Naive, Rash, Sassy, or Quirky →	First evolution Toxtricity Amped Form  Electric  Poison
	+ Level 30 Nature: Lonely, Bold, Relaxed, Timid, Serious, Modest Mild, Quiet, Bashful, Calm, Gentle, or Careful →	First evolution Toxtricity Low Key Form  Electric  Poison

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In the anime

Amped Form Toxtricity in the anime

Low Key Form Toxtricity in the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Amped and Low Key Form Toxtricity made their debut in Battling Turned Up to Eleven! as members of the Maximizers band.

A Low Key Form Toxtricity appeared in HZ035, under the ownership of one of the Pokémon hunters.

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

Toxtricity in POKÉTOON

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Two Toxtricity, one Amped Form and one Low Key Form, appeared in The Gathering of Stars.

POKÉTOON

An Amped Form and a Low Key Form Toxtricity appeared in Wait for Me, Magikarp!.

In the manga

Low Key Form Toxtricity in Pokémon Adventures

Gigantamax Toxtricity in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Casey's Low Key Form Toxtricity, nicknamed Tera, first appeared in Ooh Shiny!! Legendary Equipment. It is capable of Gigantamaxing.

Toxtricity in both forms appeared in PASS43.

In the TCG

Main article: Toxtricity (TCG)

Trivia

• No other Pokémon have the same type combination as Toxtricity and its pre-evolution.
• Toxtricity is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 502.
• All of the Natures that lower the Attack stat (Bold, Timid, Modest, Calm) only belong to Low-Key Form Toxtricity; likewise, all of the Natures that lower the Special Defense stat (Naughty, Lax, Naive, Rash) only belong to Amped Form Toxtricity.
• Toxtricity, its pre-evolution, and its Gigantamax form were all designed by Yusuke Kozaki.^[4][5]

Origin

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Visually, Toxtricity resembles lizards, especially the ones from the Agama genus, like the Mwanza flat-headed rock agama and the Namib rock agama. Like Toxtricity, this genus is known for displaying a variety of bright colors and possessing spikes on the region of the ear.

Alternatively, Toxtricity may be based on newts, which are a type of salamander. Newts are poisonous, have rounded toes, and lizard-like bodies. The Northern crested newt in particular resembles Toxtricity, sharing its jagged crest, yellow underbelly, and spots resembling the chest protrusions. The spikes on the side of the Pokémon's head are reminiscent of the gills newts have in their larval stage.

Toxtricity also appears to be based on punk rock guitarists. Its Amped and Low Key forms resemble electric guitars and bass guitars; the number of their chest organs equals the number of strings on each guitar (six and four, respectively), and they make sounds similar to those of the respective instruments when strummed.^[1][2] Its appearance features several fashion elements commonly associated with punk, such as the mohawk hairstyle, torn pants, and spiked bracelets and belts. Gigantamax Toxtricity's ability of generating a guitar-shaped spark to attack may be a reference to guitar smashing, a common act by guitarists at the end of a concert set where they smash their guitar against the floor. The pink and yellow coloration of its shiny form when in Amped Form greatly resembles the colors used in the album art of seminal British punk rock band Sex Pistols' debut record, commonly cited as one of the first full-length records of the UK punk movement.

Name origin

Toxtricity may be a combination of toxic or toxicity and electricity.

Strinder may be a combination of strings (of a stringed instrument) and salamander.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ストリンダー Strinder From string and salamander French Salarsen From salamandre, larsen, arsenic and sale Spanish Toxtricity Same as English name German Riffex From Riff and Echse Italian Toxtricity Same as English name Korean 스트린더 Strinder Transcription of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 顫弦蠑螈 / 颤弦蝾螈 Zhànxiánróngyuán / Chànxiánróngyuán From 顫 / 颤 zhàn / chàn, 弦 xián, and 蠑螈 / 蝾螈 róngyuán Cantonese Chinese 顫弦蠑螈 Jinyìhnwìhngyùhn From 顫 jin, 弦 yìhn, and 蠑螈 wìhngyùhn

More languages Hindi स्ट्रिंगडार Stringdaar Similar to Japanese name Thai สตรินเดอร์ Satrindoe Transcription of Japanese name

Amped Form

Language Title Japanese ハイなすがた High Form Chinese Cantonese 高調的樣子 Gōudiuh-dīk Yeuhngjí Mandarin 高調的樣子 / 高调的样子 Gāodiào-de Yàngzi French Forme Aigüe German Hoch-Form Hindi ऐम्प्ड फ़ॉर्म Amped Form Italian Forma Melodia Korean 하이한 모습 High-han Moseup Norwegian Forsterket form Polish Forma Wzmocniona Portuguese Forma Aguda Spanish Forma Aguda Thai ร่างเสียงสูง Turkish Kızgın Formu

Low Key Form

Language Title Japanese ローなすがた Low Form Chinese Cantonese 低調的樣子 Dāidiuh-dīk Yeuhngjí Mandarin 低調的樣子 / 低调的样子 Dīdiào-de Yàngzi French Forme Grave German Tief-Form Hindi लो फ़ॉर्म Low Form Italian Forma Basso Korean 로우한 모습 Low-han Moseup Norwegian Dempet form Polish Forma Stonowana Portuguese Forma Grave Spanish Forma Grave Thai ร่างเสียงต่ำ Turkish Dingin Formu

Related articles

• List of Pokémon with form differences
• Gigantamax

References

External links

Gigantamax forms

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