Poison (type)

Grass	Fire	Water	Electric	Psychic	Ice
Normal	Pokémon types				Fighting
Flying					Ground
Bug					Poison
Dragon	Dark	Rock	Fairy	Steel	Ghost

Poison is one of the eighteen characteristical types of all the known Pokémon.

It is notably the specialistic type of Janine of Fuchsia Gym and her father Koga of Kanto's Elite Four bureau.

Type effectiveness

Moves

Offensive damage-modifiers
2×  Strong against	1×  Neutral against	½×  Inffective against	0×  Inoffensible against
Fairy Grass	Bug Dark Dragon Electric Fighting Fire Flying Ice Normal Psychic Water	Ghost Ground Poison Rock	Steel

Pokémon

Defensive damage-modifiers
2×  Weak to	1×  Neutral to	½×  Resistant to	0×  Immune to
Ground Psychic	Dark Dragon Electric Fairy Fire Flying Ghost Ice Normal Rock Steel Water	Bug Grass Poison Fighting	None

Pokémon

Primary-type Pokémon

Pokédex Number		Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier
#23		Ekans	Poison		Common
#24		Arbok	Poison		Common
#29		Nidoran Female	Poison		Common
#30		Nidorina	Poison		Common
#31		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	Common
#32		Nidoran Male	Poison		Common
#33		Nidorino	Poison		Common
#34		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	Uncommon
#41		Zubat	Poison	Flying	Common
#42		Golbat	Poison	Flying	Common
#80A		Galarian Slowbro	Poison	Psychic	Unhuntable
#88		Grimer	Poison		Common
#88A		Alolan Grimer	Poison	Dark	Rare
#89		Muk	Poison		Uncommon
#89A		Alolan Muk	Poison	Dark	Unhuntable
#109		Koffing	Poison		Common
#110		Weezing	Poison		Uncommon
#110A		Galarian Weezing	Poison	Fairy	Unhuntable
#169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	Common
#194A		Paldean Wooper	Poison	Ground	Unhuntable
#199A		Galarian Slowking	Poison	Psychic	Unhuntable
#316		Gulpin	Poison		Uncommon
#317		Swalot	Poison		Unhuntable
#336		Seviper	Poison		Uncommon
#434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	Uncommon
#435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark	Rare
#451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	Rare
#452		Drapion	Poison	Dark	Unhuntable
#453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	Rare
#454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	Unhuntable
#568		Trubbish	Poison		Rare
#569		Garbodor	Poison		Unhuntable
#690		Skrelp	Poison	Water	Rare
#691		Dragalge	Poison	Dragon	Unhuntable
#747		Mareanie	Poison	Water	Unhuntable
#748		Toxapex	Poison	Water	Unhuntable
#757		Salandit	Poison	Fire	Unhuntable
#758		Salazzle	Poison	Fire	Unhuntable
#803		Poipole	Poison		Unhuntable
#804		Naganadel	Poison	Dragon	Unhuntable
#890		Eternatus	Poison	Dragon	Unhuntable
#944		Shroodle	Poison	Normal	Unhuntable
#945		Grafaiai	Poison	Normal	Unhuntable
#980		Clodsire	Poison	Ground	Unhuntable
#1014		Okidogi	Poison	Fighting	Unhuntable
#1015		Munkidori	Poison	Psychic	Unhuntable
#1016		Fezandipiti	Poison	Fairy	Unhuntable
#1025		Pecharunt	Poison	Ghost	Unhuntable

Secondary-type Pokémon

Pokédex Number		Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier
#1		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	Rare
#2		Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	Unhuntable
#3		Venusaur	Grass	Poison	Unhuntable
#13		Weedle	Bug	Poison	Common
#14		Kakuna	Bug	Poison	Common
#15		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	Uncommon
#43		Oddish	Grass	Poison	Common
#44		Gloom	Grass	Poison	Common
#45		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	Common
#48		Venonat	Bug	Poison	Common
#49		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	Common
#69		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	Common
#70		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	Common
#71		Victreebel	Grass	Poison	Common
#72		Tentacool	Water	Poison	Common
#73		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	Common
#92		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	Common
#93		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	Common
#94		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	Uncommon
#167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	Common
#168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	Common
#211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	Uncommon
#211A		Hisuian Qwilfish	Dark	Poison	Unhuntable
#215A		Hisuian Sneasel	Fighting	Poison	Unhuntable
#269		Dustox	Bug	Poison	Common
#315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	Uncommon
#406		Budew	Grass	Poison	Uncommon
#407		Roserade	Grass	Poison	Unhuntable
#543		Venipede	Bug	Poison	Rare
#544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison	Rare
#545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison	Unhuntable
#590		Foongus	Grass	Poison	Rare
#591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison	Unhuntable
#793		Nihilego	Rock	Poison	Unhuntable
#848		Toxel	Electric	Poison	Unhuntable
#849		Toxtricity-Amped	Electric	Poison	Unhuntable
#849A		Toxtricity-Low Key	Electric	Poison	Unhuntable
#903		Sneasler	Fighting	Poison	Unhuntable
#904		Overqwil	Dark	Poison	Unhuntable
#965		Varoom	Steel	Poison	Unhuntable
#966		Revavroom	Steel	Poison	Unhuntable
#969		Glimmet	Rock	Poison	Unhuntable
#970		Glimmora	Rock	Poison	Unhuntable
#994		Iron Moth	Fire	Poison	Unhuntable

Moves

Poison is the agentive type of the poisonous status ailment, in addition to its exponentially deteriorative variant known as badly poisoned; by extension, Pokémon of this type are invulnerable to affliction of them.

Move Category Base Power Accuracy PP Acid Special 40 100% 30 Acid Armor Status —% 20 Acid Spray Special 40 100% 20 Baneful Bunker Status — —% 10 Barb Barrage Physical 60 100% 10 Belch Special 120 90% 10 Clear Smog Special 50 —% 15 Coil Status —% 20 Corrosive Gas Status — 100% 40 Cross Poison Physical 70 100% 20 Dire Claw Physical 80 100% 15 Gastro Acid Status 100% 10 Gunk Shot Physical 120 80% 5 Malignant Chain Special 100 100% 5 Mortal Spin Physical 30 100% 15 Noxious Torque Physical 100 100% 10 Poison Fang Physical 50 100% 15 Poison Gas Status 90% 40 Poison Jab Physical 80 100% 20 Poison Powder Status 75% 35 Poison Sting Physical 15 100% 35 Poison Tail Physical 50 100% 25 Purify Status — —% 20 Shell Side Arm Special 90 100% 10 Sludge Special 65 100% 20 Sludge Bomb Special 90 100% 10 Sludge Wave Special 95 100% 10 Smog Special 30 70% 20 Toxic Status 90% 10 Toxic Spikes Status —% 20 Toxic Thread Status — 100% 20 Venom Drench Status 100% 20 Venoshock Special 65 100% 10

All emboldened moves are broken; read their individualized pages for more information, regardingly.

Abilities

Ability	Description
Corrosion	The Pokémon can poison the target even if it's a Steel or Poison type.
Liquid Ooze	Parries off all HP-draining moves, ensuring that they the user as a countereffect instead of self-restoratively damaging the target.
Stench	Whenever the possessor sustains damage, there is a 10%-chance probability that the inflictor will flinch.
Emboldened names denote abilities that are exclusively inheritable by Poison-type Pokémon.

Items

Item		Function
	Black Sludge	Incrementally restores HP of Poison-type holders; conversely, holders of any other type will sustain damage.
	Kebia Berry	Reduces damage from one super effective Poison-type attack.
	Poison Barb	Enhances the damage-power output of Poison-type moves by 20%.
	Poison cloak	A specially Poison-thematized cloak.
	Poison Gem	One-time use item that raises the power of a single Poison-type move by 30%.
	Poison Hood	A specially Poison-thematized hood.
	Poisonium Z	It upgrades Poison-type moves to Z-Moves.
	Toxic Orb	Onsets the poison status ailment on the holder after one turn in-battle.
	Toxic Plate	Increases the power of Poison-type moves by 20%.