Poison-type Pokémon have some toxic quality about them, be it because they produce venom (Ekans and Arbok for example), are poisonous plants (Bulbasaur and Oddish – these are dual Grass-and-Poison types) or have some sort of general toxicity about them (such as Koffing or Grimer). Many Poison-type moves can cause the Poison status effect, which causes the attacked Pokémon to lose hit points each turn. The Toxic or 'badly poisoned' status effect causes the amount of damage done by the poison to double each turn. Some Poison Pokémon are considered to represent a forms of pollution such as Koffing/Weezing (air pollution) and Grimer/Muk (toxic waste).
Poison-types are also immune to the Poison status effect themselves.
Abilities of Poison Pokémon
- Aftermath - Just the Stunky family.
- Anticipation - Just the Croagunk family; This is a Ground/Bug ability.
- Battle Armor - Just the Skorupi family; This is a Rock ability.
- Chlorophyll - This is a Grass ability.
- Clear Body - Just the Tentacool family; This is a Steel ability.
- Compoundeyes - Just Venonat; This is a Bug ability.
- Dry Skin - Just the Croagunk family.
- Effect Spore - Just the Foongus family; This is a Grass ability.
- Inner Focus - Just the Zubat family; This is a Fighting ability.
- Insomnia - Just the Spinarak family; This is a ability.
- Intimidate - Just the Ekans family; This is a Normal ability.
- Levitate - This is a Psychic ability.
- Liquid Ooze
- Natural Cure - Just the Budew family; This is a Grass ability.
- Overgrow - Just the Bulbasaur family; This is a Grass ability.
- Poison Point
- Rivalry
- Shed Skin - This is a Bug ability.
- Shield Dust - This is a Bug ability.
- Sniper - Just the Skorupi family; This is a Water ability.
- Stench
- Sticky Hold
- Swift Swim - Just Qwilfish; This is a Water ability.
- Swarm - This is a Bug ability.
- Tinted Lens - Just the Venonat family; This is a Bug ability.
- Weak Armor - Unique to Garbodor.
Poison Pokémon Families
Unevolved | First evolution | Second evolution | Other type |
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Bulbasaur | Ivysaur | Venusaur | Grass |
Weedle | Kakuna | Beedrill | Bug |
Ekans | Arbok | ||
Nidoran♀ | Nidorina | Nidoqueen | Only Nidoqueen is Ground |
Nidoran♂ | Nidorino | Nidoking | Only Nidoking is Ground |
Zubat | Golbat | Crobat | |
Oddish | Gloom | Vileplume | Grass |
Template:Not from type | Bellossom is only Grass | ||
Venonat | Venomoth | Bug | |
Bellsprout | Weepinbell | Victreebel | Grass |
Tentacool | Tentacruel | Water | |
Grimer | Muk | ||
Gastly | Haunter | Gengar | Ghost |
Koffing | Weezing | ||
Spinarak | Ariados | Bug | |
Qwilfish | Water | ||
Template:Not from type | Template:Not from type | Dustox | Bug; Only Dustox is Poison |
Budew | Roselia | Roserade | Grass |
Gulpin | Swalot | ||
Seviper | |||
Stunky | Skuntank | Dark | |
Skorupi | Drapion | Skorupi is Bug; Drapion is Dark | |
Croagunk | Toxicroak | Fighting | |
Venipede | Whirlipede | Scolipede | Bug |
Trubbish | Garbodor | ||
Foongus | Amoonguss | Grass |
Triva
- There has only been one poison type gym, which is located in Fuchsia City, Kanto.
Pokémon by types | |
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Only exists within Generation II – IV: ??? type · Only exists within Colosseum and XD: Shadow |