Poison (type)

The Poison type is one of the nineteen types.

Battle properties

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×	None

Poison-type Pokémon cannot be poisoned. Additionally, any Poison-type Pokémon will consume Toxic Spikes on their side of the field when entering, save for Tonemy due to its Levitate ability.

Pokémon

There are currently 18 Poison-type Pokémon, which is 9% of all Pokémon (counting forms that change typing as different Pokémon).

Pure Poison-type Pokémon

Dex no.	Pokémon		Type
#020		Tonemy	Poison		Poison
#021		Tofurang	Poison		Poison
#044		Ekans	Poison		Poison
#045		Arbok	Poison		Poison
#145		Chupacho	Poison		Poison

Half Poison-type Pokémon

Primary Poison-type Pokémon

Dex no.	Pokémon		Type
#n021		Tofurang Nuclear Tofurang	Poison	Nuclear
#n044		Ekans Nuclear Ekans	Poison	Nuclear
#n045		Arbok Nuclear Arbok	Poison	Nuclear
#065		Costraw	Poison	Psychic
#n065		Costraw Nuclear Costraw	Poison	Nuclear
#066		Trawpint	Poison	Psychic
#n066		Trawpint Nuclear Trawpint	Poison	Nuclear
#n145		Chupacho Nuclear Chupacho	Poison	Nuclear
#146		Luchabra	Poison	Fighting
#n146		Luchabra Nuclear Luchabra	Poison	Nuclear
#166		Hagoop	Poison	Electric
#n166		Hagoop Nuclear Hagoop	Poison	Nuclear
#167		Haagross	Poison	Electric
#n167		Haagross Nuclear Haagross	Poison	Nuclear

Secondary Poison-type Pokémon

Dex no.	Pokémon		Type
#024		Fortog	Water	Poison
#025		Folerog	Water	Poison
#026		Blubelrog	Water	Poison
#069		Minyan	Dark	Poison
#070		Vilucard	Dark	Poison
#103		Chimical	Fire	Poison
#104		Chimaconda	Fire	Poison
#125		Miasmedic	Fairy	Poison

Exclusive Abilities

Note: This list does not include Signature Abilities

Ability	Description	Bearers
Petrify	Lowers the opposing Pokémon's Speed stat.
Poison Point	Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.
Poison Touch	May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.

Trivia

• Prior to 1.2, Poison was the only type (besides Nuclear) that was not supereffective against Nuclear-type Pokémon.
• All primary Poison-types have a Nuclear form.
  • Additionally, all evolutionary lines that contain a pure-Poison Pokémon have a Nuclear form.