Poison is a status ailment that slowly causes damage to its target over time. The target takes damage when purple bubbles appear. Poison-type and Steel-type Pokémon are immune to being Poisoned. Poisoning a Pokémon with the Guts ability increases its Attack.
Poison Inducing Moves[]
- Cross Poison
- Gunk Shot
- Poison Gas
- Poison Jab
- Poison Powder
- Poison Sting
- Sludge
- Sludge Bomb
- Sludge Wave
- Smog
- Toxic Spikes
- Twineedle
Moves That Badly Poison[]
Badly Poison is similar to Poison except it deals 80 HP damage as Poison.
Trivia[]
- In Fuchsia Gym, Muk's Gas deals damage solely via the Poison status ailment.