Toxic Chain

May cause bad poisoning when the Pokémon hits an opponent with a move.

3 PokémonIntroduced in Gen 9

A newer ability, introduced in Gen 9.

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In-depth effect

The power of the Pokémon's toxic chain may badly poison any target the Pokémon hits with a move.

Other abilities introduced alongside Toxic Chain.

Ability	Pokémon	Effect
Protosynthesis	10	Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.
Quark Drive	10	Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.
Purifying Salt	3	Protects from status conditions and halves damage from Ghost-type moves.
Sharpness	3	Powers up slicing moves.
Thermal Exchange	3	Raises Attack when hit by a Fire-type move. Cannot be burned.
Wind Rider	3	Gives immunity to wind moves, and causes the Pokémon's Attack to increase by one stage when hit by one.
Guard Dog	2	Boosts Attack if intimidated, and prevents being forced to switch out.
Hospitality	2	When a Pokémon with Hospitality enters a battle, it restores HP for an ally by 25%.

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“Toxic Chain”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/toxic-chain.

Ability data from PokéAPI.