#0269

Dustox

Poison Moth Pokémon

Bug Poison

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Height: 1.2 m
Weight: 31.6 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP173

Tends to be drawn to bonfires on dark nights. Difficult to chase away from settlements because of the way it scatters highly toxic scales.

In Pokémon GO · 1224 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

385

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Shield Dust

Protects against incoming moves' extra effects.

Compound EyesHidden

Increases moves' accuracy to 1.3×.

Egg groups: Bug

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Flying2×

Rock2×

Fire2×

Psychic2×

Resistant to

Fighting¼×

Grass¼×

Poison½×

Bug½×

Fairy½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Quiver Dance + Iron Defense

Moves

Item

Black Sludge

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

EV spread

HP248

Def▲120

Spe140

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Dustox

Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.

Pearl

Eterna Forest Sea Route 230

Platinum

Eterna Forest Route 205 Route 224 Route 229

HeartGold

National Park

SoulSilver

National Park

Evolution

Lv. 7

Lv. 10

Lv. 7

Lv. 10

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Dustox can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Find a move21 of 21

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
0	Gust Inflicts regular damage and can hit Pokémon in the air.	Flying	Special	40	100	35
1	Bug Bite If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry.	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
1	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	String Shot Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages.	Bug	Status	—	95	40
6	Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
6	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
11	Poison Powder Poisons the target.	Poison	Status	—	75	35
17	Moonlight Heals the user by half its max HP. Affected by weather.	Fairy	Status	—	—	5
18	Silver Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Bug	Special	60	100	5
22	Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
25	Leech Life Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
25	Venoshock Inflicts double damage if the target is Poisoned.	Poison	Special	65	100	10
27	Light Screen Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns.	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
30	Whirlwind Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
32	Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.	Poison	Status	—	90	10
34	Extrasensory Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Psychic	Special	80	100	20
37	Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
40	Quiver Dance Raises the user’s Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by one stage each.	Bug	Status	—	—	20
43	Bug Buzz Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Bug	Special	90	100	10