Toxicroak
Toxic Mouth Pokémon
Its crimson claws contain a virulent toxin. This toxin can be made into a tonic by diluting it, mixing it with several types of wild grass, and boiling it down over two days.
Details
Abilities
Notifies all trainers upon entering battle if an opponent has a super-effective move, Self-Destruct, Explosion, or a one-hit KO move.
Causes 1/8 max HP in damage each turn during strong sunlight, but heals for 1/8 max HP during rain. Increases damage from Fire moves to 1.25×, but absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.
Has a 30% chance of poisoning target Pokémon upon contact.
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Nasty Plot
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Where to find Toxicroak
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Toxicroak can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Taunt For the next few turns, the target can only use damaging moves. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 5 | Rock Smash Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 9 | Mud Bomb Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Special | 65 | 85 | 10 |
| 12 | Flatter Raises the target’s Special Attack by one stage and confuses the target. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 15 | Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out. | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Low Kick Inflicts more damage to heavier targets, with a maximum of 120 power. | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Revenge Inflicts double damage if the user takes damage before attacking this turn. | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 17 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 20 | Venoshock Inflicts double damage if the target is Poisoned. | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 24 | Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 28 | Swagger Raises the target’s Attack by two stages and confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 32 | Poison Jab Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 36 | Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 37 | Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ground | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 42 | Nasty Plot Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages. | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 47 | Close Combat Lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage after inflicting damage. | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| 48 | Sludge Bomb Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 54 | Belch Can only be used after the user has eaten a berry. | Poison | Special | 120 | 90 | 10 |
Sprites & renders
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Cite this page
“Toxicroak”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/toxicroak.
Species data from PokéAPI.