Trubbish
Trash Bag Pokémon
This Pokémon was born from a bag stuffed with trash. Galarian Weezing relish the fumes belched by Trubbish.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Trubbish
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 Trubbish can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poison Gas Poisons the target. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 40 |
| 1 | Pound Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 3 | Recycle User recovers the item it last used up. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 6 | Acid Spray Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages. | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 9 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 12 | Clear Smog Removes all of the target’s stat modifiers. | Poison | Special | 50 | — | 15 |
| 14 | Double Slap Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 10 |
| 15 | Toxic Spikes Scatters poisoned spikes, poisoning opposing Pokémon that switch in. | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 18 | Sludge Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 21 | Stockpile Stores energy up to three times for use with Spit Up and Swallow. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 21 | Swallow Recovers 1/4 HP after one Stockpile, 1/2 HP after two Stockpiles, or full HP after three Stockpiles. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 24 | Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 27 | Sludge Bomb Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 30 | Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 33 | Belch Can only be used after the user has eaten a berry. | Poison | Special | 120 | 90 | 10 |
| 37 | Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 39 | Gunk Shot Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 120 | 80 | 5 |
| 42 | Explosion User faints. | Normal | Physical | 250 | 100 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Trubbish can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
12 sprites & renders for Trubbish.






Across the games






More Poison-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Trubbish”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/trubbish.
Species data from PokéAPI.