Pokémon Poison type

This page has information about the Poison type in the Pokemon games. It applies to Diamond/Pearl/Platinum and previous games (the only exception being that the Dark and Steel types were not present in Red/Blue/Yellow).

Attack

Poison moves are super-effective against:

grass

Poison moves are not very effective against:

poison ground rock ghost

Poison moves have no effect on:

steel

Defense

These types are not very effective against Poison pokemon:

grass fighting poison bug

These types are super-effective against Poison pokemon:

ground psychic

Dual-type attack strength

The chart to the right shows the strengths and weaknesses of the Poison type on every possible type combination. The bottom row shows its strength against single-type pokemon.

The numbers in the squares show the fraction of normal damage the move will do (i.e. ½ means 50% damage, while 4 means 400%).

For example, to find how good a Poison-type move is against a Grass/Poison Pokémon, find the square that cross-references those types. You will see that it is 100%.

normal
fire
water
electric
grass 2 2 2 2
ice 2
fighting 2
poison ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
ground ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ¼
flying 2 ½ ½
psychic 2 ½ ½
bug 2 ½ ½
rock ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ¼ ½ ½ ½
ghost ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ¼
dragon 2 ½ ½ ½ ½
dark 2 ½ ½ ½ ½
steel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
nor fir wat ele gra ice fig poi gro fly psy bug roc gho dra dar ste

Pokemon

There are 50 pokemon having the Poison type. See detailed list »

Bulbasaur
#001 • grass / poison Ivysaur
#002 • grass / poison Venusaur
#003 • grass / poison Weedle
#013 • bug / poison Kakuna
#014 • bug / poison Beedrill
#015 • bug / poison Ekans
#023 • poison Arbok
#024 • poison Nidoran♀
#029 • poison Nidorina
#030 • poison Nidoqueen
#031 • poison / ground Nidoran♂
#032 • poison Nidorino
#033 • poison Nidoking
#034 • poison / ground Zubat
#041 • poison / flying Golbat
#042 • poison / flying Oddish
#043 • grass / poison Gloom
#044 • grass / poison Vileplume
#045 • grass / poison Venonat
#048 • bug / poison Venomoth
#049 • bug / poison Bellsprout
#069 • grass / poison Weepinbell
#070 • grass / poison Victreebel
#071 • grass / poison Tentacool
#072 • water / poison Tentacruel
#073 • water / poison Grimer
#088 • poison Muk
#089 • poison Gastly
#092 • ghost / poison Haunter
#093 • ghost / poison Gengar
#094 • ghost / poison Koffing
#109 • poison Weezing
#110 • poison Spinarak
#167 • bug / poison Ariados
#168 • bug / poison Crobat
#169 • poison / flying Qwilfish
#211 • water / poison Dustox
#269 • bug / poison Roselia
#315 • grass / poison Gulpin
#316 • poison Swalot
#317 • poison Seviper
#336 • poison Budew
#406 • grass / poison Roserade
#407 • grass / poison Stunky
#434 • poison / dark Skuntank
#435 • poison / dark Skorupi
#451 • poison / bug Drapion
#452 • poison / dark Croagunk
#453 • poison / fighting Toxicroak
#454 • poison / fighting