Toxic was not working on mega slowbro?

Question

I was playing a battle in champions when my Toxapex used toxic but it said it failed against the mega slowbro.

Comments

Did the Mega Slowbro already have a Status Condition? Either that or Mega Slowbro being behind Substitute is my best guess.

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It's a pretty incomplete guess so I won't post an answer

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Can you share the replay?

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@R-The-Great I doubt there's a replay, it's Champions

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Oh I didn’t see that.

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Are there any Pokemon with misty surge or pastel veil in Champions?

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@sumwun as far as I know, no

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Misty terrain as a move exists ive never seen anyone use it.

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I guess we won't figure out more until BPM replies

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I don't know if it works like this, but did you click Toxic against an empty party slot?

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When that happens, doesn't the move target the other opponent?

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Yeah the move will target the still alive opponent.

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No, it doesn't; I lost a game to a Politoed when I misclicked and went for Giga Drain into my teammate's empty slot

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He could've been playing Singles, if that's the case we can rule out the possibility of an empty-slot misclick

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Never mind I think slowbro had a burn.

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if you target the empty enemy slot it will redirect to the other opponent. If you go for your Teammates empty slot it won’t redirect.

Answer 1

Slowbro had a burn and you can’t poison an opponent that already has a major status condition.

Source: Experience

Comments

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