Croagunk
Toxic Mouth Pokémon
A poison wielder with a dastardly personality. Despite such qualities, this species is afforded a measure of popularity due to its peculiar cry and comical features.
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.
Appears in these games
Base stats
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Bulky Attacker
- Item
- Eviolite
- Ability
- Dry Skin
- Nature
- Adamant
- EVs
- 52 HP / 188 Atk / 116 Def / 36 SpD / 116 Spe
- Tera
- Steel
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Croagunk can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Croagunk.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 4 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 5 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 8 | Taunt | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 9 | Mud Bomb | Ground | Special | 65 | 85 | 10 |
| 12 | Flatter | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 15 | Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 17 | Feint Attack | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 20 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 24 | Sucker Punch | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 28 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 32 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 36 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 37 | Earth Power | Ground | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 40 | Nasty Plot | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 44 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 47 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| 48 | Belch | Poison | Special | 120 | 90 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Croagunk can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
