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.
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.
Swords Dance
- Item
- Life Orb / Air Balloon
- Ability
- Dry Skin
- Nature
- Jolly
- EVs
- 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
- Tera
- Dark
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Toxicroak can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Toxicroak.






Across the games











Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Taunt | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 5 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 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 |
| 42 | Nasty Plot | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 47 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| 48 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 54 | Belch | Poison | Special | 120 | 90 | 10 |