Poison Type Chart

Poison is a defensive, status-driven type that wears opponents down, though Steel-types are immune to its attacks.

Poison Type Weaknesses

Poison-type Pokémon are weak to Ground and Psychic moves.

Ground Psychic

Poison Type Resistances

Poison-type Pokémon resist Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug and Fairy moves.

Grass Fighting Poison Bug Fairy

Poison Type Immunities

Poison has no immunities.

No immunities

Poison Type Effectiveness

Poison-type moves are super effective against Grass and Fairy, and Steel-types are immune to them.

Super effective (2×): Grass Fairy
Normal damage (1×): Normal Fire Water Electric Ice Fighting Flying Psychic Bug Dragon Dark
Not very effective (0.5×): Poison Ground Rock Ghost
No effect (0×): Steel

Poison Type Dual-Type Chart

This chart shows how much damage a Poison-type move deals to every combination of two defending types. Rows are the first defender type and columns are the second. Each cell gives the damage multiplier: 4 is extremely effective (400%), 2 is super effective (200%), ½ is not very effective (50%), ¼ is highly resistant (25%) and 0 means no effect. Blank cells are normal 1× damage, and the gray diagonal marks a type paired with itself, which is not a valid dual type.

Poison type dual-type chart. Rows are the first defense type, columns are the second defense type. The diagonal has no value because a Pokémon cannot have the same type twice.
Type 2Type 1	Normal	Fire	Water	Electric	Grass	Ice	Fighting	Poison	Ground	Flying	Psychic	Bug	Rock	Ghost	Dragon	Dark	Steel	Fairy
Normal	—				2			½	½				½	½			0	2
Fire		—			2			½	½				½	½			0	2
Water			—		2			½	½				½	½			0	2
Electric				—	2			½	½				½	½			0	2
Grass	2	2	2	2	—	2	2			2	2	2			2	2	0	4
Ice					2	—		½	½				½	½			0	2
Fighting					2		—	½	½				½	½			0	2
Poison	½	½	½	½		½	½	—	¼	½	½	½	¼	¼	½	½	0
Ground	½	½	½	½		½	½	¼	—	½	½	½	¼	¼	½	½	0
Flying					2			½	½	—			½	½			0	2
Psychic					2			½	½		—		½	½			0	2
Bug					2			½	½			—	½	½			0	2
Rock	½	½	½	½		½	½	¼	¼	½	½	½	—	¼	½	½	0
Ghost	½	½	½	½		½	½	¼	¼	½	½	½	¼	—	½	½	0
Dragon					2			½	½				½	½	—		0	2
Dark					2			½	½				½	½		—	0	2
Steel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Fairy	2	2	2	2	4	2	2			2	2	2			2	2	0	—

Poison Type Summary

A defensive, status-driven type that Steel-types can ignore entirely.

Poison is largely a defensive and status type. Its attacks threaten Grass and Fairy, but Steel-types are immune and several common types resist it, so Poison rarely carries an offense on its own. Its real strength is wearing opponents down with poison and toxic damage.

Poison on offense

Poison-type moves are super effective against Grass and Fairy and are resisted by Poison, Ground, Rock and Ghost, while Steel-types take no damage at all. Moves like Sludge Bomb and Gunk Shot are used on coverage sets, but the type's signature value is the poison status itself, not raw damage.

Poison on defense

Poison-types are weak to Ground and Psychic and resist Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug and Fairy. Many of them also absorb Toxic Spikes on entry and cannot be poisoned, which makes them excellent defensive pivots and hazard control on bulky teams.

Notable Poison-type Pokémon

Well-known Poison-types include Gengar, Weezing, Crobat, Toxapex, Nidoking, Scolipede, Salazzle, Eternatus and Glimmora. They appear as fast attackers, hazards setters and some of the most durable walls in the game.

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