Toxic (move)

Toxic (Japanese: どくどく Excessive Poison) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation I. It is:
* TM06 from Generation I to , and in . 
* TM27 in .
* TM175 in Generation IX.
==Effect==
===Generation I===
Toxic the target, and has an accuracy of 85%. Toxic cannot affect Poison-type Pokémon.
When a Pokémon takes damage from bad poison, the damage done is N 16ths of the Pokémon's maximum HP (rounded down, but not less than 1), where N starts at 1 and increases each time it takes damage from poison or (meaning it may increase twice per turn if a Pokémon is affected by both). That is, the Pokémon takes damage equal to N \times \left\lfloor {HP_{max} \over 16} \right\rfloor.
After the battle ends, bad poison becomes regular poison. If a badly poisoned Pokémon is affected by or switches out, the Pokémon's poison status becomes regular poison. If a badly poisoned Pokémon successfully uses , it will be cured of poison, but counter (N) is not reset; if it subsequently suffers , or poison damage, that damage is still be calculated using the value of the counter (N), and the counter (N) will still increase by 1 each time (but if the Pokémon is poisoned by Toxic, the counter is reset to 1).
In Pokémon Stadium, if bad poison is cured by , the counter (N) is reset.
===Generation II===
Toxic cannot affect Pokémon.
Toxic and Haze no longer interact with Leech Seed. Rest now properly removes bad poison entirely (including resetting the counter).
If a badly poisoned Pokémon uses or , the counter is not reset (like using Rest in Generation I). As a result, if it subsequently suffers or poison damage, that damage is still be calculated as N \times \left\lfloor {HP_{max} \over 16} \right\rfloor using the value of the counter (N), and the counter (N) will still increase by 1 each time (but if the Pokémon is poisoned by Toxic, the counter is reset to 1).
In the Generation II core series games, when an in-game opponent outside of the uses Toxic, the move has a 25% chance to fail in addition to its normal chance to miss.
===Generations III and IV===
Toxic is now separate from other forms of recurrent damage (no longer builds from them or affects their strength). Toxic cannot affect targets with as their Ability.
A Pokémon that becomes badly poisoned with Toxic will no longer have its status changed to regular poison if it switches out or the battle ends.
===Generation V===
Toxic now has an accuracy of 90%.
A Pokémon that becomes badly poisoned with Toxic will now change to regular poison after the battle ends.
===Generation VI onwards===
If Toxic is used by a Pokémon, that move will never miss, even if the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as or . If that Pokémon uses any additional moves after Toxic in the same turn, those moves will never miss either—this is known as the Toxic sure-hit glitch.
Toxic can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, causing , and to give an extra three appeal points if used in the next turn.
If powered up by a Poisonium Z into Z-Toxic, the user's stat rises by one stage.
If Toxic hits a Dynamaxed opponent in Max Raid Battles, the Dynamax Pokémon is inflicted with normal poison instead of bad poison.
If Toxic hits a wild Tera Pokémon in a Tera Raid Battle, the Tera Pokémon is inflicted with normal poison, rather than bad poison.
From version 1.0.0 to version 1.3.0 of , the Toxic sure-hit glitch remains the same as previous generations. In version 1.3.1 of Pokémon Sword and Shield, the glitch was fixed: If a Poison-type Pokémon uses Toxic, moves it uses later in that same turn perform accuracy checks as normal.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By TM===
====Before Generation VIII====
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====Generation VIII onward====
===By ===
===Special move===
====Generation IX====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Toxic the enemy. From , if Toxic is used by a Pokémon, the move will never miss, even if the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as or . This move is affected by .
===Pokémon Rumble Blast===
Any Pokémon that goes into the area in front of the user will be .
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In , all status moves including Toxic could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Toxic could be seen as a move used by Boss and .
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move gauge cost	MP(uses)	Base	Max	 	Target	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable
Toxic	2	— 	— 	— 	90%	An opponent	— 	Leaves the target badly poisoned.	(Tech role only)	
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
===Phantom Thief Pokémon 7===
===Pokémon Adventures===
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* In Pokémon Battle Revolution, Toxic is depicted as two purple orbs spinning around each other towards the target. However, when or use Toxic, the orbs travel in an erratic fashion.
* In Generation I and its remakes, and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Koga states that Toxic is a secret technique that is over 400 years old and was passed down through his family.
* In Generation I, Toxic is the only move that can be taught by TM.
* In the German releases of , when a Pokémon is badly poisoned by Toxic, the game uses the same message as when a Pokémon is inflicted with regular poison ("(Gegner) (name) ist vergiftet!"). In later generations, it is specified that the Pokémon was "badly poisoned" ("(Gegner) (name) ist schwer vergiftet!").
* Toxic is the first move to lose its status as a near-universal TM, with many Pokémon no longer being compatible with the move's returning TM06 in .
** Also, in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, is able to learn Toxic by TM, but its evolution, is not. However, Breloom can learn Toxic via Move Reminder.
** , , , , , and cannot learn Toxic by TM in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, despite learning it by leveling up in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
==In other languages==
Category:Moves that can inflict poison
Category:Moves that can hit semi-invulnerable Pokémon
Category:Moves that cannot miss
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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