Toxic (move)

Toxic (Japanese: どくどく Excessive Poison) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation I. It is TM06 in every generation so far.

Generation I
Toxic the target, and has an accuracy of 85%. When the target takes damage from the poison, the damage done will be N * x, where N starts at 1 and x is 1/16 of the target's maximum HP (rounded down, but not less than 1). While a Pokémon is badly poisoned, N increases by 1 each time it takes either Toxic or damage (meaning it may increase twice per turn if a Pokémon is affected by both). When an afflicted Pokémon is affected by, switches out, or when the battle ends, the Pokémon's poison status becomes regular poison.

If a badly poisoned Pokémon successfully uses, it will be cured of poison, but N is not reset; if it then suffers , or poison damage, that damage will still be calculated as N * x, and the N value will still increase by 1 each time (however, if the Pokémon is poisoned with Toxic, the N value will be reset to 1).

In Pokémon Stadium, the N value of Toxic is reset by.

Generation II
Toxic cannot affect Pokémon.

Toxic no longer interacts with Leech Seed or Haze, and Rest now properly removes bad poison entirely. However, if a badly poisoned Pokémon uses or, N will not be reset. As a result, if the active Pokémon then suffers poison or burn damage, the damage will be calculated as N * x, and the N value will still increase by 1 each time (however, if the Pokémon is poisoned with Toxic, the N value will be reset to 1).

Generations III to 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.

Generation V
Toxic now has an accuracy of 90.

Generation VI onward
Toxic will never miss if used by a Pokémon, even if the target is in the  of a move such as  or.

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.

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Pokémon Rumble Blast
Any Pokémon that goes into the area in front of the user will be.

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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,, Koga states that Toxic is a secret technique that dates over 400 years old.
 * In Generation I, Toxic was the only move that could be taught by TM.

In other languages
Toxin Tóxico Toxik Tossina どくどく 剧毒（招式）