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toxicroak
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Toxicroak

Toxic Mouth Pokémon

PoisonFighting

It bounces toward opponents and gouges them with poisonous claws. No more than a scratch is needed to knock out its adversaries.

Base Stats

HP 83
Attack 106
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 86
Sp. Def 65
Speed 85
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Toxic Mouth Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 44.4 kg
Base Exp 172
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

toxicroak Front Front
toxicroak Back Back
toxicroak Front Shiny Front Shiny
toxicroak Back Shiny Back Shiny
toxicroak Front ♀ Front ♀
toxicroak Back ♀ Back ♀
toxicroak Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
toxicroak Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
toxicroak Official Art Official Art
toxicroak Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

monotype
Swords Dance (Fighting)
Moves
Earthquake / Thunder Punch
Sucker Punch / Drain Punch
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Fighting

Toxicroak is one of the few viable answers to Toxapex on Fighting-type teams and can use Dry Skin to set up on it with Swords Dance, which lets it gain the upper hand against Poison and Water teams. Aside from this, Toxicroak's unique typing and coverage makes it a secondary wincon in the Fairy matchup alongside Cobalion and provides priority in the form of Sucker Punch, which is greatly appreciated in the Ghost, Psychic, and Electric matchups. However, Toxicroak's Speed is quite lackluster, as it finds itself unable to outspeed and remove threats such as Tapu Lele, Kyurem, and Mimikyu without Thunder Wave support from Cobalion. Furthermore, Toxicroak's Attack is mediocre, needing a Swords Dance boost to threaten most Pokemon.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc