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