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toxicroak
#454

Toxicroak

Toxic Mouth Pokémon

PoisonFighting

Its knuckle claws secrete a toxin so vile that even a scratch could prove fatal.

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

ru Usage: 5.9%
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Toxicroak is one of the biggest nuisances for balance teams thanks to Dry Skin, which lets it use Pokemon like Milotic and Araquanid as setup bait, its immunity to Toxic, and access to Swords Dance. In fact, even offensive teams are forced to prepare for it because of Sucker Punch. It has the option to run Poisonium Z to flat-out invalidate checks to its Life Orb set such as Slowbro, Brave Bird Mandibuzz, and even Cresselia provided Stealth Rock is up. It also has further versatility by means of other potential sets such as Choice Scarf. Toxicroak's unique defensive typing allows it to check Pokemon like Virizion, Roserade lacking Hidden Power Fire, and Mega Blastoise in a pinch. However, although Toxicroak's Speed tier allows it to outpace common threats like Mega Blastoise, it leaves a lot to be desired with a good bit of the unboosted tier outpacing it, meaning Pokemon like Zygarde-10% and Salazzle can revenge kill Toxicroak as long as they aren't in range of Sucker Punch. Furthermore, Toxicroak has to compete with a plethora of other Fighting-types for a teamslot. For example, a team might prefer Virizion's Speed tier, Sawk's utility in Sturdy, Assault Vest Machamp's ability to act as a glue Pokemon, or Pangoro's immediate power over Toxicroak's assets.

Most Used Moves

Gunk Shot
50.6%
Knock Off
24.2%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
82.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc