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Toxic

In Pokémon ChampionsGen I

Game

Pokémon Champions

PoisonStatus

the target. Poison types can't miss.

Power: –
Accuracy: 90%
PP: 10
Hits: One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown: 0.2% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How Toxic changed from game to game, newest first.

Gen VI
Before: Badly poisons the target.
Now: Badly poisons the target. If a Poison-type Pokémon uses this move, the target cannot avoid the attack, even if the target is in the middle of a two-turn move.
Gen V
Accuracy 85% → 90% Buffed

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

the target. If a Poison-type Pokémon uses this move, the target cannot avoid the attack, even if the target is in the middle of a .

Bounced back by

“A move that leaves the target badly poisoned. Its poison damage worsens every turn.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Magic Coat and Magic Bounce send it back to the user.Moves Magic Bounce reflects
It badly poisons the target.

Who runs Toxic on Showdown

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Toxic among their most used moves.