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45 popular Poison Pokémon · Gen 6+ chart

Poison-Type Pokémon Weaknesses

A pure Poison type takes 2× damage from Ground and Psychic, resists Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug and Fairy. Most Poison Pokémon have a second type: it most often adds a weakness to Flying, Ice and Fire and most often cancels the Ground and Psychic weakness.

What each Poison Pokémon is weak to

PokémonTypeWeak toResistsImmune
SneaslerSneaslerFightingPoisonPsychic4×GroundFlyingGrassFightingPoisonRockDarkBug—
Gengar-MegaMega GengarGhostPoisonGroundPsychicGhostDarkGrassFairyPoisonBugNormalFighting
VenusaurVenusaurGrassPoisonFireIceFlyingPsychicWaterElectricFightingFairyGrass—
Glimmora-MegaMega GlimmoraRockPoisonGround4×WaterPsychicSteelNormalFireFlyingBugFairyPoison—
GlimmoraGlimmoraRockPoisonGround4×WaterPsychicSteelNormalFireFlyingBugFairyPoison—
ToxapexToxapexPoisonWaterElectricGroundPsychicFireWaterIceFightingPoisonBugSteelFairy—
Venusaur-MegaMega VenusaurGrassPoisonFireIceFlyingPsychicWaterElectricFightingFairyGrass—
ToxtricityToxtricityElectricPoisonGround4×PsychicElectricGrassFightingPoisonFlyingBugSteelFairy—
OverqwilOverqwilDarkPoisonGroundGrassPoisonGhostDarkPsychic
GengarGengarGhostPoisonGroundPsychicGhostDarkGrassFairyPoisonBugNormalFighting
Slowking-GalarGalarian SlowkingPoisonPsychicGroundGhostDarkGrassPoisonFairyFighting—
VileplumeVileplumeGrassPoisonFireIceFlyingPsychicWaterElectricFightingFairyGrass—
Dragalge-MegaMega DragalgePoisonDragonIceGroundPsychicDragonFireWaterElectricFightingPoisonBugGrass—
SalazzleSalazzlePoisonFireGround4×WaterPsychicRockFireIceFightingPoisonSteelGrassBugFairy—
Beedrill-MegaMega BeedrillBugPoisonFireFlyingPsychicRockPoisonBugFairyGrassFighting—
Scolipede-MegaMega ScolipedeBugPoisonFireFlyingPsychicRockPoisonBugFairyGrassFighting—
Slowbro-GalarGalarian SlowbroPoisonPsychicGroundGhostDarkGrassPoisonFairyFighting—
Victreebel-MegaMega VictreebelGrassPoisonFireIceFlyingPsychicWaterElectricFightingFairyGrass—
ClodsireClodsirePoisonGroundWaterIceGroundPsychicFightingBugRockFairyPoisonElectric
PecharuntPecharuntPoisonGhostGroundPsychicGhostDarkGrassFairyPoisonBugNormalFighting
Iron MothIron MothFirePoisonGround4×WaterPsychicRockFireIceFightingPoisonSteelGrassBugFairy—
Weezing-GalarGalarian WeezingPoisonFairyGroundPsychicSteelGrassDarkFairyFightingBugDragon
NidokingNidokingPoisonGroundWaterIceGroundPsychicFightingBugRockFairyPoisonElectric
AmoongussAmoongussGrassPoisonFireIceFlyingPsychicWaterElectricFightingFairyGrass—
Muk-AlolaAlolan MukPoisonDarkGroundGrassPoisonGhostDarkPsychic
ScolipedeScolipedeBugPoisonFireFlyingPsychicRockPoisonBugFairyGrassFighting—
NihilegoNihilegoRockPoisonGround4×WaterPsychicSteelNormalFireFlyingBugFairyPoison—
ToxicroakToxicroakPoisonFightingPsychic4×GroundFlyingGrassFightingPoisonRockDarkBug—
TentacruelTentacruelWaterPoisonElectricGroundPsychicFireWaterIceFightingPoisonBugSteelFairy—
OkidogiOkidogiPoisonFightingPsychic4×GroundFlyingGrassFightingPoisonRockDarkBug—
RoseradeRoseradeGrassPoisonFireIceFlyingPsychicWaterElectricFightingFairyGrass—
DragalgeDragalgePoisonDragonIceGroundPsychicDragonFireWaterElectricFightingPoisonBugGrass—
CrobatCrobatPoisonFlyingElectricIcePsychicRockPoisonFairyGrassFightingBugGround
VenomothVenomothBugPoisonFireFlyingPsychicRockPoisonBugFairyGrassFighting—
RevavroomRevavroomSteelPoisonGround4×FireNormalIceFlyingRockDragonSteelGrassBugFairyPoison
FezandipitiFezandipitiPoisonFairyGroundPsychicSteelGrassDarkFairyFightingBugDragon
NidoqueenNidoqueenPoisonGroundWaterIceGroundPsychicFightingBugRockFairyPoisonElectric
ArbokArbokPoisonGroundPsychicGrassFightingPoisonBugFairy—
AriadosAriadosBugPoisonFireFlyingPsychicRockPoisonBugFairyGrassFighting—
QwilfishQwilfishWaterPoisonElectricGroundPsychicFireWaterIceFightingPoisonBugSteelFairy—
SwalotSwalotPoisonGroundPsychicGrassFightingPoisonBugFairy—
GarbodorGarbodorPoisonGroundPsychicGrassFightingPoisonBugFairy—
EternatusEternatusPoisonDragonIceGroundPsychicDragonFireWaterElectricFightingPoisonBugGrass—
GrafaiaiGrafaiaiPoisonNormalGroundPsychicGrassPoisonBugFairyGhost
MunkidoriMunkidoriPoisonPsychicGroundGhostDarkGrassPoisonFairyFighting—

Poison-type Pokémon weakness FAQ

What are Poison-type Pokémon weak to?

A pure Poison type takes 2× damage from Ground and Psychic, resists Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug and Fairy. Most Poison Pokémon have a second type: it most often adds a weakness to Flying, Ice and Fire and most often cancels the Ground and Psychic weakness.

Which Poison-type Pokémon have a 4× weakness?

Sneasler (Psychic), Mega Glimmora (Ground), Glimmora (Ground), Toxtricity (Ground), Salazzle (Ground), Iron Moth (Ground), Nihilego (Ground) and Toxicroak (Psychic) and 2 more take quadruple damage from one type.

Which Poison-type Pokémon has the fewest weaknesses?

Overqwil (Dark/Poison) is weak only to Ground and resists or is immune to 5 types, the best defensive typing in this list.