Competitive Information for Toxicroak [Diamond/Pearl]
Poison / Fighting
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Dry Skin ability are immune to Water attacks but also take more damage from Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Toxicroak? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Rotom-HeatZapdosSwampertShayminScizorBreloomRotom-WashLucarioGalladeInfernape
Toxicroak is pretty popular Poison and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Toxicroak when battling in the 4th generation meta. Toxicroak is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Toxicroak is weak to Flying, Ground, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Sucker Punch
- Brick Break / Cross Chop
- Swords Dance
Physical Sweeper Toxicroak (Popular/Trending)
Toxicroak is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Toxicroak's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Dry Skin, Toxicroak is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Cross Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Toxicroak's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Brick Break / Wake-Up Slap
- Thunder Punch / Return
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Toxicroak from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Dry Skin, Toxicroak is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Wake-Up Slap is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if target is asleep, and wakes it).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Hyper Beam / Snore
Special Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is a sensational Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Toxicroak from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Dry Skin, Toxicroak is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Toxicroak cannot move next turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Toxicroak must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Toxicroak? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Rotom-HeatZapdosSwampertShayminScizorBreloomRotom-WashLucarioGalladeInfernape
Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Poison Jab
- Brick Break / Wake-Up Slap
Doubles Physical Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Toxicroak from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Dry Skin, Toxicroak is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Wake-Up Slap is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if target is asleep, and wakes it).
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Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb
- Icy Wind
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Toxicroak from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Dry Skin, Toxicroak is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Toxicroak learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Toxicroak can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Toxicroak
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Snatch, Bullet Punch, Fake Out, Feint, Sucker Punch, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Toxicroak's stats
- Bulk Up
- Meditate
- Nasty Plot
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Toxicroak
- Brick Break
- Cross Chop
- Earthquake
- Fake Out
- Ice Punch
- Knock Off
- Other
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rest
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Toxicroak in Diamond and Pearl
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Toxicroak's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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