Competitive Information for Toxicroak [Sword/Shield]
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 Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Toxicroak is a marvelous Poison and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Toxicroak when battling in the 8th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Toxicroak is weak to Flying, Ground, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Assault Vest / Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 188 Hp / 252 Atk / 68 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Drain Punch
- Sucker Punch
- Fake Out
Physical Tank Toxicroak (Popular/Trending)
Toxicroak is a phenomenal Physical Tank for single battles. It's meant to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. 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. With a Assault Vest equipped to it, Toxicroak's sp. Def is 1.5x, but it can only select damaging moves.
◆ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Toxicroak recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. Fails if target is not attacking).
◆ Fake Out is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. First turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
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Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison / Poison Jab
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- Drain Punch / Brick Break
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. 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. With a Payapa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective psychic-type attack then the Payapa Berry gets consumed.
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Toxicroak recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Foul Play / Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is a marvelous Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed 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. With a Payapa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective psychic-type attack then the Payapa Berry gets consumed.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Toxicroak cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Toxicroak? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Cross Poison / Poison Jab
- Rock Slide
- Foul Play / Knock Off
Doubles Physical Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is 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. With a Payapa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective psychic-type attack then the Payapa Berry gets consumed.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
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Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Foul Play / Dark Pulse
- Icy Wind
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is an awesome Special Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal 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. With a Payapa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective psychic-type attack then the Payapa Berry gets consumed.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ 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).
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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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Toxicroak
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- 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, Protect, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Feint, Sucker Punch, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Toxicroak's stats
- Acupressure
- Bulk Up
- Nasty Plot
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Toxicroak
- Baton Pass
- Bounce
- Drain Punch
- Earthquake
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rest
- Sucker Punch
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Vacuum Wave
Common Effort Values for Toxicroak in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 188/252/0/0/0/68 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Toxicroak's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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