Competitive Information for Toxicroak [X/Y]
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 X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Toxicroak is a wonderful Poison and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to see Toxicroak show up as a X/Y opponent. Toxicroak is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Toxicroak is weak to Flying, Ground, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Drain Punch / Brick Break
- Thunder Punch / Return
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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.
♦ 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).
♦ 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).
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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 Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is a spectacular 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.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ 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).
♦ 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 X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Payapa Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Poison Jab
- Drain Punch / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ 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).
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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 Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Icy Wind
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Toxicroak (Dry Skin)
Toxicroak is a spectacular 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.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ 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 X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Toxicroak
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- 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, Protect, Fake Out, Snatch, 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
- Meditate
- Nasty Plot
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Toxicroak
- Earthquake
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Toxicroak in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Toxicroak's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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