Toxic Spikes

Toxic Spikes

どくびし Toxic Spikes

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	－
Accuracy:	－%
PP:	20*
Affects:	All Foes
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	Yes
Magic Bounce:	Yes
Bright Powder:	No
Protect/Detect:	No
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	No
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Toxic Spikes is a Poison-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Description

Games	Description
DPPtHGSS	The user lays a trap of poison spikes at the foe's feet. They poison foes that switch into battle.
BWB2W2	The user lays a trap of poison spikes at the opponent's feet. They poison opponents that switch into battle.
XYORAS	The user lays a trap of poison spikes at the opposing team's feet. They poison opposing Pokémon that switch into battle.
SMUSUM SWSH	The user lays a trap of poison spikes at the feet of the opposing team. The spikes will poison opposing Pokémon that switch into battle.

Effect

In Battle

The user lays a trap of poison spikes at the foe's feet. They poison foes that switch into battle.

One layer of Toxic Spikes causes the opponent to get poisoned, while two layers cause the opponent to get badly poisoned.

In the Mystery Dungeon series, Toxic Spikes creates a Toxic Spikes Trap on the tile the user is on and remains revealed.

Super Contests

Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Beedrill	bug/poison	Bug	25	25	25	29
	Nidoran♀	poison	Monster/Field	31	31	31	31	20
	Nidorina	poison	Undiscovered	35	35	35	35	21
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	Undiscovered					1
	Nidoran♂	poison	Monster/Field	31	31	31	31	20
	Nidorino	poison	Monster/Field	35	35	35	35	21
	Nidoking	poison/ground	Monster/Field					1
	Tentacool	water/poison	Water 3	15	15	15XY 13ORAS	13
	Tentacruel	water/poison	Water 3	15	15	15XY 13ORAS	13
	Cloyster	water/ice	Water 3	1	1	1	1	1
	Forretress	bug/steel	Bug	1	1	1	1
	Qwilfish	water/poison	Water 2	21	21	21	21	36
	Roselia	grass/poison	Fairy/Grass	28	28	28	28	20
	Roserade	grass/poison	Fairy/Grass					1
	Skorupi	poison/bug	Bug/Water 3	34DP 28PtHGSS	28BW 34B2W2	34	34	15
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3	34DP 28PtHGSS	28BW 34B2W2	34	34	15
	Trubbish	poison	Mineral		7	7	7	15
	Garbodor	poison	Mineral		1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	15
	Mareanie	poison/water	Water 1				13	30
	Toxapex	poison/water	Water 1				1, 13	30
	Nihilego	rock/poison	Undiscovered				29	40
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Nidoran♀	poison	Monster/Field					TR54
	Nidorina	poison	Undiscovered					TR54
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	Undiscovered					TR54
	Nidoran♂	poison	Monster/Field					TR54
	Nidorino	poison	Monster/Field					TR54
	Nidoking	poison/ground	Monster/Field					TR54
	Tentacool	water/poison	Water 3					TR54
	Tentacruel	water/poison	Water 3					TR54
	Cloyster	water/ice	Water 3					TR54
	Koffing	poison	Amorphous					TR54
	Weezing	poison	Amorphous					TR54
	Weezing	poison/fairy	Amorphous					TR54
	Omanyte	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3					TR54
	Omastar	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3					TR54
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered					TR54
	Qwilfish	water/poison	Water 2					TR54
	Roselia	grass/poison	Fairy/Grass					TR54
	Roserade	grass/poison	Fairy/Grass					TR54
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug					TR54
	Skorupi	poison/bug	Bug/Water 3					TR54
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3					TR54
	Venipede	bug/poison	Bug					TR54
	Whirlipede	bug/poison	Bug					TR54
	Scolipede	bug/poison	Bug					TR54
	Yamask	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR54
	Yamask	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR54
	Cofagrigus	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR54
	Trubbish	poison	Mineral					TR54
	Garbodor	poison	Mineral					TR54
	Shelmet	bug	Bug					TR54
	Accelgor	bug	Bug					TR54
	Skrelp	poison/water	Water 1/Dragon					TR54
	Dragalge	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon					TR54
	Mareanie	poison/water	Water 1					TR54
	Toxapex	poison/water	Water 1					TR54
	Nihilego	rock/poison	Undiscovered					TR54
	Poipole	poison	Undiscovered					TR54
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered					TR54
	Runerigus	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR54
	Pincurchin	electric	Water 1/Amorphous					TR54
	Eternatus	poison/dragon	Undiscovered					TR54
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime

Main games

• Toxic Spikes depicted in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver.

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Main series

• Toxic Spikes being used by Paul's Drapion.
• Toxic Spikes covering the field.
• Toxic Spikes being used by Daniela's Trubbish.

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