The competitive Pokemon scene is an ever-evolving battlefield. With each new generation of the series, dozens more species are added to the Pokedex, along with new moves, abilities, items, and more. This results in which pokemon being considered the strongest sometimes shifting with the introduction of the novel.
Poison-types have not received much love over the course of the franchise until recently. They almost never get legendaries and end up getting featured in the anime mostly as villain characters’ pokemon. Don’t interpret this as a sign of weakness, however, as some of the mightiest modern pokemon are of this type!
10 Salazzle
Thankfully, there is a way to transfer many pokemon from older generations into Pokemon Sword & Shield. Meaning that most people’s cherished companions can make their way into the modern era, allowing for a more personal experience that feels canon in one’s lifelong journey as a pokemon trainer. Salazzle, with their unique typing of Poison and Fire, is one such pocket monster.
Their ability, which only this species can possess, is called Corrosion and comes with an eponymous effect. It allows Salazzle to poison other Poison-type pokemon with status moves, such as Toxic. It also lets them do the same do the normally immune Steel-types, allowing for an almost guaranteed way to cripple tough walls or make a status ailment-themed strategy work.
9 Nidoking
One of the best Poison-type pokemon from Generation I pierces their way into the meta-game once more. Nidoking has had a decent number of usages in competitive gameplay for every generation. Never a truly noteworthy amount, but they have always been a decent choice for a physical or special attacker. Not quite potent enough to sweep full teams by themselves but mighty and versatile enough to force the foe to consider their next moves very carefully.
With a wide movepool of special attacks, Nidoking can assail adversaries with elemental moves like Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Flamethrower backed by 85 base Special Attack. By itself, this stat does not have sufficient knockout power, but when combined with the potential ability, Sheer Force, their attacks with secondary effects deal 30% more damage. The only downside is that the effects themselves are nullified, making this the ability for a purely damage-based strategy.
8 Slowking-Galar
Despite the bizarre, headcrab-like aesthetic, Slowking’s Galar form is an impressive special attacker as well, though focusing more on taking advantage of their Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB) potential. Most players who use Slowking-Galar in competitive play prefer tanky hit-and-run strategies with big Poison or Psychic-type attacks followed by switching out.
Slowking can have the Regenerator ability, which heals them for 30% of their total health upon switching out. With this shell-headed pokemon’s solid HP and defensive stats, it can usually tank a hit, launch one of its own for a decent damage-trade, and then switch out to heal while an ally takes their place for a while.
7 Weezing-Galar
As another Generation I pokemon to get a ticket into the Galar region with a new form, Weezing makes an appearance gaining a secondary type: Fairy. Appropriately for their likeness to pollution-spewing factories, this poison gas pokemon’s top strategies usually involve a lot of sludge.
The 90 base power Sludge Bomb is a reliable way for them to dish out a nasty amount of damage. The 30% chance to poison the foe is a great additional effect as well. Weezing’s excellent Defense stat of 120 allows them to shrug off many physical attacks, letting them debuff opponents who have boosted their stats by clearing them with Haze.
6 Venusaur
Appearing with a Gigantamax form, Venusaur becomes one of the strongest Grass-type Starter pokemon evolutions in the game. With well-rounded stats and great Grass and Poison-type moves, they are a great choice for those valuing complex and difficult to counter strategies.
Giga Drain, which can be learned by Technical Machine (TM), is a great special attack to let Venusaur heal while doing damage. Applying Leech Seed to do a damage-over-time equivalent as well can stack the beneficial effects enough to foil any of the adversaries’ tactics that involve setting up plays that take multiple turns.
5 Toxapex
There are few species as accomplished at destroying entire teams with poison strategies as Toxapex. One of their abilities, aptly named Merciless, guarantees critical hits against poisoned foes. They may not have very good Attack or Special Attack stats at 63 and 53 respectfully, however, high base damage moves from either Water or Poison-type can do decent damage.
Though, this is the secondary strategy. The primary one is to apply the badly poisoned status, a worse version of being regularly poisoned, and then tanking hits with their huge Defense stat of 152 as well as their Special Defense stat of 142. Moves like Recover give them significantly better longevity while Haze can prevent enemies from buffing.
4 Toxtricity
With their Gigantamax form, Toxtricity focuses more on their Electric side than their Poison one. Zapping foes with the 80 base power Overdrive is a great way to make use of their satisfying 114 Special Attack. Their ability, Punk Rock, also grants them reduced damage taken from sound moves and increases their own by 30%.
This lets them unleash normally severe attacks like Boomburst at even more devastating levels. Combine these tactics with Shift Gear for a speedy special sweeper that can break through many common walls like Corviknight and Toxapex.
3 Gengar
Showing up in raids at Wild Areas every now and then lets players come face to face with the gaping-mouthed monster that is their Gigantamax form. They can even learn some new moves that are only available via the Move Tutor in Pokemon Sword & Shield‘s expansion.
One of these is the Poison-type move, Corrosive Gas, which damages the opponent’s item to the point where it cannot be used, though is still held by the foe. That item remains unusable for the rest of the battle, regardless if that pokemon switches out. Another great one, the Ghosty-type Poltergeist, hits the foe with 110 physical base damage if they are holding an item.
2 Naganadel
With 127 base Special Attack and 121 base Speed, this Poison and Dragon dual-type is a dangerous special sweeper. Their Beast Boost ability makes their dominance even more assured as it raises Naganadel’s highest stat by a single-stage every time they knock out an enemy. This allows them to go on a rampage and get deadlier with each felled foe.
Using these traits in conjunction with powerful STAB moves such as Sludge Wave and Draco Meteor can cleave through an opponent’s pokemon. The only thing that can cause them to pause would normally be a Steel-type, though Naganadel can learn Fire-type attacks like Flamethrower to melt these walls with ease.
1 Eternatus
As a being from outer space hungry for life energy, Eternatus is one of the most intimidating pokemon in the franchise. Add to this that they are the origin of Dynamax and Gigantimax transformations for a heaping helping of pokemon world lore that explains why they are so huge and powerful. They are 65 feet long and can obliterate most opposing pokemon with their 145 Special Attack at break-neck swiftness with their 130 Speed. Though, this is only in their regular form.
Eternatus has a special giant form known as its Eternamax form that gets to be a ridiculous 328 feet long! Easily the largest pokemon in existence. With this size upgrade comes the highest HP stat in the game alongside Blissey at 255, as well as the highest defensive stats at 250 Defense and 250 Special Defense for mind-boggling bulk. Eternamax Eternatus’s base stat total is a colossal 1125, the only pokemon to ever achieve a combined stat number in four digits.
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