Poison type

Poison moves are super effective (1.6×) against Grass, Fairy and not very effective (0.625× or less) against Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost, Steel. Poison-type Pokémon are weak to Ground, Psychic (1.6×) and resist Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Fairy. Cloudy weather boosts Poison moves by 1.2×. In raids, the strongest attackers using only Poison moves are Eternatus, Mega Beedrill, Nihilego; among easy-to-get Pokémon, Roserade, Overqwil, Revavroom.

MatchupsPokémon GO multipliers

Deals 1.6×GrassFairy

Deals 0.625×PoisonGroundRockGhost

Deals 0.39×Steel

Weak to (1.6×)GroundPsychic

ResistsGrassFightingPoisonBugFairy

Weather boostCloudy

Defense is for a pure Poison type. Dual types multiply their multipliers.

Best Poison attackersIncl. Shadow, Mega & Legendary

Raid ranking when both the Fast and Charged Attack are Poison type (level 40, 100% IVs, neutral boss). Ranked by a score combining DPS and durability (TDO); * marks an exclusive move.

1. 1EternatusPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 17.5
2. 2Mega BeedrillPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 19.0
3. 3NihilegoPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 15.7
4. 4NaganadelPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 16.8
5. 5Mega VictreebelAcid · Sludge BombDPS 16.0
6. 6Shadow ToxicroakPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 16.6
7. 7RoseradePoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 15.4
8. 8Shadow VictreebelAcid · Sludge BombDPS 16.1
9. 9Shadow ScolipedePoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 15.8
10. 10OverqwilPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 14.2

Easy-to-get PokémonExcl. Legendary, Mega & Shadow

Counted with currently learnable moves only.

1. 1RoseradePoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 15.4
2. 2OverqwilPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 14.2
3. 3RevavroomPoison Jab · Gunk ShotDPS 13.9
4. 4ToxicroakPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 14.0
5. 5MukPoison Jab · Gunk ShotDPS 12.2
6. 6Alolan MukPoison Jab · Gunk ShotDPS 12.2
7. 7SkuntankPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 12.5
8. 8Galarian SlowbroPoison Jab · Sludge BombDPS 12.2
9. 9VileplumeAcid · Sludge BombDPS 12.5
10. 10VictreebelAcid · Sludge BombDPS 12.9