When it comes to Pokémon, Poison types are one of those that have very few weaknesses. And if you’re playing as Scarlet and Violet, you’ll need one on your team to counter the fairy types. So no matter if you have him on your team or you need to eliminate opponents. Here is Poison Pokémon’s weakness, along with the best moves and counterattacks for it.
All Poison-type Pokémon Weaknesses
Poison Pokémon are weak to Ground and Psychic Pokémon. These disadvantages apply to games from generation 2 to the current generation, that is, generation 9. So it doesn’t matter if you play Pokemon Gold, Platinum, X, Shield, or Violet. It is enough to have a ground Pokémon or a Psychic Pokémon to destroy your opponents. Or, if you are someone who uses Poison Pokémon, then you should pay attention to these two types.
In case you happen to play the 1st generation Pokemon Red, Blue or Yellow games. Then you should also be wary of the error type. However, they haven’t bothered the Poison types since the second gen games.
Best Poison Pokémon Counters
Whenever you encounter a Poison Pokémon, you should use the following counters against it:
- Sandslash (ground)
- Donfan (land)
- Groudon (land)
- Claydol (Ground/Psychic)
- Excadrill (earth/steel)
- Stunfisk Galarian Form (earth/steel)
- Iron tracks (ground/steel)
- Steelix (steel/ground)
- Alakazam (psychic)
- Mew (Psychic)
- Mewtwo (Psychic)
- Espeon (psychic)
- Deoxys (psychic)
- Cresselia (psychic)
- Metagross (steel/psychic)
- Jirachi (steel/psychic)
- Bronzong (steel/psychic)
The reason you’ll see many of the Pokémon I suggested above are steel-type is because poison moves are ineffective against them.
Best Tricks Against Poison Type Pokémon
Below are all the tricks you should use to defeat the Posion Pokemon. I have listed them by their physical and special attacks. So train them in your Pokémon according to their strengths. Also, try to teach them ground or psychic types depending on movement to get a STAB bonus. Here they are:
Physical earth and psychic movements
- dig (earth)
- Earthquake (Earth)
- Drilling (ground)
- Size (ground)
- Psychic fangs (psychic)
Special ground and psychic moves
- Earth force (earth)
- Psychic (psychic)
- Brilliant glow (psychic)
- Mental shock (mental)
- Psyche (Psyche)
That covers this guide to all Poison Pokémon weaknesses and the best counters for them. If you’re interested in other similar topics, check out our guides to all the Bug Pokémon Weaknesses and Pokémon Fighting Weaknesses.