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Best Poison Attackers in Pokémon GO.

Every released Pokémon with a Poison fast move and a Poison charged move, ranked by raid damage per second and total damage dealt.

level 40 · 15/15/15
neutral 5-star target
Eternatus
Best Poison attacker
Eternatus
Eternatus with Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb deals 17.5 Poison damage per second at level 40.
Super effective vsGrass, Fairy
Resisted byPoison, Ground, Rock, Ghost, Steel
Weather boostCloudy
Attackers ranked89

Top Poison attackers

DPS, TDO and score against a neutral raid boss
#PokémonFast moveCharged moveDPSTDOScore
1EternatusPoison JabSludge Bomb17.5708100%
2Mega BeedrillPoison JabSludge Bomb19.038191%
3NihilegoPoison JabSludge Bomb15.762289%
4NaganadelPoison JabSludge Bomb16.838884%
5Mega VictreebelAcidSludge Bomb16.044784%
6Shadow ToxicroakPoison JabSludge Bomb16.629777%
7RoseradePoison JabSludge Bomb15.436377%
8Shadow VictreebelAcidSludge Bomb16.128775%
9Shadow ScolipedePoison JabSludge Bomb15.829474%
10OverqwilPoison JabSludge Bomb14.239074%
11Shadow VileplumeAcidSludge Bomb14.930572%
12Shadow SkuntankPoison JabSludge Bomb14.830872%
13Shadow MukPoison JabGunk Shot13.836871%
14Shadow Alolan MukPoison JabGunk Shot13.836871%
15RevavroomPoison JabGunk Shot13.535169%
16ToxicroakPoison JabSludge Bomb14.030068%
17Shadow DrapionPoison StingSludge Bomb13.130766%
18Shadow NidokingPoison JabSludge Wave13.527365%
19MukPoison JabGunk Shot11.837864%
20Alolan MukPoison JabGunk Shot11.837864%
21SkuntankPoison JabSludge Bomb12.531263%
22Galarian SlowbroPoison JabSludge Bomb12.233363%
23VileplumeAcidSludge Bomb12.530763%
24VictreebelAcidSludge Bomb12.927563%
25ScolipedePoison JabSludge Bomb12.728463%
26Shadow BeedrillPoison JabSludge Bomb13.920762%
27GrafaiaiPoison JabSludge Bomb12.725261%
28Shadow NidoqueenPoison JabSludge Wave12.129161%
29DrapionPoison StingSludge Bomb11.432160%
30Hisuian QwilfishPoison JabSludge Bomb12.225059%
31SalazzlePoison JabSludge Wave12.122457%
32Shadow WeepinbellAcidSludge Bomb13.615056%
33Shadow TentacruelPoison JabSludge Wave10.928856%
34DragalgeAcidSludge Bomb10.729356%
35NidokingPoison JabSludge Wave10.926655%
36NidoqueenPoison JabSludge Wave10.530355%
37RoseliaPoison JabSludge Bomb12.218855%
38Galarian SlowkingAcidSludge Wave10.131654%
39Shadow GloomAcidSludge Bomb12.117954%
40BeedrillPoison StingSludge Bomb11.220052%
* Elite TM or event-only move · gold = Mega · purple = Shadow

Using Poison attackers

Poison moves hit Grass, Fairy for 1.6x damage and are resisted by Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost, Steel. They get a 1.2x boost in cloudy weather, which also lifts Poison Pokémon you catch.

The ranking only counts movesets where both moves are Poison, because a raid team for a Poison-weak boss wants every hit to be super effective. Each Pokémon is tested at level 40 with perfect IVs against a typeless 5-star boss, and the score blends damage per second with total damage before fainting (DPS³ × TDO, fourth root), so a fast but fragile attacker doesn't automatically top the list.

For a specific boss, use the raid counter calculator: it scores incoming damage from the boss's real moves, so the order shifts toward counters that also resist the boss.

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