Toxapex

Popular pick

poison water

Strategies

What it does

Regenerator heals 33% HP on every switch-out. Baneful Bunker is a Protect variant that poisons contact-move users. Extreme physical and special bulk. Acts as a stall piece, cycling out repeatedly to regenerate.

Why it's threatening

Toxapex is almost impossible to KO cleanly — Regenerator means switching out recovers a third of its HP. Baneful Bunker punishes priority and physical moves. It tanks everything and wears opponents down with poison chip and Scald burns.

How to stop it

Meta answers

Garchomp

dragon ground

Hatterene

psychic fairy

Excadrill

ground steel

Ground moves deal 2× and Toxapex usually lacks recovery against them. Psychic moves deal 2× — Hatterene's Psychic STAB threatens an OHKO without taking Scald burns. Spread Earthquakes bypass Regenerator cycling, and Excadrill's Knock Off strips its Black Sludge to shut down poison healing entirely. The goal is to deal damage faster than Regenerator recovers.

Found in these teams

Control

Redirect, pivot, and chip — out-resource the opponent turn by turn.

Weather

Control the sky, control the game — sun, rain, sand, or snow does your work for you.