Is Toxicroak Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Croagunk evolves at level 37. Poison/Fighting with AbilityAnticipation, a unique typing. AbilityDry Skin absorbs Water hits. Toxicroak fills a niche nothing else covers.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Croagunk resists most of Whitney's coverage and hits back hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Sabrina's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Croagunk
Catch Croagunk in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 44). Requires 42 Forest objects placed in Marshland.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 44PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 44FightingRevengePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 44DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
Evolve Croagunk to Toxicroak
Croagunk evolves into Toxicroak at Level 37. You get it at Level 44, past Level 37, so it evolves into Toxicroak the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37FightingRevengePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 41PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 49PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Toxicroak in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Can't catch Toxicroak directly. Start with Croagunk in the wild from the locations below, then evolve at level 37. The 2-stage line from Croagunk to Toxicroak is where the leveling time goes.
Wild Toxicroak may be holding when caught:
Black Sludge (5% chance) A held item that gradually restores the HP of Poison-type Pokemon. It inflicts damage on all other types.Catch Croagunk at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Toxicroak.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Croagunk
- 2Evolve Toxicroakat Lv.37
Badge 8How to Obtain Toxicroak in HGSS
- Step 2Toxicroak ✓
How to Get Shiny Toxicroak in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Toxicroak evolves from Croagunk, so breed that base form Masuda-style and raise it once it shines. Compare Shiny Toxicroak odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Toxicroak Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Toxicroak.
Toxicroak Weakness
Type-wise, Toxicroak takes extra damage from Psychic, Ground, and Flying. Watch out for Psychic attacks, those deal 4x damage. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Dry Skin grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Toxicroak leans offensive (base 106 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Psychic |
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Rock, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Toxicroak Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Toxicroak
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Marowak builds →Dig 2x70-82% Aerial Ace 2x35-42% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Slowbro builds →Zen Headbutt 4x135-159%KO Dig 2x45-53% | ||
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Nidoqueen builds →Dig 2x79-93% Aerial Ace 2x40-48% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Bronzong builds →Extrasensory 4x140-165%KO | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Nidoking builds →Dig 2x85-101%KO Peck 2x25-30% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x83-98% Aerial Ace 2x42-50% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Mr. Mime builds →Psybeam 4x135-159%KO Aerial Ace 2x24-28% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodCliff Edge Gate Surfing | ||
Toxicroak Evolutions
Evolved from Croagunk. Toxicroak is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+45 over Croagunk), and Toxicroak peaks at 490 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Toxicroak to get Croagunk eggs easily using 39 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Bullet Punch, Counter, Cross Chop and 9 more.
HGSS Toxicroak Best Moveset
Water immunity and passive healing through AbilityDry Skin make rain teams the natural home. 106 Attack at 85 Speed fires physical Fighting and Poison coverage, and Water immunity opens switch-in opportunities most Fighting types don't have. The moveset thrives in rain.
Best Build
Toxicroak best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Brick Break
- Low Kick
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Toxicroak can spread damage across 10 types, with Ghost and Ground punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Focus Punch and Focus Blast keeps the pressure honest on everything else.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Swaying and dodging the attacks of its foes, it weaves its flexible body in close, then lunges out with its poisonous claws.
Toxicroak HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Toxicroak plays as a attacker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Jolly is the go-to nature for Toxicroak. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Toxicroak spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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