Toxic Chain (Ability)

If you were looking for the move called Toxic Chain in Japanese, see Malignant Chain (move).

Toxic Chain (Japanese: どくのくさり Toxic Chain) is an Ability introduced during Generation IX, in The Teal Mask. It is the signature Ability of the Loyal Three.

Effect

In battle

If a Pokémon with this Ability uses a non-status move, there is a 30% chance the target will become badly poisoned. Toxic Chain's chances also apply independently for each hit of a multistrike move. If this Ability triggers when using the move Knock Off on a target with a Lum or Pecha Berry, the Berry will be consumed to cure the poisoning instead of being removed by Knock Off's effect.^[1]

Outside of battle

Toxic Chain has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Toxic Chain

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
1014		Okidogi	Poison	Fighting		None	Guard Dog
1015		Munkidori	Poison	Psychic		None	Frisk
1016		Fezandipiti	Poison	Fairy		None	Technician
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other languages

Trivia

• A Toxic Chain can be seen wrapped up around Okidogi's neck, Munkidori's head, and Fezandipiti's waist, the only Pokémon that have it as an Ability.
  • Two Toxic Chains can be seen during Pecharunt's signature move Malignant Chain, a move with almost the same Japanese name.

References

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.