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Old September 15, 2013, 09:29:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Sub-zero View Post
Ever gotten your Gloom poisoned *from moves like Poison Sting? I have. This probably means dual typings with Poison cannot be poisoned anymore.
But that doesn't make any sense; if Poison-types could be poisoned, then why would Toxic Orb not activate on them, and even if the situation with dual-typing being an issue, then why would every Poison-Type in the game, not just mono-Poison-types, not be affected by Toxic Spikes? Or, again, the Toxic Orb for that matter?

Also: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...e_Pok.C3.A9mon
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Poison_(type)
http://www.serebii.net/games/status.shtml#poison
http://www.psypokes.com/lab/status.php
http://www.smogon.com/bw/articles/bw_status#poison

Almost every major authority on Pokémon agrees that Poison-type Pokémon cannot be poisoned in any way, be it by passive effect or by actual use of a status infliction. I'm not normally so staunch in my view, but I am in this case because I'm pretty much 99% sure that Poison-types were never able to be poisoned. That said, I can't really explain your Gloom getting poisoned. It's illogical, unless its type was changed somehow.

And just to clarify, I've used many Grass/Poison Pokémon throughout my runs (be it Gloom, Weepinbell, Bulbasaur, Roselia, and even the Amoonguss I'm using in my nuzlocke right now) but I've never, EVER seen a Poison-type Pokémon poisoned outside of some ridiculous coincidence, but only because the Pokémon's type was altered by something like Soak or whatnot. I will keep on the lookout for a second (er, sixth?) opinion, but this is the belief I'm standing by...