Dustox
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| Dustox | |
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 National Cascoon - Dustox (#269) - Lotad Hoenn Cascoon - Dustox (#018) - Lotad Sinnoh Cascoon - Dustox (#052) - Mitsuhoney |
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| Japanese name | ドクケイル Dokukeiru |
| Stage | Stage 2 |
| Evolves from | Cascoon |
| Evolves to | None |
| Generation | Third |
| Species | Poison Moth Pokémon |
| Type | Bug / Poison |
| Height | 3 ft 11 in (1.2 m) |
| Weight | 70.0 lb (31.6 kg) |
| Ability | Shield Dust |
Dustox (ドクケイル Dokukeiru ?) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise - a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.
The name Dustox comes from the words "dust" and "toxic" since it is a poison pokémon that uses powdery, poison-based attacks. The Japanese name is derived from 毒 doku (poison).
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[edit] Biology
Dustox is a moth with a purple body, unique eyes (in that they have three separate pupils each), a set of four small legs, and a pair of green wings. When seen live, these wings appear very obviously separate as Dustox flaps them; however, based on viewing many still images of Dustox like the one above, many people at first believe that they make up one wing in the shape of a semicircle. This is not the case. Dustox has often been compared with Venomoth, another moth Pokémon with a purple body, and is noted for looking more colorful and exotic.
Dustox is a nocturnal Pokémon that resides in trees, fields, caves, and mountains during the day and is active at night. It feeds on leaves from trees, and it searches for this food using its antennae like radar dishes with signals. Dustox’s wings are covered with a fine, powerfully toxic dust, and each night it looses the excess dust it routinely generates onto its wings. The dust is its natural armament against predators. When a bird attacks, Dustox flaps its wings to spread its poisonous dust onto the enemy in order to weaken it and/or discourage it.
In any region close to a nearby major city, Dustox fly in swarms in the direction of those cities, instinctively drawn to their bright, non-solar lights. They then wreak unintentional havoc by stripping off all of the leaves off of road-side trees for food.
Criminals have collected dust from Dustox's wings, to mix with other people's drinks, ideal for assassination.
[edit] In the video games
Dustox cannot be caught in the wild but must be evolved from Cascoon at level 10.
Like its predecessor, Venomoth, Dustox can learn psychic attacks like Psybeam and Confusion, which help it considerably. Its Shield Dust ability also prevents it from receiving the secondary effects of moves like Thunderbolt (which, in addition to doing damage, can sometimes paralyze the opponent). It has decent HP and Defense, and pretty good Special Defense. These complement its Shield Dust ability and the defensive moves it learns like Moonlight, Toxic, and Light Screen.
[edit] Anime Appearances
In the anime, Jessie of Team Rocket has one that she (like May with her Beautifly), uses for Contests. Jessie, however, is constantly cheating with her Dustox, while May and Beautifly play fairly.
[edit] In the Trading Card Game
Dustox has appeared only twice. It was as a Stage-2 Grass-type in EX Ruby and Sapphire and as Dustox EX in Legend Maker.
[edit] References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Publications
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
- Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5
[edit] External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Dustox as a species
- Serebii.net’s 4th Gen Pokédex entry for Dustox
- Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke - Dustox Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
- Smogon.com - Dustox Tactical Data
- WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Dustox Previously hosted by Wikibooks
