Poison vs Paralysis

[SSJ2]

Which is more useful to inflict on the opponent? I'm a fan of poison, but I haven't really thought about the huge advantage that paralyzing gives.

 

[Uchiha]

Paralyzing is worse IMO. You lose 1/4th of your speed effectively making you slower than like 95% of your opponents. That and you have a 25% chance of losing your turn. Poison is better against tanky pokemon that are hard to take down through just attacking.

 

[Papasmurf]

Yeah, paralysis is more of a hindrance.

 

[Symbiote]

I rather the poison.

 

[Super Saiyan Overlord1007]

Poison is more useful when you're the one poisoning but being on the receiving end paralysis is worse. Slowly chip away at your opponents HP (especially if they have some insane defenses) but when you paralyze them it hardly does anything besides slow them down. But when you're paralyze it's like 9/10 you can't attack but when your opponent is paralyzed 9/10 they can run a marathon, do a backflip, and lift a mountain.

 

[Six Trails]

Depends on situation, but I tend to find (Bad) Poison more useful.

 

[SSJ3 Gothic]

Toxic was the only constant poison move I used, due to tue increased damage over time.

But beyond that, paralysis was the pits. I hated having it inflicted on me, but loved dishing it out to opponents.

 

[Event Horizon]

Paralysis IMO. It can really punch a hole in teams that are based around speed.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Paralysis by far, especially with a Paraflinch combo using moves such as Air Slash. Toxic is deadly, but there's no chance of the opponent not being able to attack you, which makes it all for naught if not used early on.