Poison not counting as a KO?

Kumapanda

Hi! I'm currently running a Slowking V deck, and have the starter quest of KOing an opponents pokemon.

However, despite KOing several, the quest still isn't completed. Is it because I KO using poison? Seems silly that it shouldn't count :s

Betrayze

You have to hit with damage poisons sadly is an "effect" and therefore doesn't count towards KO quests.

TechHog

You have to KO using an attack directly. Status conditions don't count count as you KOing the Pokemon.