Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 0.6 m
- Weight
- 1.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate190(35.2%)Moderate
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP68
Base stats
HP
40
Attack
65
Defense
95
Sp. Atk
60
Sp. Def
45
Speed
35
Total
340
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
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Where to find Koffing
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
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Evolution
Lv. 35
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Koffing can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poison Gas Poisons the target. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 40 |
| 1 | Smog Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Special | 30 | 70 | 20 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 12 | Clear Smog Removes all of the target’s stat modifiers. | Poison | Special | 50 | — | 15 |
| 16 | Assurance Power is doubled if the target has already received damage this turn. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 29 | Gyro Ball Power raises when the user has lower Speed, up to a maximum of 150. | Steel | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
| 32 | Sludge Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 32 | Sludge Bomb Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 36 | Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 37 | Smokescreen Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 40 | Belch Can only be used after the user has eaten a berry. | Poison | Special | 120 | 90 | 10 |
| 40 | Self-Destruct User faints. | Normal | Physical | 200 | 100 | 5 |
| 45 | Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion. | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 48 | Explosion User faints. | Normal | Physical | 250 | 100 | 5 |
| 48 | Memento Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 52 | Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Koffing can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
30 sprites & renders for Koffing.
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Cite this page
“Koffing”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/koffing.
Species data from PokéAPI.