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Koffingin Pokémon Sour Crystal

poison

Pokédex Entry

Poison Gas Pokémon

If one gets close enough to it when it expels poisonous gas, the gas swirling inside it can be seen.

Koffing in Pokémon Sour Crystal

Koffing is #109 in the Pokédex for Pokémon Sour Crystal. This page covers its poison typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it across 4 encounter locations.

Type
Poison
Dex
#114 Johto Dex · #109 National
Growth Rate
Medium Fast
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
indeterminate
Hatch Rate
Medium Fast (20 cycles)
Catch Rate
190
pokeball
Poké Ball15.6%
greatball
Great Ball21.3%
ultraball
Ultra Ball26.1%
Base Exp
114
EV Yield
None
Wild Held Items
Weak To
ground ×2psychic ×2
Resists
grass ×0.5fighting ×0.5poison ×0.5bug ×0.5fairy ×0.5

How to Obtain

Koffing appears common in Burned Tower 1F, common in Burned Tower B1F, and common in Pokémon Mansion 1F, among one other area. Wild ones range from level 14 to 36. There's a one-time encounter in Team Rocket Base B1F at level 25.

LocationLevelMethodFormHeld ItemPrerequisite
Team Rocket Base B1FLv. 25static---
Team Rocket Base B1FLv. 36static---

Wild Encounters (4)

Level Up Moves (12)

Poison GasLevel: 1poison
PWR0ACC90PP40
A move that may poison the foe.
TackleLevel: 1normal
PWR40ACC100PP35
A full-body charge attack.
SmogLevel: 6poison
PWR30ACC70PP20
An attack that may poison the foe.
SmokescreenLevel: 10normal
PWR0ACC100PP20
Lowers the foe's accuracy.
Feint AttackLevel: 15dark
PWR60ACC100PP20
An attack that never misses.
SludgeLevel: 19poison
PWR65ACC100PP20
An attack that may poison the foe.
SelfdestructLevel: 24normal
PWR200ACC100PP5
Powerful but makes the user faint.
HazeLevel: 28ice
PWR0ACC100PP30
Eliminates all stat changes.
ToxicLevel: 33poison
PWR0ACC90PP10
A poison move with increasing damage.
Sludge BombLevel: 37poison
PWR90ACC100PP10
An attack that may poison the foe.
ExplosionLevel: 42normal
PWR250ACC100PP5
Very powerful but makes user faint.
Destiny BondLevel: 46ghost
PWR0ACC100PP5
The foe faints if the user does.

Type Summary

2
Weaknesses
4
Resistances
0
Immunities
12
Neutral

Weaknesses

Types that deal increased damage to Koffing. Use these types to counter it effectively.

Resistances & Immunities

Types that Koffing resists or is immune to. Avoid using these types against it.

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