Is Koffing Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Fiery Path catch. Koffing evolves into Weezing at 35 with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Poison-type that floats over Earthquake without worrying about it. The immunity is useful, but the offensive stats don't threaten Emerald's bosses.
Roxanne's typing presses Koffing's defenses.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Koffing has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Weezing's weaknesses hard.
Weezing has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Weezing has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Weezing trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Weezing has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Weezing trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Weezing trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Koffing in Fiery Path (walking, Lv 15-16, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 17NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- LV 21PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- LV 41NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Koffing to Weezing
Koffing evolves into Weezing at Level 35. Your Koffing should hit Level 35 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 35NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 44NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Koffing in Emerald
Koffing sticks to the volcano, a common catch in the Fiery Path around levels 15 to 16. That smoky tunnel is its only home in Emerald, so the catch ties to one mid-game cave crossing.
Wild Koffing may be holding when caught:
Smoke Ball (5% chance) A hold item that assures fleeing from wild Pokemon.1 location to catch Koffing
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Koffing in E
- Step 1Koffing ✓
- Step 2Evolve into WeezingBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Koffing egg.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Koffing catch rates for Emerald by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Koffing in Emerald
Koffing drifts through the smoky Fiery Path in common numbers, so pace that volcanic cave and churn through encounters at full odds until the poison cloud finally glimmers. Compare Shiny Koffing odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Koffing Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Emerald with Koffing preloaded.
Koffing Weakness
Ground and Psychic moves hit Koffing for super-effective damage. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Koffing's physical bulk (base 95 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Koffing Weak Against
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Koffing Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Koffing grows into Weezing through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 150 total stats over Koffing. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Koffing easily with 22 breeding partners from the Amorphous egg group. Pass egg moves like Destiny Bond, Pain Split, Psybeam and 3 more to offspring.
E Koffing Best Moveset
Poison pre-evolution gaining Ground immunity from AbilityLevitate, which removes the type's primary weakness. The moveset previews Weezing's defensive identity. Evolve for competitive bulk.
Best Build
Koffing best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Wallbreaker Moveset
- Explosion
- Will O Wisp
- Sludge Bomb
- Shadow Ball
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Koffing misses out on Destiny Bond and Pain Split. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Sludge Bomb and Sludge, with coverage across 7 types rounding things out.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Getting up close to a KOFFING will give you a chance to observe, through its thin skin, the toxic gases swirling inside. It blows up at the slightest stimulation.
Koffing Emerald Guide
Yes. Wild Koffing in Emerald can hold Smoke Ball (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Smoke Ball.
For Emerald, you can run Koffing through the first few routes without issues. 340 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Weezing as fast as you can.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Koffing has appeared in 20 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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