Is Koffing Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Stark Mountain at level 53 after the Elite Four. AbilityLevitate gives Ground immunity. Weezing at level 35, but postgame timing means neither Koffing nor Weezing contributes to the story.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Koffing has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Koffing has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Koffing trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Bertha's Pokemon outpace and outclass Koffing here.
Weezing trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Weezing trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Weezing has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Weezing trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Weezing trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Cynthia's team hits Weezing's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Koffing in Stark Mountain (walking, Lv 53, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 53)
- LV 53PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 53PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 53NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 53NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Fantina
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM61FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
Evolve Koffing to Weezing
Koffing evolves into Weezing at Level 35. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 35NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- LV 40NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 48PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM61FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
How to Get Koffing in Platinum
Koffing is a rare find at one late-game cave around level 53. Only that single deep area holds it, so expect a patient hunt through the gas before one drifts into view.
Wild Koffing may be holding when caught:
Smoke Ball (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It enables the holder to flee from any wild Pokemon without fail.1 location to catch Koffing
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Koffing in Pt
Koffing is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 53. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Koffing ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into WeezingStark Mountain - EntranceLv.51-53CaveRate 15%Stark Mountain - InteriorLv.52-54CaveRate 15%Route 227Lv.52GrassRate 10%Stark Mountain - OutsideLv.52CaveRate 10%or evolve from Koffing (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Koffing catch rates for Platinum by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Koffing in Platinum
Koffing only drifts through Stark Mountain, out of the Radar's reach, so breed one with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Koffing odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Koffing Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 Platinum 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Koffing Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Koffing
 Metagross SteelPsychic | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Koffing View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x107-126%KO Earthquake 2x90-106%KO | ||
 Azelf Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodLake Valor Interact Encounter | ||
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Koffing View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x266-313%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Koffing View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x256-302%KO | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Koffing View Bronzong builds →Future Sight 2x182-214%KO Earthquake 2x62-74% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Mesprit Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Koffing View Mesprit builds →Future Sight 2x229-269%KO | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Koffing View Lunatone builds →Future Sight 2x211-248%KO Earthquake 2x43-51% | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
 Chimecho Psychic | C | |
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Koffing View Girafarig builds →Dream Eater 2x169-199%KO Earthquake 2x58-69% | ||
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 31 breeding partners from the Amorphous egg group. Pass egg moves like Curse, Destiny Bond, Grudge and 6 more to offspring.
Pt Koffing Best Moveset
Ground immunity from AbilityLevitate is the main defensive tool, and 95 Defense takes physical hits decently. The moveset can't threaten at 60 Sp. Atk and 35 Speed. Evolve to Weezing.
Best Build
Koffing best EVs are Defense and HP
Wall Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Will O Wisp
- Fire Blast
- Shadow Ball
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Koffing misses out on Curse and Destiny Bond. That's 9 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Sludge Bomb and Sludge, with coverage across 8 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
32 of 34 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Lighter-than-air gases in its body keep it aloft. The gases not only smell, they are also explosive.
Koffing Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Koffing in Platinum 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.
In Platinum, Koffing has 340 BST and evolves into Weezing. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Koffing is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Koffing becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
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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