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Competitive Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire Movesets and Strategies for Koffing

Base Stats for Koffing

Poison

Abilities:

Evolutions / Family:
Koffing
Weezing

Weakness Chart for Poison-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

0.5x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Koffing? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.

Koffing is a sensational Poison-typed Pokemon. Koffing is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Koffing's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.

Species: Koffing
Item: Poison Barb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Frustration / Return
- Shadow Ball
- Rollout

Physical Sweeper Koffing (Levitate)

Koffing is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Levitate, Koffing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.

♦ Sludge Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Sludge is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).

Species: Koffing
Item: Charcoal
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Psybeam
- Thief

Special Sweeper Koffing (Levitate)

Koffing is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Levitate, Koffing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.

♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Koffing has no item, it steals the target's).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Koffing? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.

Species: Koffing
Item: Poison Barb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Frustration / Return
- Shadow Ball
- Rollout

Doubles Physical Sweeper Koffing (Levitate)

Koffing is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Don't forget before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Levitate, Koffing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.

♦ Sludge Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Sludge is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).

Species: Koffing
Item: Charcoal
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Psybeam
- Thief

Doubles Special Sweeper Koffing (Levitate)

Koffing is a notable Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Levitate, Koffing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.

♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Koffing has no item, it steals the target's).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Koffing learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Koffing can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.

Competitive RS Move and Ability Combos for Koffing

Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
Moves: Pain Split + Will-O-Wisp
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that Break Screens: Haze

Optimize Koffing's EVs for Ruby/Sapphire

Competitive Information for Koffing [Ruby/Sapphire]