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Koffing

#109

Poison
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An image of the Pokemon Koffing #109 in the Pokedex
Toxic gas is held within its thin, balloon-shaped body, so it can cause massive explosions.

Weakness Table

This is a list of Koffing's weaknesses. These Pokemon types in the green zone will be strong against Koffing:
2x
Ground
Psychic
1x
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fire
Flying
Ghost
Ice
Normal
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
Fairy
Fighting
Grass
Poison
: Types marked with this symbol will receive extra damage from Koffing's STAB attacks.

Koffing will receive 73% more damage from a Special Attack compared to a Physical Attack.

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Koffing's Weaknesses

Best Counters

The types that are strong against Koffing are Ground and Psychic type Pokemon.

Ground
Psychic

For the best defense, Ground, Steel, Rock, Ghost types have very effective defense against Koffing, and will be resistant to damage from Koffing's STAB attacks:

Ground
Steel
Rock
Ghost

Weaknesses

Koffing's type is Poison.

Koffing has a weakness to Ground and Psychic types. These Pokemon types will be strong against Koffing, causing Koffing to take a super effective double (2x) damage from attacks of those types.

Please keep in mind that Koffing is resistant to attacks from Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Poison types, and these attacks are not very effective and cause reduced damage, so they should be avoided.

Strong against Koffing:

Pokemon of these types will deal effective damage against Koffing, without suffering any extra damage:
2x
Ground
Psychic
1x
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fire
Flying
Ghost
Ice
Normal
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
Fighting
Poison

Strength Table

Here is what Koffing is strong against:
2x
Fairy
Grass
1x
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fighting
Fire
Flying
Ice
Normal
Psychic
Water
0.5x
Ghost
Ground
Poison
Rock
No Effect
Steel

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