Smog (move)

Smog スモッグ Smog

The foe is attacked with a discharge of filthy gases. It may also poison the target.

Battles Type  Poison Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  20 Accuracy  70% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Smog on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Smog on Eevee's Movedex

Smog (Japanese: スモッグ Smog) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I-II

Smog inflicts damage and has a 39.8% chance of poisoning the target. It has a base power of 20 and a 70% accuracy rate.

Smog can't poison a target that has a Substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is a Poison-type.

Generation III and on

Same as before, but with a 40% chance of poisoning the target.

In the anime

Pokémon

Weezing using Smog

Magmortar using Smog

Koffing. A thick fog pours out of the holes covering Koffing's body.

• Used by James's Koffing from Pokémon Emergency to Dig Those Diglett. Debut.

Weezing. A thick fog pours out of the holes covering Weezing's body.

• Used by James's Weezing from Dig Those Diglett to ???.
• Used by Pokémon League entrance exam instructor's Weezing under the control of Ash in The Ultimate Test.

Magmortar. Magmortar sprays thick, gray smoke out ouf its mouth.

• Used by Paul's Magmortar in DP132.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
109		Koffing	Poison		--
110		Weezing	Poison		--
126		Magmar	Fire		52
136		Flareon	Fire		42Y
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
109		Koffing	Poison		9
110		Weezing	Poison		-- 9
126		Magmar	Fire		-- 13
136		Flareon	Fire		42
218		Slugma	Fire		--
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	--
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	13
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	13
240		Magby	Fire		13
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
109		Koffing	Poison		9
110		Weezing	Poison		-- 9
126		Magmar	Fire		-- 13
136		Flareon	Fire		42
218		Slugma	Fire		--
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	--
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	13
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	13
240		Magby	Fire		13
324		Torkoal	Fire		4
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
316		Gulpin	Poison		Koffing, Weezing Slugma, Magcargo
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
109		Koffing	Poison		6
110		Weezing	Poison		-- 6
126		Magmar	Fire		--
136		Flareon	Fire		57
218		Slugma	Fire		--
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	--
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	9
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	-- 9
240		Magby	Fire		--
324		Torkoal	Fire		4
467		Magmortar	Fire		--
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
316		Gulpin	Poison		Koffing, Weezing Slugma, Magcargo
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	Flareon Houndour, Houndoom Torkoal
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Trivia

• Despite it being a Poison-type move, Koffing and Weezing are the only Poison-type Pokémon that can learn Smog naturally, with Gulpin and Stunky learning it through breeding.
  • In fact, the other Pokémon that can learn it naturally are either pure or part Fire-type.

In other languages

• French: Puredpois
• German: Smog
• Italian: Smog
• Spanish: Polucion

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