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Smog (move)

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

Contents

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.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
109 109 Koffing Poison --
110 110 Weezing Poison --
126 126 Magmar Fire 52
136 136 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
109 109 Koffing Poison 9
110 110 Weezing Poison --
9
126 126 Magmar Fire --
13
136 136 Flareon Fire 42
218 218 Slugma Fire --
219 219 Magcargo Fire Rock --
228 228 Houndour Dark Fire 13
229 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 13
240 240 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
109 109 Koffing Poison 9
110 110 Weezing Poison --
9
126 126 Magmar Fire --
13
136 136 Flareon Fire 42
218 218 Slugma Fire --
219 219 Magcargo Fire Rock --
228 228 Houndour Dark Fire 13
229 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 13
240 240 Magby Fire 13
324 324 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
316 316 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
109 109 Koffing Poison 6
110 110 Weezing Poison --
6
126 126 Magmar Fire --
136 136 Flareon Fire 57
218 218 Slugma Fire --
219 219 Magcargo Fire Rock --
228 228 Houndour Dark Fire 9
229 229 Houndoom Dark Fire --
9
240 240 Magby Fire --
324 324 Torkoal Fire 4
467 467 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
316 316 Gulpin Poison Koffing, Weezing
Slugma, Magcargo
434 434 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.

In the anime


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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