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.

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.

In the anime

	Weezing	Magmortar
The foe is attacked with a discharge of filthy gases
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Koffing	A thick fog pours out of the holes covering Koffing's body.
James's Koffing	Pokémon Emergency!		Debut
Coordinator's Koffing	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
Weezing	A thick fog pours out of the holes covering Weezing's body.
James's Weezing	Dig Those Diglett!		None
Pokémon League entrance exam instructor's Weezing	The Ultimate Test		None
Houndour	Houndour opens its mouth and blows out a thick fog.
Multiple wild Houndour	Hour of the Houndour		None
A Pokémon Trainer's Houndour	Ariados, Amigos		None
Cassidy's Houndour	The Mystery is History		None
Magmortar	Magmortar sprays thick, gray smoke out ouf its mouth.
Paul's Magmortar	Evolving Strategies!		None

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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