Koffing

Koffing Poison

Gen 9 LC · Rank #42 · 3.10% usage

What beats Koffing in Gen 9 LC? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, these Pokémon are the most effective checks and counters. The KO Rate (D) column shows how often Koffing is KO'd or forced out by each checker. Higher percentages mean stronger counters.

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Numel Numel 22 72.7% 9.50%
2 Diglett-Alola Diglett-Alola 26 69.2% 9.05%
3 Pawniard Pawniard 27 70.4% 8.79%
4 Impidimp Impidimp 26 26.9% 8.70%
5 Growlithe-Hisui Growlithe-Hisui 31 67.7% 8.40%
6 Stunky Stunky 35 57.1% 8.36%
7 Toedscool Toedscool 38 36.8% 7.83%
8 Trapinch Trapinch 44 47.7% 7.53%
9 Gothita Gothita 36 72.2% 7.47%
10 Grookey Grookey 22 13.6% 7.32%
11 Sandshrew-Alola Sandshrew-Alola 54 53.7% 6.79%
12 Tinkatink Tinkatink 43 25.6% 6.65%
13 Mareanie Mareanie 56 55.4% 6.64%
14 Chinchou Chinchou 55 60.0% 6.61%
15 Cottonee Cottonee 23 8.7% 5.88%
16 Glimmet Glimmet 66 69.7% 5.66%
17 Mudbray Mudbray 90 53.3% 5.26%
18 Elekid Elekid 54 83.3% 5.07%
19 Vullaby Vullaby 105 56.2% 4.84%
20 Foongus Foongus 94 27.7% 4.61%
21 Mienfoo Mienfoo 210 22.4% 2.88%

KO Rate (D): % of Koffing's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Koffing. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.