LC Koffing

[gali]

[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Sludge Bomb
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Pain Split
item: Eviolite
ability: Neutralizing Gas
nature: Bold
evs: 76 Def / 196 SpA / 76 SpD / 156 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Koffing is Little Cup's premier physical tank. It can counter dangerous threats like Mienfoo and Grookey with its combination of good bulk, useful defensive typing, and Neutralizing Gas while opening up holes in opposing teams with its excellent coverage. Sludge Bomb is a powerful and reliable STAB move that can further chip foes with its high poison chance. Fire Blast is often Koffing's best midground attack, hitting Steel-types such as Ferroseed and Pawniard super effectively and doing decent damage to Ground-types like Mudbray and Eviolite Diglett. Thunderbolt hits common switch-ins like Mareanie, Staryu, and Natu for super effective damage. Pain Split allows Koffing to stay healthy enough to repeatedly check foes like Mienfoo, and it's often the most reliable way of damaging bulky foes like Frillish. Thief instead allows it to recover its Eviolite if it takes Knock Off and make progress against checks like Frillish and Natu. Lastly, Will-O-Wisp cripples many of Koffing's best answers, such as Mudbray and Onix. Neutralizing Gas denies Regenerator recovery from foes such as Mienfoo and Mareanie, allowing it to consistently make progress, while also making it immune to trapping. 156 Speed EVs allow Koffing to outspeed opposing Mareanie. Koffing can viably run a range of EV spreads, like a bulkier spread with HP investment or maximum Speed to tie Pawniard.

Koffing's ability to make progress against Mienfoo is invaluable to a wide range of teammates, from Steel-types such as Pawniard and Ferroseed to sweepers like Carvanha and Swords Dance Grookey. Grookey in particular makes an excellent partner for Koffing; it handles opposing Ground-types and Frillish while providing passive recovery, while Koffing can check opposing Poison-types and wallbreak. Steel-types like Ferroseed and Pawniard are important teammates for switching into opposing Psychic-types and Porygon. Natu can switch into opposing Natu and Mudbray and serve as a secondary Grookey check. Pokemon that can check Ground- and Rock-types, such as Staryu, also make great teammates. Onix has good defensive synergy with Koffing and can sweep teams when opposing Mienfoo are weakened.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Flamethrower is a viable alternative to Fire Blast that trades power for reliability. Memento on offense teams allows Koffing to support teammates such as Magby and Tyrunt. Clear Smog prevents setup sweepers like Galarian Ponyta from setting up on Koffing. Levitate is a niche option on teams that are weak to Ground-types, but it is almost never worth sacrificing the ability to force progress against Mienfoo.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Koffing's lack of reliable recovery leaves it vulnerable to being worn down throughout a match by Stealth Rock damage and repeatedly switching into foes such as Mienfoo and Grookey. Pain Split partially mitigates this weakness, but it is unreliable at healing Koffing.

**Mudbray**: Mudbray forces Koffing out with the threat of Earthquake, taking a chunk out of a teammate or setting Stealth Rock; the RestTalk set can switch in with near impunity. However, Mudbray can be worn down with Fire Blast and is crippled by Will-O-Wisp.

**Psychic-types**: Abra, Natu, and Galarian Ponyta force Koffing out with the threat of Psychic; the latter can also set up on Koffing. However, none of them can safely switch into Koffing, and Neutralizing Gas breaks Abra's Focus Sash if Stealth Rock is up.

**Rock-types**: Onix and Tyrunt resist all of Koffing's attacks and threaten it with Earthquake and Psychic Fangs. They can both set up with Dragon Dance, and Onix can set Stealth Rock. However, both can be crippled with Will-O-Wisp.

**Porygon**: Porygon can OHKO Koffing with Psychic and severely dent it with its other attacks. Agility sets can also set up on Koffing. However, Neutralizing Gas prevents Porygon's Download from activating, and it will not activate if Porygon KOes Koffing.

**Frillish**: Frillish shrugs off Koffing's attacks and can heal off any damage or chip Koffing with its STAB attacks. However, Koffing can 2HKO with Thunderbolt if Frillish has been chipped or had its Eviolite removed.

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[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Sludge Bomb
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Pain Split / Thief / Will-o-Wisp (I think it's good enough to be mentioned on the analysis. It's also relatively futureproof to put it here, considering how standard it's been in the past)
item: Eviolite
ability: Neutralizing Gas
nature: Bold
evs: 76 Def / 196 SpA / 76 SpD / 156 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Koffing is Little Cup's premier physical tank, capable of countering dangerous threats like Mienfoo and Grookey with its combination of good bulk, useful defensive typing, and Neutralizing Gas while opening up holes in opposing teams with its excellent coverage. Sludge Bomb is a powerful and reliable STAB that can further chip foes with its high poison chance. Fire Blast hits Steel-types such as Ferroseed and Pawniard and is often Koffing's best midground attack. (provide examples of who you're midground; pinch, dig, etc) Thunderbolt rounds out Koffing's coverage, hitting common switch-ins like Mareanie, Staryu and Natu for super effective damage. (tbolt is also a good midground, but it might not be worth mentioning) Pain Split allows Koffing to restore some of its health, while Thief allows it to recover its Eviolite if it gets knocked off. Neutralizing Gas allows Koffing to deny Regenerator recovery to foes such as Mienfoo and Mareanie, allowing it to consistently make progress, while also making it immune to trapping. The given EV spread maximizes Koffing's offensive output and hits a jump point in Defense while allowing it to outspeed opposing Mareanie. Koffing can viably run a range of EV spreads; examples include a bulkier spread with HP investment and max Speed to tie opposing Pawniard.

Koffing's ability to make progress against opposing Mienfoo is invaluable to a wide range of teammates, from Steel-types such as Pawniard and Ferroseed to sweepers that fear Fake Out like Magby and Swords Dance Grookey. (mention Carv here; i might drop the Magby mention for it) Grookey in particular makes an excellent partner for Koffing; Grookey handles opposing Ground-types and Frillish while providing passive recovery, while Koffing can check opposing Poison-types and wallbreak. Steel-types like Ferroseed and Pawniard are important teammates for switching into opposing Psychic-types. Natu can switch into opposing Natu and Mudbray and serve as a secondary Grookey check. Pokemon that can check Ground- and Rock-types, such as Staryu, also make great teammates. (add Onix as a teammate with defensive synergy that can also take advantage of neut gas to sweep)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Will-O-Wisp cripples many of Koffing's best answers, such as Mudbray and Onix, but has less overall utility than Pain Split or Thief. Memento allows Koffing to support teammates such as Magby and Tyrunt. Levitate is a niche option on teams that are weak to Ground-types, but it is almost never worth sacrificing the ability to force progress against Mienfoo. (Clear Smog and Flamethrower might be worth mentioning here, since it's OO and they at least have theoretical niches)

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Koffing's lack of reliable recovery leaves it vulnerable to being worn down over the course of a match by Stealth Rock damage and repeatedly switching into foes such as Mienfoo and Grookey. Neutralizing Gas can allow Koffing to outlast Mienfoo, and it can recover some of its HP using Pain Split.

**Mudbray**: Mudbray forces Koffing out with the threat of Earthquake, taking a chunk out of Koffing's teammates or setting Stealth Rock. However, it can be worn down with Fire Blast and is crippled by Will-O-Wisp.

**Psychic-types**: Abra, Natu, and Galarian Ponyta all force Koffing out with the threat of Psychic STAB; the latter can also set up on Koffing. However, none of them can safely switch into Koffing, and Neutralizing Gas allows Koffing to break opposing Abra's Focus Sashes if Stealth Rock is up.

**Rock-types**: Onix and Tyrunt resist all of Koffing's attacks and threaten it with Earthquake and Psychic Fangs, respectively. They can both set Stealth Rock or set up with Dragon Dance. However, both can be crippled with Will-O-Wisp.

**Frillish**: Frillish avoids the 2HKO from Thunderbolt and can completely shut down Koffing if Cursed Body activates. However, Koffing can 2HKO it with prior chip damage.

(I think Porygon deserves a slot, though you can combine Porygon with the psychic types and change the header to something like "strong special attackers" if you prefer)

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[gali]

this is ready for check 2. I gave pory its own section in c+c bc i wanted to touch on the ngas-download interaction

 

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Koff

[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Sludge Bomb
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Pain Split / Thief / Will-O-Wisp (OO)
item: Eviolite
ability: Neutralizing Gas
nature: Bold
evs: 76 Def / 196 SpA / 76 SpD / 156 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Koffing is Little Cup's premier physical tank, capable of countering dangerous threats like Mienfoo and Grookey with its combination of good bulk, useful defensive typing, and Neutralizing Gas while opening up holes in opposing teams with its excellent coverage. Sludge Bomb is a powerful and reliable STAB move that can further chip foes with its high poison chance. Fire Blast is often Koffing's best midground attack, hitting Steel-types such as Ferroseed and Pawniard super effectively and doing decent damage to Ground types like Mudbray and Eviolite Diglett. Thunderbolt rounds out Koffing's coverage, hitting common switch-ins like Mareanie, Staryu and Natu for super effective damage. Pain Split allows Koffing to restore some of its health. (This is just dex info. List some relevant interactions or foes.) Thief allows it to recover its Eviolite if it gets knocked off. (OO) Will-O-Wisp cripples many of Koffing's best answers, such as Mudbray and Onix. Neutralizing Gas allows Koffing to deny Regenerator recovery to foes such as Mienfoo and Mareanie, allowing it to consistently make progress, while also making it immune to trapping. The given EV spread maximizes Koffing's offensive output and hits a jump point in Defense while allowing it to outspeed opposing Mareanie. Koffing can viably run a range of EV spreads; examples include a bulkier spread with HP investment and max Speed to tie opposing Pawniard.

Koffing's ability to make progress against opposing Mienfoo is invaluable to a wide range of teammates, from Steel-types such as Pawniard and Ferroseed to sweepers like Carvanha and Swords Dance Grookey. Grookey in particular makes an excellent partner for Koffing; Grookey handles opposing Ground-types and Frillish while providing passive recovery, while Koffing can check opposing Poison-types and wallbreak. Steel-types like Ferroseed and Pawniard are important teammates for switching into opposing Psychic-types. Natu can switch into opposing Natu and Mudbray and serve as a secondary Grookey check. Pokemon that can check Ground- and Rock-types, such as Staryu, also make great teammates. Onix has good defensive synergy with Koffing and can sweep teams when opposing Mienfoo are weakened.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
(Thief in this section; mention how taking Eviolite from switch-ins like Natu and Frillish is very potent)
Flamethrower is a viable alternative to Fire Blast that trades power for reliability. Memento on offense teams allows Koffing to support teammates such as Magby and Tyrunt. Clear Smog prevents setup sweepers like Galarian Ponyta from setting up on Koffing. Levitate is a niche option on teams that are weak to Ground-types, but it is almost never worth sacrificing the ability to force progress against Mienfoo.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Koffing's lack of reliable recovery leaves it vulnerable to being worn down over the course of a match by Stealth Rock damage and repeatedly switching into foes such as Mienfoo and Grookey. Neutralizing Gas can allow Koffing to outlast Mienfoo, and it can recover some of its HP using Pain Split. (I dont really get how the second sentence applies to this section. I would either dedicate it to Pain Split giving it some recovery or just removing it totally.)

**Mudbray**: Mudbray forces Koffing out with the threat of Earthquake, taking a chunk out of Koffing's teammates or setting Stealth Rock. However, it can be worn down with Fire Blast and is crippled by Will-O-Wisp. (Mention something about RestTalk Mudbray; it is like the best Koffing answer in the tier.)

**Psychic-types**: Abra, Natu, and Galarian Ponyta all force Koffing out with the threat of Psychic STAB; the latter can also set up on Koffing. However, none of them can safely switch into Koffing, and Neutralizing Gas allows Koffing to break opposing Abra's Focus Sashes if Stealth Rock is up.

**Rock-types**: Onix and Tyrunt resist all of Koffing's attacks and threaten it with Earthquake and Psychic Fangs, respectively. They can both set Stealth Rock or set up with Dragon Dance. However, both can be crippled with Will-O-Wisp. (Fix wording pls. No one use SR Tyrunt.)

**Porygon**: Porygon can OHKO Koffing with Psychic and severely dent it with its other attacks. Agility sets can set up on Koffing. However, Neutralizing Gas prevents Porygon's Download from activating, and it will not activate if Porygon KOs KOes Koffing. (KOes is a verb/action, KOs is a noun.)

**Frillish**: Frillish avoids the 2HKO from Thunderbolt and can completely shut down Koffing if Cursed Body activates. However, Koffing can 2HKO it with prior chip damage. (OK, this info is kinda contradictory. You are saying that it can't be 2HKOed, but it can also be 2HKOed??? Fix wording pls)

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QC 2/2. [DC, 449990] Fix some of the wording and GP errors before sending it to GP pls.

 

[gali]

discussed on discord, this is gp ready

 

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[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Sludge Bomb
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Pain Split
item: Eviolite
ability: Neutralizing Gas
nature: Bold
evs: 76 Def / 196 SpA / 76 SpD / 156 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Koffing is Little Cup's premier physical tank, capable of countering tank. It can counter dangerous threats like Mienfoo and Grookey with its combination of good bulk, useful defensive typing, and Neutralizing Gas while opening up holes in opposing teams with its excellent coverage. Sludge Bomb is a powerful and reliable STAB move that can further chip foes with its high poison chance. Fire Blast is often Koffing's best midground attack, hitting Steel-types such as Ferroseed and Pawniard super effectively and doing decent damage to Ground-types (added hyphen) like Mudbray and Eviolite Diglett. Thunderbolt rounds out Koffing's coverage, hitting hits common switch-ins like Mareanie, Staryu, (AC) and Natu for super effective damage. Pain Split allows Koffing to stay healthy enough to repeatedly check foes like Mienfoo, (AC) and it's often the most reliable way of damaging bulky foes like Frillish. Thief instead allows it to recover its Eviolite if it gets knocked off takes Knock Off and make progress against checks like Frillish and Natu. Lastly, Will-O-Wisp cripples many of Koffing's best answers, such as Mudbray and Onix. Neutralizing Gas allows Koffing to deny Regenerator recovery to denies Regenerator recovery from foes such as Mienfoo and Mareanie, allowing it Koffing to consistently make progress, while also making it immune to trapping. 156 Speed EVs allow Koffing to outspeed opposing Mareanie. Koffing can viably run a range of EV spreads; examples include spreads, for example a bulkier spread with HP investment and maximum Speed to tie opposing Pawniard.

Koffing's ability to make progress against opposing Mienfoo is invaluable to a wide range of teammates, from Steel-types such as Pawniard and Ferroseed to sweepers like Carvanha and Swords Dance Grookey. Grookey in particular makes an excellent partner for Koffing; Grookey it handles opposing Ground-types and Frillish while providing passive recovery, while Koffing can check opposing Poison-types and wallbreak. Steel-types like Ferroseed and Pawniard are important teammates for switching into opposing Psychic-types. Natu can switch into opposing Natu and Mudbray and serve as a secondary Grookey check. Pokemon that can check Ground- and Rock-types, such as Staryu, also make great teammates. Onix has good defensive synergy with Koffing and can sweep teams when opposing Mienfoo are weakened.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Flamethrower is a viable alternative to Fire Blast that trades power for reliability. Memento on offense teams allows Koffing to support teammates such as Magby and Tyrunt. Clear Smog prevents setup sweepers like Galarian Ponyta from setting up on Koffing. Levitate is a niche option on teams that are weak to Ground-types, but it is almost never worth sacrificing the ability to force progress against Mienfoo.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Koffing's lack of reliable recovery leaves it vulnerable to being worn down over the course of throughout a match by Stealth Rock damage and repeatedly switching into foes such as Mienfoo and Grookey. Pain Split allows Koffing to stay healthy enough to check these foes. partially mitigates this weakness, but Koffing still struggles to stay healthy. (the tone didn't match up for chip damage, which every mon already dislikes somewhat, being a bad enough weakness to include here. you can also tinker in other ways, especially if what i said isn't right, or even remove the bullet / fold the info into set comments if you really want.)

**Mudbray**: Mudbray forces Koffing out with the threat of Earthquake, taking a chunk out of Koffing's teammates a teammate or setting Stealth Rock; the RestTalk set can switch in with near impunity. (removed hyphen) However, it Mudbray can be worn down with Fire Blast and is crippled by Will-O-Wisp.

**Psychic-types**: Abra, Natu, and Galarian Ponyta all force Koffing out with the threat of Psychic-type STAB moves; the latter can also set up on Koffing. However, none of them can safely switch into Koffing, and Neutralizing Gas allows Koffing to break automatically breaks (I imagine?) opposing Abra's Focus Sashes if it switches in while (I imagine?) Stealth Rock is up.

**Rock-types**: Onix and Tyrunt resist all of Koffing's attacks and threaten it with Earthquake and Psychic Fangs, respectively. They can both set up with Dragon Dance, and Onix can set Stealth Rock. However, both can be crippled with Will-O-Wisp.

**Porygon**: Porygon can OHKO Koffing with Psychic and severely dent it with its other attacks. Agility sets can set up on Koffing. However, Neutralizing Gas prevents Porygon's Download from activating, and it will not activate if Porygon KOes Koffing.

**Frillish**: Frillish shrugs off Koffing's attacks and can completely shut down Koffing it down with Cursed Body. However, Koffing can 2HKO with Thunderbolt if Frillish has been chipped or had its Eviolite removed.

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Smog

[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Sludge Bomb
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Pain Split
item: Eviolite
ability: Neutralizing Gas
nature: Bold
evs: 76 Def / 196 SpA / 76 SpD / 156 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Koffing is Little Cup's premier physical tank. It can counter dangerous threats like Mienfoo and Grookey with its combination of good bulk, useful defensive typing, and Neutralizing Gas while opening up holes in opposing teams with its excellent coverage. Sludge Bomb is a powerful and reliable STAB move that can further chip foes with its high poison chance. Fire Blast is often Koffing's best midground attack, hitting Steel-types such as Ferroseed and Pawniard super effectively and doing decent damage to Ground-types like Mudbray and Eviolite Diglett. Thunderbolt hits common switch-ins like Mareanie, Staryu, and Natu for super effective damage. Pain Split allows Koffing to stay healthy enough to repeatedly check foes like Mienfoo, and it's often the most reliable way of damaging bulky foes like Frillish. Thief instead allows it to recover its Eviolite if it takes Knock Off and make progress against checks like Frillish and Natu. Lastly, Will-O-Wisp cripples many of Koffing's best answers, such as Mudbray and Onix. Neutralizing Gas denies Regenerator recovery from foes such as Mienfoo and Mareanie, allowing it to consistently make progress, while also making it immune to trapping. 156 Speed EVs allow Koffing to outspeed opposing Mareanie. Koffing can viably run a range of EV spreads, for example like a bulkier spread with HP investment and or maximum Speed to tie Pawniard.

Koffing's ability to make progress against Mienfoo is invaluable to a wide range of teammates, from Steel-types such as Pawniard and Ferroseed to sweepers like Carvanha and Swords Dance Grookey. Grookey in particular makes an excellent partner for Koffing; it handles opposing Ground-types and Frillish while providing passive recovery, while Koffing can check opposing Poison-types and wallbreak. Steel-types like Ferroseed and Pawniard are important teammates for switching into opposing Psychic-types and Porygon. Natu can switch into opposing Natu and Mudbray and serve as a secondary Grookey check. Pokemon that can check Ground- and Rock-types, such as Staryu, also make great teammates. Onix has good defensive synergy with Koffing and can sweep teams when opposing Mienfoo are weakened.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Flamethrower is a viable alternative to Fire Blast that trades power for reliability. Memento on offense teams allows Koffing to support teammates such as Magby and Tyrunt. Clear Smog prevents setup sweepers like Galarian Ponyta from setting up on Koffing. Levitate is a niche option on teams that are weak to Ground-types, but it is almost never worth sacrificing the ability to force progress against Mienfoo.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Koffing's lack of reliable recovery leaves it vulnerable to being worn down throughout a match by Stealth Rock damage and repeatedly switching into foes such as Mienfoo and Grookey. Pain Split partially mitigates this weakness, but it is unreliable at healing Koffing.

**Mudbray**: Mudbray forces Koffing out with the threat of Earthquake, taking a chunk out of a teammate or setting Stealth Rock; the RestTalk set can switch in with near impunity. However, Mudbray can be worn down with Fire Blast and is crippled by Will-O-Wisp.

**Psychic-types**: Abra, Natu, and Galarian Ponyta all force Koffing out with the threat of Psychic STAB; the latter can also set up on Koffing. However, none of them can safely switch into Koffing, and Neutralizing Gas breaks opposing Abra's Focus Sash if Stealth Rock is up.

**Rock-types**: Onix and Tyrunt resist all of Koffing's attacks and threaten it with Earthquake and Psychic Fangs,(RC) respectively. They can both set up with Dragon Dance, and Onix can set Stealth Rock. However, both can be crippled with Will-O-Wisp.

**Porygon**: Porygon can OHKO Koffing with Psychic and severely dent it with its other attacks. Agility sets can also set up on Koffing. However, Neutralizing Gas prevents Porygon's Download from activating, and it will not activate if Porygon KOes Koffing.

**Frillish**: Frillish shrugs off Koffing's attacks and can heal off any damage or chip Koffing with its STAB attacks. However, Koffing can 2HKO with Thunderbolt if Frillish has been chipped or had its Eviolite removed.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[gali, 107566]]
- Quality checked by: [[KSG, 32350], [DC, 449990]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429], [username2, userid2]

GP 2/2. [DC, 449990]