Best Koffing counters

The best Koffing counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Mega Alakazam, Shadow Excadrill, and Mewtwo. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Koffing in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Mewtwo

Confusion / Psystrike

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Mega Alakazam

Confusion / Psychic

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Mewtwo

Confusion / Psystrike

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	49.45	3817.6	0	74s	119.3
2.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	56.29	1682.1	2	67s	111.8
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	46.21	2437.4	1	80s	103.1
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	43.31	3033.9	1	85s	102.4
5.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	51.47	1434.2	2	73s	100.8
6.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	42.88	2514.2	1	86s	97.8
7.	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	46.46	1647.6	2	80s	95.6
8.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	45.05	1822.4	1	82s	95.2
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	39.47	2693.0	1	93s	92.8
10.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	46.35	1402.4	2	81s	92.3
11.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	41.65	2081.8	1	89s	91.9
12.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	41.12	2175.6	1	90s	91.8
13.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	40.78	2132.7	1	90s	90.8
14.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	40.97	2087.8	1	90s	90.8
15.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	42.34	1790.2	2	88s	90.3
16.	Hoopa Unbound	Confusion	Psychic	44.26	1442.2	2	84s	89.5
17.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	38.65	2397.4	1	95s	89.1
18.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	44.45	1358.6	2	84s	88.7
19.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	47.08	917.7	3	81s	85.7
20.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	38.90	1883.0	1	95s	85.3
21.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	35.60	2457.2	1	103s	83.9
22.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.56	2131.5	1	101s	83.3
23.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	35.70	2327.6	1	103s	83.2
24.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Psychic *	37.79	1750.6	2	98s	82.1
25.	Shadow Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	41.18	1236.9	2	91s	81.9
26.	Lunala	Confusion	Psychic	37.21	1762.4	2	99s	81.2
27.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.92	2637.6	1	111s	80.0
28.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	34.61	2033.7	1	106s	79.0
29.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	34.15	2130.3	1	108s	78.9
30.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	37.33	1502.9	2	99s	78.8

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Koffing in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Koffing CP range from Raids

Koffing can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 645 CP to 694 CP, with no weather boost
From 806 CP to 867 CP with Cloudy weather boost

Koffing weaknesses

Koffing type chart

When fighting Koffing, keep in mind the that Poison-type Pokémon are weak to Ground and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, and Poison-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Bug	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Poison	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Koffing

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Psychic	192.0%	Windy
Ground	142.0%	Sunny
Fire	16.0%	Sunny
Dark	12.0%	Fog
Dragon	10.0%	Windy
Normal	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Water	4.0%	Rain
Rock	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	2.0%	Snow
Bug	2.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Koffing in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Koffing down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Koffing counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.