Weezing, The Poison Gas Pokémon. It grows by feeding on gases released by garbage. Though very rare, triplets have been found. Top-grade perfume is made using its internal poison gases by diluting them to the highest level. If one of the twin Koffing inflates, the other one deflates. It constantly mixes its poisonous gases.

Overview

Weezing has always been a sort of fan favorite. Not at the levels of Pikachu or Charizard, but being owned by James of Team Rocket gave Weezing it's place in Pokemon history. Sure its Smokescreens failed probably 200 times in a row at being useful against Ash and friends but that could be more to blame on Team Rocket's incompetence. In the actual games Weezing is a completely usable Pokemon even in standard play. No it's not perfect but it does have a few niche uses.

Abilities

Levitate: Makes Weezing immune to Ground type moves effectively giving it a lone weakness to Psychic types. Incredible ability on something with the defenses Weezing has. It has a single downside though. While it makes you immune to Spikes and ground moves it makes you immune to Toxic Spikes. This prevents Weezing from automatically sucking up Toxic Spikes when it switches in. Otherwise Levitate is the perfect ability.

Movesets

Kick Gas

- Will-O-Wisp
- Flamethrower
- Pain Split
- Thunderbolt / Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Ground
Item Attached: Black Sludge
Ability: Levitate
EVs and Nature:
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)

The most well known set is still the best. With the defensive EVs Weezing can safely counter Gyarados, Lucario, Landorus, Breloom, Scizor, some Terrakion and many other Pokemon. Will-O-Wisp is the backbone of the set allowing Weezing to seriously damage the offensive output of physical attackers. It also slows down Weezing's counters like Latios and Rotom Wash. Flamethrower is the next move as it lets Weezing incinerate Ferrothorn, Scizor, and Skarmory while doing something useful to Espeon. It also lets you handle some Venusaur. Pain Split isn't perfect for healing but it can keep Weezing around a few turns longer than it would otherwise. It's also one of your best weapons against Heatran as it can take a decent amount of HP off the magma Pokemon The last slot is dependent on what your team needs. Thunderbolt is almost exclusively for Gyarados and Cloyster. While it does hit Politoed, Tentacruel, Jellicent, and Starmie hard it doesn't really do enough damage to beat any of them. Hidden Power Ice is a good move to take on Gliscor and Landorus with as you are either immune or otherwise tough enough to take anything they have. Hidden Power Ice also takes a solid chunk off the common dragons of OU, though you will not usually take those dragons out without being crippled yourself. The last attack option is Hidden Power Ground. It is your best option to take out opposing Heatran. It also help against annoying Toxicroak and does a bit more to Terrakion.

Offensive Tank

- Pain Split
- Fire Blast
- Sludge Bomb
- Thunderbolt / Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Ground
Item Attached: Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs and Nature:
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)

Most of the time people use Weezing its in a defensive roll. Weezing has a good Special movepool though and decent Special Attack. 295 Special Attack isn't massive but Weezing's roll isn't to sweep. Its to hang around a while and do damage to whatever it can hit. Pain Split keeps Weezing alive and does reasonable damage to anything at high HP. Fire Blast OHKOs Scizor and Ferrothorn while at least 2HKOing any other Steel not named Heatran. Sludge Bomb is a great STAB move. It hits with moderate power but the kicker is the 30% Poison chance. Get a bit of luck and even your best counters will watch their life tick away as Poison takes them out. The last move is again, up to preference. The Kick Gas set explains why you would want any of them but due to this set running a more offensive spread you might find a bit more use for Thunderbolt. With life Orb and Special Attack EVs it will make Politoed and Starmie pay a big price if they think you can't hurt them. The problem with this set is the lack of Black Sludge and Defense EVs really hurt Weezing's ability to take hits. I won't lie, this set isn't very good. Chances are if you are using Weezing and not using the "Kick Gas" set you aren't using Weezing to the best of its ability. You can also drop Pain Split for Hidden Power Ice and use Choice Specs.. but then come on you're using a Choice Specs Weezing. If you want a levitating Special Attacker that resists fighting just use a Latios or Gengar.

EVs & Natures

Weezing
On defensive sets run max HP and Defense. This allows Weezing to take on hard hitting Pokemon like Gyarados without being easily worn down. Another EV spread is to just run max HP and Special Defense. Running a Specially Defensive spread lets Weezing survive Leaf Storms and Focus Blasts a little better though neither are particularly common in standard play. Offensive sets want max HP and Special Attack. You can also run some speed to outpace Tyranitar or Scizor. You need 12 EVs to outrun Tyranitar and 44 to outrun Scizor.

Other Options

Haze, Explosion, Destiny Bond, Memento, Toxic.
Haze is worth mentioning as it can clear out boosts and unlike Clear Smog it can wipe away any hope a Baton Pass team has of winning. Its not easy to find a free slot for it however.
Explosion is weak now that its defense halving mechanics no longer work. Its worth mentioning because Exploding is sort of what Weezing does.
Destiny Bond is awful. Weezing is too slow to use it well. You can run Choice Scarf for the hilarious moment when your Scarf Weezing KOs something.. but no, don't ever use Destiny Bond (or Choice Scarf).
Memento is the only remotely usable suicide move Weezing has. Giving another sweeper a free setup can be invaluable. Sadly Weezing is stressed for move slots already and Memento is better done by Latios or Dugtrio.
While not mentioned on the other sets Toxic is a usable option on all of them. It doesn't affect nearly as many Pokemon as Will-O-Wisp but it does have higher accuracy.

Double & Triple Battle Options

Virtually none. Weezing is immune to ground moves so you can pair it with a Landorus or Garchomp, but Weezing itself doesn't do much outside of singles. It doesn't even learn Sludge Wave.

Partners

Blissey and Chansey are the number one partners for Weezing. They take on Special Attacks Weezing can't handle while keeping it alive with Wish and Heal Bell support. Skarmory also does well with Weezing as it can take powerful Outrages that neither Blissey nor Weezing can survive. Ferrothorn does nicely as it takes on Politoed and Rotom Wash well enough. Psychic is Weezing's only weakness so you can use Steels like Jirachi or Bronzong to wall them, however most steels can not take on Drizzle boosted Surfs or Drought Fire Blasts at all.

Countering Weezing

Not hard at all. Heatran is a big one. Heatran easily laughs at any move Weezing learns besides Hidden Power Ground (which it easily survives) and devastates Weezing with Fire Blast. Politoed OHKOs with Drizzle Surf while Weezing can only sort of hurt it with Thunderbolt. Special Attacking Dragons like Latios or Hydreigon destroy the gas balloon without much fear. ANY strong special attack will pop Weezing. Its only method of healing is Pain Split so if you aren't afraid of letting something get low on health it won't be very hard to wear down.

Pre-Evolution Corner

Little Cup

- Will-O-Wisp
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / Clear Smog
- Pain Split
Item Attached: Eviolite
Ability: Levitate
EVs and Nature:
EVs: 196 HP / 236 Def / 76 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)

Koffing has good defenses that allow it to survive in Little Cup. It does fantastically against Mienfoo and Croagunk while usually holding its own against physical Steel types like Aron. This functions much like Weezing does in OU. Tank hits from fighting and ground types while decimating them with Will-O-Wisp. Flamethrower hits steel types, particularly Ferroseed. Thunderbolt lets you not be complete setup bait against Shell Smash sweepers like Clamperl, Omanyte and Shellder. However Clear Smog lets Koffing beat Scraggy, Drilbur, and Timburr by clearing their boosts as burn whittles their HP away.

Locations in Games

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald:
Evolve Koffing .

FireRed/LeafGreen:
Pokemon Mansion Floors 1, 2, 3 & 4 (FireRed)
Evolve Koffing (LeafGreen).

Colosseum/XD:
Trade from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/FireRed/LeafGreen .

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum:
Route 227, Stark Mountain

HeartGold/SoulSilver:
Safari Zone
Evolve Koffing

Black/White:
Evolve Koffing
Transfer from Diamond/Pearl/Platinum/HeartGold/SoulSilver

Animé Appearences

Weezing has made a number of appearances. In almost all of its appearances, it was under the control of the Team Rocket member: James # -English Episode Name- -Jp. Episode Name- Pics 31 Dig Those Diglett Full of Diglett Pics 32 The Ninja Poke-Showdown Fuchsia Ninja Battle! Pics 33 The Flame Pokémon-athon Blazing Pokémon Race Pics 37 Ditto's Mysterious Mansion Ditto and Duplica Pics 38 Not Aired Electric Soldier Porygon Pics 40 The Battling Eevee Brothers Four Eevee Brothers Pics 41 Wake up Snorlax Get Up! Snorlax Pics 42 Showdown at Dark City Showdown! Pokemon Gym! Pics 44 The Problem with Paras Paras And Parasect Pics 45 The Song of Jigglypuff Sing! Jigglypuff! Pics 46 Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon Resurrection!? Fossil Pokemon! Pics 47 A Chansey Operation Chansey's Clinical Records Pics 50 Who Gets to Keep Togepi? Whose is Togepi? Pics 52 Princess Versus Princess Fierce Fighting! Pokemon Girls' Festival Pics 53 The Purr-fect Hero It's Children's Day! Mass Approval Pics 56 The Ultimate Test Pokemon League Certification Test!? Pics 61 The Misty Mermaid Cerulean Gym! Battling in Water Pics 63 The Battle of the Badge Viridian Gym! The Last Badge! Pics 65 Holiday Hi-Jynx Jynx and Christmas Pics 68 The Evolution Solution Slowpoke Evolving Into Slowbro Pics M1 Mewtwo Strikes Back Mewtwo's Counterattack Pics P1 Pikachu's Vacation Pikachu's Summer Vacation Pics 70 Make Room for Gloom Gloom of the Botanical Garden Pics 71 Lights, Camera, Quacktion! Pokémon: The Movie Pics 72 Go West, Young Meowth Why Meowth Can Speak Pics 75 Bad to the Bone Marowak's Bone Club Pics 76 All Fired Up Moltres! Declaring the Pokémon League! Pics 80 A Friend In Deed New Rival Pics 82 Friends to the End Pokémon League! The Final Battle! Pics 84 A Scare in the Air Airship Mishap!? Pics 86 The Lost Lapras Lapras In Bonds! Pics 87 Fit to be Tide Orange League! Mikan Gym! Pics 88 Pikachu Re-Volts Mystery of the Disappearing Pokémon! Pics 90 In the Pink The Island of Pink Pokémon! Pics 92 Stage Fight Dance! Pokémon Showboat! Pics 99 Tracey Gets Bugged Scyther - Soldier's Pride Pics 100 A Way Off, Day Off It's the Southern Islands! Everyone Gather! Pics 104 The Mystery Menace Phantom of the Underwater Tunnel Pics 106 Bound For Trouble Pikachu Vs. Meowth!? Pics M2 The Power of One Revelation Lugia Pics 108 Pokémon Water War Fire Extinguishing Showdown! Squirtle Vs. Wartortle! Pics 110 Pokémon Double Trouble Tag Match! The Last Gym! Pics 112 The Stun Spore Detour Poliwag and Misty Pics 119 Dont Touch That 'Dile New Bark Town! Where Winds of New Beginnings Blow! Pics 126 Snubbull Snobbery Snubbull's Magnificent Life!? Pics 128 Chikorita Rescue Stubborn Chikorita!! Pics 132 A Bout With Sprout Pokemon School and Bellsprout's Tower! Pics 134 For Crying Out Loud Crybaby Marill! Pics 137 Grin to Win Big Panic! Sunflora Contest!! Pics 141 Mild'n Wooley Mareep Meadow's Girl!! Pics 142 Wired For Battle Battle! Heracross vs. Scizor!! Pics 147 A Farfetch'd Tale Ilex Forest! Search for Farfetch'd! Pics 150 No Big Woop Lots of Wooper! Pics 152 Hour of the Houndour The Dark Pokémon Houndour! Pics 153 The Totodile Duel Who Gets to Keep Totodile?! Ash Versus Misty! Pics 155 Love, The Totodile Style Dancing Totodile! Steps of Love!! Pics 161 A Dairy Tale Ending Miltank! Revenge Battle! Pics 164 Type Casting Where is Sudowoodo!? Pics 165 Fossil Fools Fossil Pokémon Park! Ruins of Alph! Pics 167 Hassle In The Castle Zubat Mansion! Dangerous Labyrinth! Pics 168 Two Hits and a Miss Bulbasaur Vs. Hitmontop! Fighting Match! Pics 171 Beauty and the Breeder Sayonara Vulpix! Beauty Contest! Pics 172 A Better Pill to Swallow Bellsprout Vs. Shuckle   174 Mountain Time Ledian! Cross Through The Windy Valley!   175 Wobbu-palooza Wobbuffet Village!   176 Imitation Confrontation I Wanna Be A Ditto Master! Return of Duplica Pics 177 Trouble With Snubbull Snubbull, Meowth And Granbull!?   182 Howl Of The Houndoom Houndoom and Togepi!   183 A Ghost Of A Chance Burnt Tower! Morty Appears! Pics 184 From Ghost to Ghost Ecruteak Gym! A Ghost Battle! Pics 185 Trouble's Brewing The 5 Eevee Sisters! Tea Party Battle!   188 UnBEARable Teddiursa's Secret! Pics 190 Spring Fever Swinub! Search for the Hot Springs!   191 Freeze Frame Articuno Vs. Jigglypuff! In The Snowstorm! Pics 194 The Wayward Wobbuffet Wobbuffet! Disaster? Pics 195 Sick Daze Brock's Breakdown! Dangerous Camp! Pics 200 The Heartbreak of Brock Nidorina, Nidorino! Brock's Color is Rose!   203 Doin' What Comes Natu-rally! Fortune-Telling Natu! Foreshadow Future's Mystery!   204 The Big Balloon Blow-Up Pokémon Balloon Race! Pass Through The Storm! Pics 205 The Screen Actor's Guilt Smoochum is Daydreaming! Pokémon Superstar In Love?   207 The Kecleon Caper! Kecleon Is Somewhere! Pokémon That Cannot Be Seen Pics M4 Celebi: Voice of the Forest Celebi: A Timeless Encounter Pics 209 Got Miltank! Mother Miltank! Desert Secret!! Pics 210 Fight for the Light Lighthouse Radiance! Olivine City Battle!! Pics 212 Around the Whirlpool Whirl Islands! Reaching a New Challenge! Pics 214 Takin' It On The Chinchou! Trip to the Beach! Chinchou Possession! Pics 215 The Corsola Caper A Friend Hereafter in Corsola! Showdown at Yellow Rock Island! Pics 217 Octillery The Outcast! Octillery Vs. Remoraid! Whirlpool Cup Qualifying Round! Pics 221 Hi Ho Silver...Away! Legend of the Silver Feather! Silver Rock Island!! Pics 231 An Egg-Sighting Adventure! The Great Police Detective! Mystery Of The Egg That Vanished! Pics 232 Hatching a Plan! The Egg....Hatches Pics 233 Due's and Don'ts Team Rocket and Delibird! Pics 235 A Tyrogue Full of Trouble Tyrogue And The Karate King Nobuhiko! Pics 236 Xatu the Future The Great Prediction of Xatu! Pics 239 Cold as Pryce! Piloswine and Pryce Of Winter! Pics 243 Hocus Pokémon A Great Transformation in Pokémon Magic!? Pics 244 As Clear As Crystal Zapdos and the Crystal! Secret of the Lake! Pics 245 Same Old Song & Dance Igglybuff Twins Vs. Jigglypuff! Pokemon Singing Concert! Pics 247 Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up? Imposter Professor Oak!? Comic Haiku Showdown!! Pics 252 Not Aired The Ice Cave! Pics 253 Beauty is Skin Deep Clair & Dratini! Pics 259 Lapras of Luxury The Song of Lapras! Pics 262 A Crowning Achievement Slowking! King's Rock! Pics 263 Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid! Casey and Elekid! Pics 264 You're A Star, Larvitar Try Your Best Larvitar! Pics 275 Gotta Catch Ya Later! Farewell...and then Setting Off! Pics 276 Hoenn Alone! The Parting with Pikachu! Pics 278 A Ruin With A View Ancient Pokémon and Mysterious Teams! Pics 279 There's No Place Like Hoenn Petalburg Gym! VS. Vigoroth! Pics C7 We're No Angels Tough Battle! Enter Team Rocket! Pics 281 In The Knicker Of Time! Zigzagoon and Youngster! May's First Battle!! Pics 282 A Poached Ego! Team Rocket! Goodbye to the Trouble Makers!! Pics M7 Destiny Deoxys Visitor of the Space Fissure - Deoxys Pics M11 Giratina & The Sky Warrior Giratina & The Bouquet of the Sky - Shaymin Pics 881 Lights! Camera! Pika! Pikachu Becomes a Star!? Its Movie Debut!! "How to Pikachu the Movie! Ready! Action!!" The Thunderclap Hero! Super Pikachu!! Pikachu's Thrilling Blooper Award Pics 1135 Getting More Than You Battled For! Battling & Getting! Mewtwo Comes Back Pics 1142 Healing the Healer! Getting a Legend?! Search for Suicune, the Guardian Deity of Water!! Pics 1225 These Could be the Start of Something Big! Ash and Goh! Setting Off Anew!! Pics 1234 Rocket Revengers! Team Rocket's Counterattack! Pics 19 The Bittersweet Truth The Truth About Alcremie Pics 29 TBC Orla & The Poké Ball Craftsman Pics 30 TBC The Mystery Pokémon Behind the Slipping and Clanging?! Pics