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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#110 Weezing

Poison

  • SpeciesPoison Gas Pokémon
  • Japanese nameMatadogas
  • PronunciationWEEZE-ING
  • Height3′ 11″ 1.19 m
  • Weight21.0 lb 9.45 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Weezing official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Variation of WHEEZING (“rushing sound during breathing caused by obstruction of the breathing passages.”)

Evolution

  1. KoffingLevel 35Weezing
Weezing in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Weezing as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue Where two kinds of poison gases meet, 2 KOFFINGs can fuse into a WEEZING over many years.
Yellow It lives and grows by absorbing dust, germs and poison gases that are contained in toxic waste and garbage.
Stadium A twinned KOFFING that forms on rare occasions where poisonous gasses pool. Its two toxic gasses appear to be different.
GoldStadium 2 If one of the twin KOFFING inflates, the other one deflates. It constantly mixes its poisonous gases.
Silver Top-grade perfume is made using its internal poison gases by diluting them to the highest level.
Crystal When it inhales poisonous gases from garbage, its body expands, and its insides smell much worse.

Where to find Weezing

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Cinnabar Island (Pokémon Mansion) NA Few/Evolve
Red NA Few/Evolve
Yellow Must Evolve a Koffing at level 35 (Koffing must be traded from R/B/G/S/C) NA Evolve
Gold Must Evolve a Koffing at level 35 Any Evolve
Silver Any Evolve
Crystal Burned Tower (Basement 1) Any Few/Evolve

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B ✓ ✓
Yellow ✓
G/S ✓
Crystal ✓ ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×1
  • Water×1
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×0.5
  • Ice×1
  • Fighting×0.5
  • Poison×0.5
  • Ground×2
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×2
  • BugG/S/C ×0.5R/B/Y × 2
  • Rock×1
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×1
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 2 (50%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
  • This Pokémon has one less weakness and one more resistance in GSC than in RBY. So this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in GSC.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireNormal
  • WaterNormal
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassGood
  • IceNormal
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonBad
  • GroundBad
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicNormal
  • BugG/S/C NormalR/B/Y Good
  • RockBad
  • GhostBad
  • DragonNormal
  • DarkNormal
  • SteelNo Effect
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 1 advantage and 5 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:5 (20%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 1:2 (50%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y G/S/C Move Type Kind
— Start Poison Gas Poison Status
Start Start Tackle Normal Physical
Start Start Smog Poison Physical
43 17 Self Destruct Normal Physical
Start 21 Sludge Poison Physical
39 25 Smokescreen Normal Status
49 33 Haze Ice Status
53 44 Explosion Normal Physical
— 51 Destiny Bond Ghost Physical

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

  • Flamethrower, Thunderbolt

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM03Curse
  • TM04Rollout
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM07Zap Cannon
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM17Protect
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM25Thunder
  • TM27Return
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM36Sludge Bomb
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM46Thief

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM06Toxic
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM20Rage
  • TM24Thunderbolt
  • TM25Thunder
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Bide
  • TM36Self Destruct
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM44Rest
  • TM47Explosion
  • TM50Substitute

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Indeterminate Pokémon group 6

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Destiny Bond Mate with a male from Gastly Family or Wobbuffet.
Pain Split Mate with a male Misdreavus.
Psybeam Mate with a male Misdreavus.
Psywave Mate with a male Misdreavus.
Screech Mate with a male Grimer/Muk.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 65 303-333 24/4546.02% 21/4250.00%
Attack 90 248-278 11/4975.80% 11/4574.19%
Defense 120 308-338 8/5595.03% 5/4497.13%
Speed 60 188-218 29/4740.14% 27/4236.34%
Special Attack G/S/C 85 238-268 13/4675.80% —
Special Defense G/S/C 70 208-238 21/4151.99% —
Special R/B/Y 85 238-268 — 12/2970.86%
Total 490 G/S/C
420 R/B/Y
1493-1673
1285-1435
16/8778.81% 14/6581.59%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library