Poison · Special move · Gen 5
Clear Smog
Clear Smog is a Poison-type special move introduced in Generation 5. It has 50 base power and never misses, with 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 44 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Poison
Category
Special
Power
50
Accuracy
—
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
Resets all of the target's stat stages to 0.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (38 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (8 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Poison attack
2× vsGrassFairy
½× vsPoisonGroundRockGhost
0× vsSteel
Pokémon that learn Clear Smog
44 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Psyduck | Water | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
 Golduck | Water | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
 Bellsprout | Grass/Poison | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Weepinbell | Grass/Poison | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Victreebel | Grass/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
 Alolan Grimer | Poison/Dark | ✓ | 7, 9 | ||
 Alolan Muk | Poison/Dark | ✓ | 7, 9 | ||
 Gastly | Ghost/Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Haunter | Ghost/Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Gengar | Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
 Koffing | Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Weezing | Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Galarian Weezing | Poison/Fairy | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Horsea | Water | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Seadra | Water | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Magmar | Fire | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Slugma | Fire | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
 Magcargo | Fire/Rock | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
 Kingdra | Water/Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Magby | Fire | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Gulpin | Poison | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Swalot | Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Wailmer | Water | 6–7 | |||
 Wailord | Water | 6–7 | |||
 Torkoal | Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
 Castform | Normal | 5–7 | |||
 Shellos | Water | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Gastrodon | Water/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Drifloon | Ghost/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Drifblim | Ghost/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Magmortar | Fire | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Trubbish | Poison | 5–8 | |||
 Garbodor | Poison | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
 Foongus | Grass/Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Amoonguss | Grass/Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Litwick | Ghost/Fire | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Lampent | Ghost/Fire | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Chandelure | Ghost/Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
 Nihilego | Rock/Poison | 7–8 | |||
 Charcadet | Fire | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Armarouge | Fire/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Ceruledge | Fire/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Brute Bonnet | Grass/Dark | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Munkidori | Poison/Psychic | ✓ | 9 |
Clear Smog FAQ
What does Clear Smog do?
Clear Smog is a Poison-type special move with 50 power. Resets all of the target's stat stages to 0.
Which Pokémon can learn Clear Smog?
44 Pokémon and forms can learn Clear Smog in at least one game: 38 in Scarlet & Violet, 8 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Psyduck, Golduck, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel and Alolan Grimer.
Is Clear Smog in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 8 Pokémon can use Clear Smog in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Clear Smog super effective against?
As a Poison-type attack, Clear Smog is super effective against Grass and Fairy, not very effective against Poison, Ground, Rock and Ghost and has no effect on Steel (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.