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slaking
#289

Slaking

Lazy Pokémon

Normal

The world’s laziest Pokémon. When it is lounging, it is actually saving energy for striking back.

Base Stats

HP 150
Attack 160
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 65
Speed 100
Total 670

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

vigoroth Vigoroth Lv. 18
slaking Slaking Lv. 36

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Lazy Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 130.5 kg
Base Exp 252
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

slaking Front Front
slaking Back Back
slaking Front Shiny Front Shiny
slaking Back Shiny Back Shiny
slaking Official Art Official Art
slaking Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With an Attack stat higher than that of Groudon, Zekrom, and Rayquaza, a respectable Speed tier, and a beefy base 150 HP stat, combined with great coverage moves such as Earthquake and Night Slash, Slaking looks like a top-tier Uber threat. That is, until you spot its ability, Truant, probably the single worst ability in the entire game. Because of Truant, Slaking becomes huge setup fodder for dangerous sweepers. It also keeps Slaking from having any way of sweeping the opposing team, even late-game. With such a letdown of an ability, Slaking is rather challenging to use. That said, it can and often will KO at least one of the opponent's team members if it gets a free switch in.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc