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muk
#089

Muk

Sludge Pokémon

Poison

A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact.

Base Stats

HP 105
Attack 105
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 100
Speed 50
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

muk Muk Lv. 38

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Sludge Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 30.0 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

muk Front Front
muk Back Back
muk Front Shiny Front Shiny
muk Back Shiny Back Shiny
muk Official Art Official Art
muk Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 0.0%
Specially Defensive
Item
Black Sludge
Ability
Sticky Hold
Nature
Sassy
EVs
HP 252
SpA 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Muk: THE tank. With high natural bulk, usable offensive and defensive typing, good Attack, and low Speed, Muk is the pure definition of a tank in the RU metagame. While it's outclassed as an offensive tank on balanced and offensive teams, Muk does have a niche on full stall teams by combining a bunch of various roles into one Pokemon. Muk's unique traits allow it to perform as a Trick and Toxic Spikes absorber, Toxic spreader, Rotom-C counter, and Durant, Escavalier, and Qwilfish lure all in one Pokemon. Muk is a formidable specially defensive tank, but its Defense leaves a lot to be desired and it's easy enough to take out due to its lack of reliable recovery. In most situations, Qwilfish is a better Poison-type for defensive teams thanks to Intimidate and its access to Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Thunder Wave, but if the roles described before are needed in one teamslot, Muk is your Pokemon.

Most Used Moves

Curse
100.0%
Poison Jab
100.0%
Taunt
71.8%
Protect
28.2%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc