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slaking
#289

Slaking

Lazy Pokémon

Normal

SLAKING spends all day lying down and lolling about. It eats grass growing within its reach. If it eats all the grass it can reach, this POKéMON reluctantly moves to another spot.

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

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

1v1 Usage: 0.9%
Bulky Choice Band
Moves
Hammer Arm / Earthquake
Fire Punch / Earthquake
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 68
Atk 232
SpD 100
Spe 108

Strategy Overview

Slaking’s obscene power enables it to deal with some of 1v1’s bulkiest threats like non-Will-O-Wisp Mega Charizard X, Kommo-o, Primarina, and Tapu Fini. It also has a great movepool with coverage against other common metagame threats including Zygarde, Heatran, and Genesect and can utilize alternative spreads to beat bulkier Pokemon like Mega Gyarados. However, Slaking’s awful ability in Truant leaves it open every other turn, which is taken advantage of by Protect or Substitute users and Pokemon that are able to survive Slaking's first hit and have the means to KO it back like Aegislash and Mega Gyarados. It also faces competition from Pokemon like Diggersby, which swaps bulk and greater power on Giga Impact for a more powerful Earthquake and a better ability.

Most Used Moves

Ice Punch
80.1%
Gunk Shot
10.2%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc