#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

fighting 2x

Immune to

ghost 0x

Abilities

Truant

Evolution Chain

Slakoth

→

Vigoroth Lv. 18

→

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

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 1.0%

1V1 PU

All-out Attacker

Moves

Return / Retaliate

Pursuit / Sucker Punch

Earthquake

Fire Blast

Item

Life Orb

Nature

Naive

EVs

Atk 252

SpA 4

Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Slaking seems like an appealing option at first glance due to its sky-high Attack stat, great bulk, and expansive movepool. Unfortunately, any sort of viability Slaking could have is completely undermined by Truant, making it immobile every other turn and hopeless against users of Protect and Substitute. This can also be taken advantage of by the opposing team to generate momentum for powerful threats such as Drampa and Crabominable if Slaking predicts incorrectly, and Pokemon such as Gurdurr, Lycanroc, and Omastar can use Slaking as setup fodder. Because of Truant, Slaking has little to no reason to be used over other Normal-types like Stoutland and Kangaskhan.